Day 151

When picking out paint I always think of my Daddy!

Have a great one!

Day 150

Have you ever thought of life as a river? Our life should flow in a definite course, the course of following our Savior. In life we will face times of diverging and converging. When we diverge, we are turning aside from things. And somethings we should not turn aside from and some things we should. When we diverge from what we shouldn't we are turning aside from the natural flow of our lives and what God intended it to be for Him.  Converge means to incline to each other. That could be the time in our life, our river, where we marry the love of our life and we incline to each other and we become one river. Sometimes in the course of marriage we  try to diverge from each other and that is not what God intended, He intended us to converge together, to become one flesh. We fight against the current though, we want what we want without thinking of the other first when that is really what marriage is about and if we all did this, the marriages today would be in a better condition. Okay sorry getting off track on the marriage thing, it just kind of struck me here. Their are other thing we converge with in life as well in our different relationships.

 Through out the river in life we will come to sections of rapids and calm. The rapids in a river are usually the shallow parts of a river. Wow! If you think back on all your rough patches in life, can you ever see where maybe you were being shallow minded. You were not thinking deep enough into life but thinking of yourself. I am not saying all the time but I do think during the hard times in life we do think about ourselves a little more. We focus on how things are affecting the calm of our life, how it is hurting us and might be throwing us off course.

Then there are the calm areas, which tend to be the deepest parts of a river. Think back again into the calm areas of your life. Were you thinking deeper, were you loving deeper, were you thinking of others above yourself. were you considering the whole picture, the different perspectives and how you should handle a situation instead of thinking shallow minded.  And in the deep parts we usually consider our actions and how they will affect the others in our lives.

I think both are necessary in our lives, they teach us different things about life and about who we are as a person and what we need to work on to become a better person. We need those times when we focus on ourselves and not hide from our hurts. Where we humbly come before God and ask for his help in the rapids of our lives.  We need to grasp God in those rapids, hold firmly to Him so that we do not diverge off course and into something that He never meant for our lives. He knows that it will be detrimental to who we are in this life.  And in the calm parts we need to not forget about ourselves and try to cover the hurts from the rapids but take that time to heal from the rapids of life.  Find your healing in the calm, find your healing in the deep parts of God. Try to go deeper during those time of calm so that He can heal all those parts that were some what damaged from the rapids of life.

Put your life, your marriage, your children, your relationships in Gods hands. Sometimes in the rapids we try to convince ourselves that some things are okay for us to do but this is just the enemy trying to diverge us off course. He wants to take your attention away from God, because he is scared of what we can do for God.  Stand firm and fight in your rapid, fight the current.  Right pass the rapid is the deep calming waters of our Savior where He comes into our life like a flood of peace to heal and restore our damaged parts.

Sometimes we get off course and we diverge into things that we should not be, but the great thing about my Savior is that He is so big that His arms stretch so far that He can pull us back to the right course. Sometimes it takes some work because He never told us life was easy but He did tells He would be with us through every part of it.  No matter if you stayed on course and fought and survived your rapid or you diverged and slip up in some areas, God is there for the ones who were strong and for the ones who were weak.  He is there to heal and forgive everyone. We will all have times when we are strong and when we are weak.  His forgiveness and His restoration is still there for us no matter the course we choose.

And sometimes we need to stop on the river bank, reflect, pray to decide what course we really want in this life and the affect it will have on the ones we love the most on this earth. I pray my mind stays upon God in the rapids and in the calm. I want to choose His action and what He thinks is best for me not what I feel is best for me.

In my life I have chosen what I wanted, what made me feel good and in the end I regretted those decisions. I tried to find people that would back me up but what I was really searching for was for someone to say Stop! you are getting off course. Get on your riverbank and ponder what you are doing and how it is affecting your relationship with God and the people you hold most precious and dear. But we are all human and sometimes facing the same issues as the other one and we slip up and give wrong advice to people. I know I have been on both sides, I have gotten wrong advice and given wrong advice. We should really pray in these times, that God leads us to the right people for advice, that God would put people in our lives to be accountable to that stand upright before God and tell me that I am wrong and help me pray through those times in my life. And I pray that I can be that person to others as well.

The good thing about my Savior is that He as always brought me back to the right course of my river, the river that He has planned for my life, where He wants me to be, where He wants to use me. That even though I got off course and I diverged, He can still use that all for His glory.  The rapids and the calm are all meant for our lives, He is with us through each of them. We are never to far gone that He can not reach us and bring us back to Him. His love is so deep and wide that we can not even imagine it. Their is a river that He has made specially for me and their are things He wants me to do, there is a plan in this life! I am special to Him and He loves me so deeply. And you are special as well and He has great plans for your river in life. Trust in Him through your river in life, cling to Him with all you have in you! He wants to make your river beautiful and with Him in it it will be a Beautiful River!

