“Rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory.
Rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory.
Rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory.
Children of the Lord.”
– Rise and Shine (the Arky, Arky Song), Children’s song
“Turn your light on. Turn your light on. It’s important that you shine, shine shine.
Turn your light on. Turn your light on. It’s important that you shine, shine shine.”
– Turn Your Light On, Children’s song
“This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine.”
– This Little Light of Mine, lyrics by Harry Dixon Loes
How can I see the word Sunshine, especially as an award, and NOT think of these songs, Dear Lord. An award that is meant to shine light on this blog and give glory to the owner/author or the content therein. Yet it is all You! You gave me this blog, and the whispers that have created the words each time. I praise Your Holy name for shining glory on Your whispers, and giving glory that I can completely shine on You! Turning YOUR light on! I’m gonna let it shine as much as the Holy Spirit will allow! 🙂
“The sun comes up. It’s a new day dawning.
It’s time to sing Your song again.
Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me.
Let me be singing when the evening comes.”
– 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord), lyrics by Jonas Myrin / Matt Redman
And of course it brings to mind the more common song.
“You are my sunshine. You are my sunshine.
You make me happy when skies are gray.
You’ll never know dear how much I love you.
Please don’t take my sunshine away.”
– You Are My Sunshine, lyrics by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell
Lord, You share Your sunshine with me again through Lovely A of Discovering Your Happiness! “Thank you, Lovely Anita, for nominating me for the Sunshine Blogger Award! I absolutely think of you with sunshine! You are my sunshine! You make me and so many others happy when skies are gray. You’ll never know how much the dear Lord has allowed you so much love through so many of us… but especially Him! ❤
Please don’t ever take it away!” ❤
The Rules:
- Thank blogger(s) who nominated you in a blog post and link back to their blog.
- Answer the 11 questions the blogger asked you.
- Nominate 11 new blogs to receive the award and write them 11 new questions.
- List the rules and display the Sunshine Blogger Award logo in your post and/or on your blog..
My Questions:
- What was your greatest failure and what did you learn from that?
Anytime I have left God! Don’t do anything without Him! - Is blogging your profession or just a hobby?
enjoyable hobby - How would you describe your blogging style?
Sharing God’s whispers - What is your greatest achievement outside of blogging?
Asking Jesus to be my Savior ❤ - What do you do in your spare time?
write, puzzles, read, listen to or sing hymns and gospel songs, color - What would be your ideal working environment?
Being wherever God wanted me to be, doing His will 🙂 - Who has impacted you most in blogging and how?
Miss Lovely from Discovering Your Happiness is the obvious answer, if you read my blogs and comments. The Lord used her 21 Self Care Challenge to keep me motivated and active. Not only was she like a life coach, but her genuine interest in wanting to see what I post next, asking me to tag, required me learning things that now help me so much. - How do you motivate yourself to keep the blog up and running?
Lord willing, I follow whatever time, energy, and wording God gives. - Sweet or Savoury?
sweet - Coffee or Hot Chocolate?
Hot chocolate (I don’t even like coffee) - Summer or Winter
summer
My Nominees:
The Word
Becoming His Tapestry
Dreamer’s Outlet
Justified and Redeemed
Sharing in the Lord
Heart of the Journey
Sim’s Jollies and Jaunts
Not Easily Broken
Lea’s Spiritual Journey
The Showers of Blessings
10 Questions for the Nominees:
1. How are you doing?
2. How are things at work/school/home?
3. What song(s) does the word Sunshine make you think of?
4. What’s Your Favorite hymn?
5. Do you have a favorite number?
6. What color is your hair… originally? 😉 (You can share your current hair color.) lol
7. What is your favorite bible book?
8. Who is your favorite bible character?
9. What makes you excited?
10. Do you know how much God loves you? ❤ Because He does! ❤
May God bless each one of you with His favor in your life and with your blog. May you seek Him and delight in Him. Congrats on your Sunshine Blogger Award! Please don’t feel obligated to participate. If you do, no rush! Do it in your time, your way! I just wanted to shine a little light on you and your blog! Praise God!
Thank you again Miss Lovely for the nomination! Congratulations on yours! 🙂
Me and God love you, my dear Croatian Australia sister!
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Congrats on the Sunshine – you’ve chosen some great songs to accompany the award! I don’t like coffee either (love the smell of a cappuccino but I’ve always hated the taste of coffee). Hot chocolate, however, definitely gets a thumbs up! 🙂
Caz x
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PTL! God’s always bringing a song to mind whatever I’m doing…. sometimes even in my sleep, and my son wakes me up to ask me wahat I’m singing. Sometimes I remember, sometimes I do. lol Thank you, Caz.
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This was very sweet😊. Congratulations!🎉
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PTL! Thank you!
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Congratulations on you award, you deserve them all!! I love your answers, and that they are never far from our Lord :):):) I am so humbled, and thankful that you nominated me but I just accepted this award back in December. I feel ungrateful saying this but please feel free to nominate someone else in my place. Big hugs my dear friend, I am so grateful to God that He has chosen to cross our paths. It has been a great blessing to me. Your love for our Father is an inspiration :):):):)
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PTL! Thank you, Margaret! Please don’t feel bad. I use to feel the same way until I saw people posting they had been waiting for their first one… for years. So now it’s more of a way to share God’s love and encouragement with others. Some do them, some don’t, and some just do them in their own way. PLEASE don’t feel bad! It’s meant to encourage you and let you know God was thinking of you! I, too, am so grateful God crossed our paths! Me and God love you too, Sister! ❤ 🙂
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