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“Be the Love That Transforms Sadness into Joy!” by Joan Y. Edwards

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Be the Love that Transforms Sadness into Joy
Be the Love That Transforms Sadness into Joy

“Be the Love That Transforms Sadness into Joy!” by Joan Y. Edwards

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When death, illness, job loss, loneliness, or a failed dream fills your heart with sadness, you cry. You mourn. You weep. You pray.

Tears flow and fall down from your swollen puffy eyes. You are lost.

Family, friends, and strangers hear your cry. God says, “Be my ears. Hear the cries of my people. Be the love that transforms sadness into joy!

Doctors, nurses, and priests look, observe, and witness. Be my eyes. See the needs of my people. Be the love that transforms sadness into joy!

UPS, FedEx, Amazon, Instacart, Uber, and postal services, be my feet. Deliver the needs and messages to my people. Be the love that transforms sadness into joy!

Men, women, and children, write, cook, and sew. Be my hands. Be the healing touch for my people. Be the love that transforms sadness into joy!

Firemen, and EMTs, smell. Be alert. Be my nose. Protect my people from fires and harmful chemicals in the air. Be the love that transforms sadness into joy!

Scientists, doctors, and safety officials of food and drugs, taste. Be my tongue and alert my people of hazards to their health. Be the love that transforms sadness into joy!

Men, women, and children, teach, share, educate, pray. Be my brain. Help my people focus on my word and what is truly important and keep their bodies and souls in balance with me their God. Be the love that transforms sadness into joy!

Men, women, and children sing, talk, smile. Be my lips and tell my people how much I love them. Be the love that transforms sadness into joy

God is amazing. He gives you ways to send and receive loving vibrations all over the world.

When you think of other people, your love radiates through the air and lands right in their hearts to lighten their load, to cheer them on, to help them to keep on going and never give up. It enables you to “Be the love that transforms sadness into joy.”

I invite you today to discover the gift of love God wants you to share with someone today. You have a unique gift that no one else has. “Be the love that transforms sadness into joy.”

Copyright © 2021 Joan Y. Edwards

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Health, Spiritual

Accept Yourself As You Are

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Accept Yourself As You Are

“Accept Yourself As You Are” by Joan Y. Edwards

From June 19, 2020 to July 3, 2020 my husband, Carl, was in the hospital. He is now in rehab. He had a severe infection in half of his colon which caused his blood pressure to drop dangerously low.  He fell and I called 911. They took him to emergency room and put him in ICU for 2 days. They cleared up the infection with anti-biotics. No surgery needed. Thank you, God. Then neuropathy set in and still low blood pressure. They gave him medicine to build blood pressure and to keep neuropathy away.

Why am I writing this post? To remind you to love and accept yourself as you are right this moment. Every day of your life, it is vitally important to accept yourself with all your frailties, imperfections, all the things you are capable of doing, and all the things you are not able to do because of things out of your control.

There are certain times in your life it may seem like you are powerless. I felt that way many times during the past two weeks and three days. You want to make people feel better and cure their ailments, especially those you love.  However, God is in charge of that. He puts all the people and resources in your life and the life of those you love to give them everything they need at this moment.

Prayer is very powerful. Many people prayed and asked God to heal Carl.  His infection is gone. He didn’t need surgery. He is in a great skilled nursing facility with  physical therapy and occupational therapy. Thank you, God. Thank you to all those who prayed for Carl.

What I had to accept: That the resources were not available at this time to give Carl the help he needs to get better at home. That God wanted Carl to be in the skilled nursing facility where he has people and resources to help heal him.

I also reminded Carl to love himself as he is. I told him everyone goes through times in their lives when their bodies aren’t doing what they want. I told him that everyone has to remind themselves to love themselves as they are each day of their lives.  To say to themselves, I am getting better every day.

I love myself as I am right now.
I can do everything that God wants me to do right now.
I am good.
I am safe.
I am getting better each day.
God loves me very much.

COVID 19 added much stress but thank goodness, things are in place to better protect employees, visitors, and patients in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. Thank you, God, for all these employees who take risks every day to help others.

Say to yourself:

I love myself as I am right now.
I can do everything that God wants me to do right now.
I am good.
I am safe and well.
God loves me very much.

There are many other great hints that I learned from caring for my Mother to help you care for yourself and for your elder in my book, Joan’s Elder Care Guide: Empowering You and Your Elder to Survive

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God Has More Wonderful Things for You

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“God Has More Wonderful Things for You” by Joan Y. Edwards

God has more wonderful things for you. Even more wonderful than you could ever imagine. I found these scriptures that might help you as they helped me during these trying times.

You may not understand the good in any situation, but it is there.

If you’re like me, you may like to compare different versions of the Bible. Some of the wording may reach your heart with better understanding and fill your heart with hope and joy.

2 CORINTHIANS 9:8

New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE)

Moreover, God is able to make every grace abundant for you, so that in all things, always having all you need, you may have an abundance for every good work.

New Life Version of the Bible

God can give you all you need. He will give you more than enough. You will have everything you need for yourselves. And you will have enough left over to give when there is a need.

The Message Version of the Bible (MSG)

God can pour on the blessings in astonishing ways so that you’re ready for anything and everything, more than just ready to do what needs to be done. As one psalmist puts it, He throws caution to the winds, giving to the needy in reckless abandon. His right-living, right-giving ways never run out, never wear out. This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God, wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way, producing with us great praise to God.

Ephesians 3:20

New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)

Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

God turns everything to good for those who love him

Romans 8:28

New American Bible-Revised Edition (NABRE)
We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.

New International Version (NIV)

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

The Message (MSG)

26-28 Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.

Hebrews 13:20-21

“Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepard of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, though Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”

God loves you very much. He is there with you every minute of your day! Rejoice and be glad.

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