I am not the best writer but this was something that has been on my heart so I tried my best to make it come across as I see it! Have beautiful day!

Day 149

 A little something I picked up at an estate sale today for great deal! Love the addition to my home!

Day 148

Busy day today just spending time with the ones I love most, my wonderful family! Running kind of late and I lost the sun so I took a picture of the fire from the barbecue pit and turned it into this in photoshop! Kind of like it!

Have a great evening everyone!

Day 147

Okay can everyone tell why my name is Daizy Kayz Photography? Haha! Love me some daisies! They are one of my favs!  And I love color! And the two as a combo just amazing or at least to me!

Well you know I was wondering today why people amaze me when in fact they shouldn't, we all come with so many different perspectives in life. Just like I love these daisies where someone else might be saying enough daisies already.  I see the beauty in each petal, where someone else may see the ordinary everyday flower. Well I had someone insinuate something about my family that I find not true but then maybe to them it is. I am sorry they feel that way, truly I am, and that used to would of bothered me but I have come to the fact that I have to be okay with people being mad at me, with people not agreeing with me, with people not wanting to accept my no. Even though they do not accept it does not mean it is wrong, it just means we dont agree on the perspective of the situation and I have a right to my perspective. And for my families sake I have to go with what I feel from God and what is best for my family. I think also sometimes that maybe as I look deep with in myself to see if I can truly see what they see that maybe the other people should as well try to look deep into their hearts and see why they act the way they do as well and see if maybe just maybe they can see what the other person sees and that by chance their might be something they need to work on and that in fact maybe it is not the other person but something within themselves. Then again I could be wrong. I do pray for these people in my life and for God to show me if I am wrong. I know it is just the enemy in the end trying to make us lose connection with our fellow brother and sisters in the Lord so in fact it is just a warfare and  so I pray for them, love them and hate the enemy who tries to destroy!

Have a great evening!

Day 146

Self Portrait time again. And showing just how amazing editing can be! Oh my, if for real! So next time you see a photo you might just be able to say, WOW! look at that editing! Haha! I can say that because it is me! Just amazes me sometimes what editing can do for a photo.

Have a great one everyone and a color one of the one above as well!

Day 145

Me and my hubby picked up some old chairs from the side of the road the other day and he transformed them into this cute thing! They were white with some dingy yellow fabric cushions. Yes I picked out the fabric for the cushion and it looks so cute in my kitchen. The other one is almost done!

I love finding old stuff and making them into something wonderful! I am thrifty that way, new things are not always needed and frugal is not always bad! I guess being married at an early age kind of makes you frugal but I rather like that quality about myself!

Anyways, hope everyone has the sweetest of dreams!

Day 144

This is a little something I made with one of my pictures from earlier this year! I really like this one! I have been playing around with some different things to get it the way I want. I am sure I will be adding more to show off in the near future!

So very thankful for God's many blessing in my life and His amazing power in my life. I am glad He doesn't leave me but that He chases me! He chases me and leads me right back to where my life was meant to be, in His loving arms!

Have a great evening!

Day 143

I was not in the mood to get creative today so colors it was for today!

Have a great one everyone! I shall post words tomorrow! Pondering on things today!

Day 142

I know yall just love when I post creepy crawly things! I almost forgot to take my picture yesterday until my hubby poked his head in the door and asked if I needed my picture for the day. Thanks baby!

Day 141

It is snuggle time so I will talk to everyone tomorrow! I am having a relaxing weekend, hope everyone is having a great one no matter what type it is!

Day 140

Day 139

A baby pear on my pear tree! 

Day 138

My dear dear husband bought me some very colorful flowers the other day because well he knows I love color sometimes! I went outside and played around with them today and well I just had so many that it was hard to chose which one I like best but the above one did win as my favorite!

Well I was in walmart yesterday and my greeter friend told me he was sure glad to see my smile back on my face. Got to thinking about smiles and how sometimes we try to cover up what we are going through with a fake smile but there are some people that see straight through them.

 I looked up the word smile and this is what I came up with: a  genuine smile is an outward sign of perceived self-confidence and internal satisfaction and a fake smile only shows politeness. Hmmm.....makes you think huh? or at least it made me think.  I am glad that my genuine smile is back again as well Mr. Billy! I am glad that I feel joy in my heart and it radiates to my face, that I can use it to move forward, to inspire, to encourage. A smile is in fact satisfying, inspiring, lovely, encouraging, lively, enthusiastic, inspirational, pure merriment, lovely and meaningful if in fact it is a genuine smile that comes from the heart of contentment and joy.

My God has blessed me with so many blessings and so many answered prayers that a smile is radiating in my heart at this time! I am glad that my savior smiles down on me and sends so many awe inspiring things to my life.

