"Cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey."

 ~ Jack Layton..

Meaning of cherish: To treat with tenderness and affection; to give warmth, ease, or comfort to. To hold as dear; to embrace with affection; to foster, and encourage; as, to cherish the principles of virtue; to cherish religion in the heart.

The word cherish is in the Bible approximately 28 times.

What does it mean to cherish? Is it just a superficial part of love or does it go deeper? Must one love it to cherish it? I do believe there are degrees of love... and cherish it a special part. It is that cherry on top of your beautiful dessert...It makes the item or person quite special. You want to protect it from harm. It holds a special place in your heart... It warms your soul and makes you smile just to gaze upon it. We cherish our special relationships. We cherish those special moments in time. We cherish our families and friends.

But do we cherish God? Many claims have been made that they love Him. But what do we do to care for Him? Do we protect Him? He is to be cherished and adored. He is the very reason we exist... He adores us, He has proven that He cherishes each one of His children. But for the life of me, I do not understand why He has never given up? I do believe one day we will know the answers to many of our questions. 

He loves us far greater than anyone here on earth...  He gave us His beautiful Son to show us the way.  He cherished His Son more than life. Yet He allowed His life to be a sacrifice for all of mankind. So how do we repay Him for this beautiful monumental gift of everlasting life ... We can start by cherishing every part of who He is. We should cherish the Father, His Son Yeshua, and the Holy Spirit. We need to adore and love them with a spiritual love that far greater than our own understanding... He is the cherry on the most amazing dessert you will ever gaze upon or taste. He takes my breath away. 

It’s Him, It’s always Him. 

“Before now, the LORD showed himself to us. He said, ‘I have loved you with a love that has no end. So I am showing my love to you so that you will move towards me.”

Jeremiah 31:3 EASY

Photography, & Written by Lori Garner  

Bible Verses From KJV  / Sinner's Prayer

 Music: from YouTube 

Psalm 34 - Taste and See - by Shane & Shane (Lyric Video)

 | Christian Worship Music

I would like to think of episode ten as my searching for any and all clues to a love greater than I have ever known... I feel as I traveled to many places I began to pick up small glimpses into His heart.  I openly share my experiences in hopes to open hearts or rekindle a flame in dormant souls.  

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Then Elohim said, “Let the water swarm with swimming creatures, and let birds fly through the sky over the earth.” ²¹ So Elohim created the large sea creatures, every type of creature that swims around in the water and every type of flying bird. Elohim saw that they were good. ²² Elohim blessed them and said, “Be fertile, increase in number, fill the sea, and let there be many birds on the earth.” ²³ There was evening, then morning—a fifth day. Genesis 1 20:21NOG 

Photography, & Written by Lori Garner  

Bible Verses From KJV  / Sinner's Prayer

Inspiring Music: from YouTube 

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

4 Luke 6:35 ..

When someone is not thoughtful and opens a wound in the heart of another and selfishly turns away.  Are they so self-absorbed they can not see the injury they cause or does it go much deeper? Turning away no matter the reason is callous and does not diminish the action that caused the pain. It does not make the pain nonexistent. It can actually make the wound deeper and takes the wound longer to heal.  Turning away is something I will never understand ??? I hope and pray that I could never be that person. My heart would not allow my mind to rest knowing I caused anyone that kind of pain.💔

Jesus knows this kind of pain, He personally has felt the anguish that this type of action causes.   He trusted 12 men that walked the earth with Him.  They all professed to love Him and they all acted like his friend. Callously one by one they all turned away. leaving Him to stand alone in His darkest hour and yet ... HE LOVED ❤ them anyway...  His strength along with his indescribable LOVE for us reaches far beyond heaven and earth. This kind of  LOVE ❤ boggles my mind and leaves me standing in awe... I cried out, please teach me how to love like you do.

My Fathers love and time have taught me when your heart is wounded by someone and you can find it in your soul not to callously respond.  But, instead, you reach out and offer them your unconditional love, expecting nothing in return...   That my friend is how and when the greatest internal transformation of your heart occurs. The chains are broken, the wounds heal, and you are freed to experience the most incredible unselfish love known to mankind! You will be filled with an unexplainable peace in your heart and a deep understanding that will soothe your soul. It's amazing!

