If I Were

If I were a tree

I would be a cherry blossom tree,

mounted on top of the highest hilltop in Mongolia.

If you sat under my canopy,

you could hear all the laughter of the little children down in the village.

I would be the perfect cherry blossom tree.

Every day someone would sit on one of my branches and eat an apple.

The sun would shine through my flowers

and make the most beautiful shade of pink.

Children would point at the sight and ooh and aah.

I would too if I could.

I never get lonely on this hilltop of mine,

even though I am the only one here.

Every season each day someone new visits me.

Oh what a joy, oh what a joy it would be if I were a cherry blossom tree.

Shalom~Peace

When I heard that the theme at Growing in Grace for January was peace, I was excited to hear this because it is one my favorite fruits of the Spirit. It is special to me because it is the meaning of my name. I wasn't very sure of this until I saw Miss Jocelyn’s article where you type in your name and it comes up in Hebrew. My name on there meant peaceable and perfect. After that, I was really sure that is what it meant.

The dove is a symbol of peace. In the Bible, a dove was released by Noah after the great flood in order to find land. The dove came back carrying an olive branch in its beak, letting Noah know that the water had gone down and there was land once again for man to live on. You can read this story in Genesis 8.Jesus is the Prince of peace. Whenever I feel the presence of the Lord I sense this great peace come over me and all of a sudden I feel calm and relaxed. That only comes from Him. You can even feel His peace in hard times.

Interesting Fact...The peace symbol was created in Britain as a sign of nuclear disarmament, which means they wanted to get rid of nuclear weapons.

Now, the LORD bless thee, and keep thee. The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. Numbers 6:24-26

Book Giveaway's

At GGM they are hosting lots of new givaways. First of all there are to two books from the Girls N' Grace series. One is about a girl named Sydney Claire, the book is called Discovering
Grace in the 60's. You can read the review here. The next Girls N' Grace book is about a book called Mesi's Season of change. You can read that review here. Both these books are written by Pam Davis All these giveaways end January 31 so follow all the instructions on the review pages. Hope you have fun with it and good luck! You can check out the Girls N' Grace site at this link...http://girlsngrace.com/






~Olivia

Is This Cool or What?

ImageChef.com Flower Text

Do you see what it says? Liv Laf Luv! Just a little fun to make your day a little better.

An Eventful Start

I have lots of new things to talk about that have happened here during the Christmas Holiday, but first I am going to show you a poem I wrote for the New Year...

New Years Arrived

It's new year already oh what a surprise, just look up and open your eyes,

there are fireworks lighting up the midnight sky, dancing and twinkling, I am totally mesmerized. Goals, improvements, resolutions, and fresh new starts that's how I would describe the new year. From 08 to 09 I would just about say that the new year has arrived!

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OK next while we are still on the subject of poetry my mom just opened a new blog called Consider the Birds. This new site is for her to express her thoughts all in poetry. You might as well call it a poetry blog. It is great so go check it out.

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And what a great day for a birthday party. Remember my dog Zoey? Well it was her birthday today. She turned one year old. I love her so much she is the best doggie friend EVER! So happy birthday Zoey.

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Last, but not least the January GGM issue is out and it is one of the best ones yet. This month's gal is named Lady Trish. She is so sweet. I recommend this mag to you.

Before and After

When it comes to organizing you might as well shout my name. My job in the family is to organize things. I mainly work on the junk drawer and the art cabinet. Mom says no one can do as good as I can. I usually clean them out once every two or three months. In the pictures below you will see my latest work.

Before

After

Before we have Jesus in our lives we feel messy and out of place. When we ask Him into our lives He comes into our heart and cleans us all up and sorts every thing out. Do you know how somethings don't just fit in the right spot unless you put something different in there first? Well it is the same way with Jesus. If you don't put him first then all of your things just won't fit in.

Growing in Grace

My friend Miss Monica is on the cover of Growing in Grace for this December. I am very excited. This month is wrapped up with lots of new fun stuff. Such as giveaways and new desktops. This month we are having a givaway from the book Andrea Carter and the Family Secret. You can read it and sign up for the give away here. I hope you enjoy this new winter edition of GGM.