Let your smile radiate someones life today, pay forward the blessing God is given to you in your life by passing a genuine smile in someones direction today! You just might make their day!

And to my walmart friend Mr. Billy, you always make my heart smile, why you ask? Well on days that I am not seeing much of God in my life, Mr. Billy reminds me that my savior is still with me and that the light of my Savior still shines brightly in my life even when I am not seeing it and others notice that in my life! It reminds me that God is still using me, He is still with me to the end and on the days when Mr. Billy does not see my smile and worries (which is rare), those are also days of  blessings because I know that people who truly want to know who I am and care (even in a distant walmart kind of way) they see through my fake smile, to my hurt and they pray for me and that gives me the strength to move forward into that genuine smile that God gave to me as a blessing in my life!

Have a great one and remember:

                                                           

                                                     

                                                       S    imple

                                                      M   eaningful

                                                       I      nspiring

                                                       L     ovely

                                                       E     ncourgement

Yes you encourage others with your smile every day!



Day 137

I brought some ice outside and let it melt a little on the concrete for today's picture. Refreshing!

I told my little girl this morning that I was sorry that she got some of her personality from me. I realized this morning how much I saw myself in her this morning but I hide that part of me a lot of the time. I know how to use it in moderation and when it is needed. My little girl on the other hand got my husbands strong will and my determination, which in fact can be problematic at times but I know will be great in the future. The reason I realized this is because well when people mess with my family, the determination I have comes raging forth to protect them and to defend them. And I can loose control (like my little girl doesn at times and drives me crazy).  I usually am pretty well balanced but not when it comes to my family, I will defend at all cost!

I am glad that I have determination inside of me even though sometimes I don't realize how strongly it is there. My determination has kept me level headed most of my life and kept me focused on God. My determination to serve God and to be what He desires me to be has kept me safe. I guess He knew that I would need that determination in my life. It is a blessing in my life, a real gift! I guess sometimes when my Christian attitude doesn't show through very well I realize if not for God, I might of made a lot of people very angry with me. I might of hurt a lot more people. I am glad that God gave me a balance of determination and tenderness in my life. Thank you Lord for your many blessings and helping me to learn and know who I am!

Hope every ones day is blessed!



Day 136

Just a  few pictures today! No words!

Day 135

Went to the park today!

Day 134

My hubby started a garden with the girls the other day now to wait for the veggies to start growing. As all of them were walking through the cow manure, I decided to just look back and enjoy the view of them working together. A lovely site it is to just watch your family, watch them enjoying the time they are spending together, making memories! I love them all so very much and I want what is best for my husband and for my two girls. God gave me 3 precious gifts, they do not compare to anything else, they are my life!

Heard some great teaching on mothering today, I hope I can be the best mother to my girls. I know I will make mistakes but I hope that the love I show them out weighs the mistakes I make and they can one day look upon me as I look upon my mothers as a model of who they want to be. That they can see that is through our weakness that we become the strong women God wants us to be in this life.  That we are precious and we should treat ourselves in such a way that we know we are precious and God wants the best for our life.

I was really reflecting today on my One Word that I chose at the beginning of the year to pray about and how far praying that one word has brought me. The many downs that is showed me but the many blessings it has showed me as well. It as been a true eye opener in my life.

Day 133

Just a little quick shot from yesterday.

It has been one of those weeks that it seems everyone wants to push your buttons. As my niece said "I was being a little defensive", okay maybe I was, I will admit it. We all have those weeks right? I pray my outlook on people change and that I can truly see what God wants me to see in the situations, I am not so sure I passed this week on that end of things. I really let what people did affect me and I should not let them have that much power over me, I want God to have more power over me and I want His reflection to radiate on my life and into my family. I really let people get to me, I should have used more patience with them. Patience it is a hard thing sometimes, especially when you are feeling vulnerable and feeling like the world is against you. But I need to remember that even if the world is against me that my God, He is still for me. He sends me things to show me my weaknesses and where I need to work on things so that every day I can become more like Him. I lack, I know, but I also know that He still gently nudges me to show me wear He wants me to go and for that I am thankful!

Day 132

There is something I heard yesterday that I want to write on but I am going to ponder a little longer on it. I want my thoughts to be clear when I do write on it because I think it is a wonderful statement that can really touch peoples hearts.

I know more flowers but it is just such a wonderful time of year and they are so beautiful that I can not help myself.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Day 131

Was on a field trip all day long with my baby girl today, she ate a fried worm! Oh my! How disgusting huh? It was pretty funny, she was spitting and spitting in the garbage can afterwords and of course had to buy some gummy worms to get rid of the taste in her mouth. Crazy girl!

Day 130

No words....was being lazy this day!