Our Father will always welcome us with the warmth of his open arms, he will never turn us away .. NEVER ...  He WOWs me!!! 😍

Its Him, Its always Him

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🙏 My Prayer 🙏

Life on earth can change in the blink of an eye. So, I ask our Father to guide us in this troubled world.. Help us be filled with his light, allowing us to show his love, compassion, kindness, and forgiveness to anyone that may cross our path. If we can help touch one hurting heart and let them know, It's going to be OK our father is a great healer of hearts..  He is the prince of peace. He offers us, unconditional LOVE. All we need to do is open our hearts to him. And his LOVE will take us on the most incredible journey of our LIVES.  ❤

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I am grateful for you!

Photography, & Written by Lori Garner  

Bible Verses From KJV  / Sinner's Prayer

Inspiring Music: from YouTube

On The Turning Away - Pink Floyd (Lyrics)

You will never look into the eyes of someone God does not love. 

The meaning of Captured 
the action of capturing or of being captured:  take into one's possession or control by force:

The word captured in the Bible is in 198 instances. 

We are all so busy doing life??  Even when a virus slammed on the brakes many continued to show that life goes on.

Many have searched to find answers. What is important? What truly captures our hearts?  

Is it that career? That beautiful pair of ‪Balmain crystal-embellished pointed pumps? Is it the roar of the engine of the new Bugatti La Voiture Noire? 

Or is it as simple as a bouquet of long stem roses?  

Or is it a greater love? To live in this world without this love would be void of life...  

This love is so rich. It’s priceless.  It transcends all time and space. It will capture your heart and whisper love to your soul. It will intoxicate your senses with its sweet fragrance.  The richness of life that is shared is beyond human understanding ... The promise of this love is a gift of everlasting proportions. The question becomes ... Is your heart truly captured? Or have you willingly surrendered?  

So where do we find this gift? 

I assure you Amazon does not deliver this gift. You can not buy this love online. You must seek it, with all your heart, all your soul, and all your might.  It is the greatest gift of love. It is the beginning and the end. It is the Alpha and Õmega. This love is the very reason we exist.

Its Him,  Its always Him  

You've captured my heart, dear friend. You looked at me, and I fell in love. SOS 4:9-16 

You didn’t choose me, but I’ve chosen and commissioned you to go into the world to bear fruit. And your fruit will last because whatever you ask of my Father, for my sake, he will give it to you! So this is my parting command: Love one another deeply!” John 15:16-17. The Passion Translation

God's got me here for something. I can feel it. I was born for everything that I'm doing now. Muhammad Ali  

Meaning of appointed to choose someone officially for a job or responsibility: 2. to arrange a date or time. 

There are approximately 83 Bible Verses about Appointed Time. 

Are things in our lives predestined? Is the road for us already plotted? Are we appointed to our destiny by God? 

I have to believe all 3 are accurate ... Does it make any sense for us to think we have any say in what tomorrow may bring? 

Our creator appointed us to live life on earth at birth. He has a plan for each of His children.  We all have a  purpose to fulfill, a mission for Him on this earth. I do believe each one of us plays a bigger part, in what will  lead us to His kingdom.  

We don’t know what that might be. We can only pursue Him and let Him unveil His amazing clues. 

We all have an appointed time for when we will leave this earth. He has given us the tools, He appointed His son to set the example for our lives. He knows the beginning to the end...

I do feel our purpose here is to love and share him with others... We all have an appointed date with destiny. 

The question becomes how prepared are you? Do you come fully armed with His love or are you stripped bare when you stand before Him? We do have choices. It’s Him 

It’s always Him

“For the vision is yet for the appointed time; It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly come, it will not delay. Habakkuk 2:3

The meaning of moved having strong feelings of sadness or sympathy because of something someone has said or done:

The word moved is mentioned approximately 368 times.

The word moved can mean many things... We can move an object from one place to another.  We can move our lives forward with certain actions that cause change. 

But for a Bible word study, I thought it would be best if we went straight to the heart. 

We speak a lot about loving God with all of our hearts and soul and all of our minds... How do we accomplish this? How do we understand and execute this type of love?  

I truly do not understand it fully? But I can speak to a day I remember vividly. I was in deep prayer and conversation with Elohim... and I felt a rush of love that I could not explain.. You may say oh that nothing, people say that happens to people when they are in God's presence? I understand but I still try to understand what happened that day... 

You see it was not only His love I felt... I felt Him. I felt His love in my soul. It’s an overwhelming feeling that is hard to put into words. I was so deeply moved by His very presence. But something I do know. 

It's at that very moment in time.  I fell in Love with Him. 

On that day, the word moved became the reality that brought Him to live in my heart... His love became ingrained into the very fiber of my soul... It's a love that we can not take it for granted. We can not let it lay there dormant.. It's up to each of us to cultivate this amazing love. And as we do it will grow into a beautiful relationship with our Creator. You see I am no different than you. He loves us all the same. It up to us... It's what we do with His love that makes us who we are... 

Then I ask, how does He have this effect on hearts and souls? What is this magical LOVE that He has shared with all of mankind? Who is this soul that moves us with just a whisper? Who is this soul that has moved and motivated men and women to do great things? Who is He? Who can move mountains with just a stroke of His hand? Who would give up life itself just to save his children?? 

It’s Him, It’s always Him 

He moves me... 

He was "deeply moved in spirit" when he saw Mary weeping over the death of Lazarus.  John 11:33

For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:21 NKJ

And He *said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible to you. Matthew 17:20

Have you ever heard that very small whisper in your soul? Have you ever asked yourself is God trying to tell me something? You shake your head as say no that must be me? How do we know if it truly is a message from God? Do we listen? Do we argue? Do we follow through? Or do we dismiss Him? We all must find that moment when we tune in to His voice. But How?

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 Meaning of Fragmented adjective. reduced to fragments. existing or functioning as though broken into separate parts; disorganized; disunified: a fragmented personality; a fragmented society.

The word fragment is in the Bible approximately 17 times. 

Do we live a fragmented life? When I see the word fragmented my mind drifted here… Pieces of broken glass.. all different shapes all different colors … Most of us would not think twice about just throwing them out. 

Do we treat the other things in our lives the same as this shattered glass? Do we treat relationships that are shattered the same? Do we treat our broken hearts the same? Do we treat our relationship with God the same? 

Or do we use the gifts our Creator gave us? Have we learned anything from our mentor and teacher Jesus? But you say what can you do with that shattered glass? Glue it? It will never be the same? It has lost the beauty it once had? 

I say If we can train ourselves to see the beauty in each piece. If we can see its value. With Love and care, we can bring the pieces together and build a beautiful kaleidoscope of color. It has all the same pieces but has a new start and a new look. It’s is to be held up and admired. And you will find when positioned just right the light shines through and captures the fragments of its true beauty. 

I do feel we are made up of fragments of our true selves… We hide behind many shades of color… We just need someone to hold us with loving care. And when positioned just right the light will shine through and capture the fragments of our true beauty.

I find this happens when we allow our teacher Jesus to hold us and as we gather the fragments of the shattered pieces … He teaches us how to shine His beautiful light and we become a kaleidoscope of beautiful color.  He is the master of creating beauty out of fractured lives.

Its Him, Its always Him 

He is the GLUE to life. 

Moreover, the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with. New Heart English Bible Isaiah 30:26 

Photography, Design & Written by Lori Garner   

Bible Verses From KJV  / Sinner's Prayer

Inspiring Music:

Cyndi Lauper - True Colors (Lyric Video)

 Still, round the corner, there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. j.R.R.TolKien

Meaning of Gate: an opening in a wall or fence. 2: a city or castle entrance often with defensive structures (such as towers) 3a: the frame or door that closes a gate. b: a movable barrier (as at a grade crossing) 4a: a means of entrance or exit.

There are so many gates mentioned in the Bible. In fact, the word gate appears 418 times in the KJV.

As I thought about the word gate. This image crept into my mind. A small child.. a summer day and a farmhouse with a fence and a gate. 

I don’t know about you but if this child is me. I would put my small feet on the base of the gate and push. It squeaks, I giggle and find its quite fun.. lets do it again and again… such a cheap thrill. But this thrill and fun are short-lived because I hear my Father’s voice calling me home. 

You ask what does that have to do with a Bible word study?? 

I say a lot… How many of us ride the fence? How many keep our feet on the Gate? How many cannot see our way clear to focus on the gate. How many of us are still looking for the thrill? How many do not hear our father's voice calling us home? 

The Bible is clear that Christ is the gate. He is the only entry point into the presence of God.  He himself tells us He is the Door/Gate. 

So, the question becomes, do we keep looking for the cheap thrill, the fun moments. Or do we focus on Christ? Do we focus on a greater love for eternity? Do we prepare our hearts to walk through the gate? or do our feet get stuck in the holes of the swinging gate?? 

We all have choices to make? For me, I am determined not to ride the gate but I am determined to focus on Him.

Its Him, It's always Him..,

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Matthew 7:13-14

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15