Being a Christian does not exempt me from the trials and difficulties in this life. Having bipolar disorder or manic-depressive illness, can make life very difficult for myself and others. The greatest comfort for me in this personal trial, is that God loves me and is sovereignly in control of every situation in my life. Even in allowing me to have bipolar disorder, His love and faithfulness remains unchanging. In fact, it is through my struggles with the 11 or so severe depression episodes over the last 20 years, that I am drawn closer to God to know Him and His love better. At times when I am very confused and hurt by what I was going through, I could only cast myself wholely upon God. At times when family and friends could not understand what I was going through, I could find no comfort in human friendships, the Lord keep me in the palm of His hands. In His love alone, I found that enduring and unconditional love. It gives me the strength to face each day.
Thank God that He is with us always. He will continue to give us the grace to walk with Him and serve Him, even if we have to go through the valley of the shadow of death at times. And when our tasks here is accomplished, we have the blessed hope of being with Him forever to enjoy His love and fellowship for all eternity. What a blessed hope!
My brother took this lovely photo at Muriwai Beach, Western Auckland, New Zealand.
I use this photo to make the following Bookmarks. If you wish to make the bookmark yourself, you can download the respective Free Bookmark Template:
1) 2 Corinthians 12:9 "My grace is sufficient for thee".
Download Free Bookmark Template: free-bookmarks-2cor12v9.doc
2) Friendship quote:
If you love something, set if free.
If it comes back to you, it's yours.
If it doesn't, it was never meant to be.
Download Free Bookmark Template: free-bookmarks-muriwai-beach.doc
3) Chinese Bible verse for 2 Corinthians 12:9 “My grace is sufficient for thee”.
In Chinese this verse is read as 我的恩典够你用的 (Pinyin : wǒ de ēn diǎn gòu nǐ yòng de)
Download Free Bookmark Template :
free-chinese-bookmarks-2cor12v9.doc
or
free-chinese-bookmarks-2cor12v9.pdf
Check out more Free Bookmarks Templates at my Homemade Bookmarks Hobby Blog.
Free Calendars 2010 and Free Planners 2010 Resources:
- Calendar 2010 Design1
- Calendar 2010 Design2
- Calendar 2010 Design3
- Calendar 2010 with Singapore Public Holidays 1
- Calendar 2010 with Singapore Public Holidays 2
- Planner 2010 Design B
- Christian Calendar 2010 with Bible verses 1
- Christian Calendar 2010 with Singapore Public Holidays 1
- Christian Planner 2010
Free Bookmarks Resources:
- A Special Birthday Prayer for You
- All the best to you
- Animals
- Children - This book belongs to
- Chinese Bible verses
- Christian bookmarks with Bible verses
- Flowers
- Friendship
- Happy Birthday
- Happy Children's Day
- Happy Mother's Day
- Inspirational or encouraging quotes
- Prayer of St. Francis
- Sceneries
- Swan
- The Cross in My Pocket
- When there seems no way out, let God in
- With God all things are possible
- You are never alone
- Your Friendship is a blessing
Free Cards Resources:
- A Special Birthday Prayer for You
- Animals
- Birthday Card pop up
- Christian cards with Bible verses
- Don't Quit
- Encouraging Friendship Quotes1
- Encouraging quote on Love
- Encouraging Quotes1
- Flowers
- Get Well Soon!
- God holds my tomorrow
- Happy Birthday
- How to Make a Kirigami Dancing Crane Pop-up Card
- How to Make a Pop-Up Heart Card
- Prayer of St. Francis
- With God all things are possible
- Your Friendship is a Blessing
Free Handicrafts Resources : Free Cross-stitch
- How to sew a pink heart cross stitch
- About cross stitch and cross stitching
- Creative Needlecraft Cross Stitching
- Cross stitch of Yarn Tree
- Different ways of doing cross stitch
- Free cross stitch pattern : Pink Heart
- French Knot
- How to Choose a Cross Stitch Pattern
- How to Design a Cross Stitch Pattern
- How to Do Back Stitches in Cross Stitching
- How to Do Basic Cross Stitches
- How to Do French Knots in Cross Stitching
- How to Frame a Cross Stitch Pattern
- How to Personalize Your Cross Stitching Pattern
- How to Prepare Cloth for Cross Stitching
- Learn simple Cross Stitch In 5 Minutes
- Little Bear cross-stitch
- Supplies for Cross Stitching
- Types of Cross Stitch Patterns
Free Sewing Resources : Knitting
- Basics on how to knit
- How to Knit a Scarf : How to Add Fringe to a Scarf
- How to Knit a Scarf : How to Cast Off
- How to knit a scarf : How to Change to a Different Color when Knitting
- How to Knit a Scarf : How to Do the Basket Weave
- How to Knit a Scarf : How to Do the Knit Stitch
- How to Knit a Scarf : How to Do the Purl Stitch
- How to Knit a Scarf : How to Do the Rib Stitch
- How to Knit a Scarf : How to Pick Up Dropped Stitches
- Variations in Stitches
Free Origami Resources:
- Airplane
- Boat
- Box
- Bunny
- Camel
- Cup
- Dragonfly
- Fish
- Flowers Daffodil
- Flowers Pink
- Hummingbird
- Jumping Frog
- Parrot
- Penguin
- Pigeon
- Roadrunner
- Rose
- Shark
- Squirrel
- Sungflower
- Swan
- Zebra
Free Arts and Crafts for Kids Resources:
- How to make a Catepillar
- How to make a clock
- How to make a duck
- How to make a Kirigami Hummingbird
- How to make a Peacock
- How to make an Octopus
- How to make turtle
Nice Piano Instrumental Music Resources:
- Relaxing music
- A como amor
- Aline
- Ballade Pour Adeline
- Chinese Garden
- Concerto pour un jeune fille nommee
- Couleur Tendresse
- Dolannes Melody
- Dream Wedding
- Fur Elise
- Give a little to your love
- La Tendresse
- lara's theme
- Les derniers jours d´Anastacia kemsky
- Lettre à ma mère
- Love song in winter
- Mariage D'amour
- Piano Concerto No. 1
- Romeo and Juliet
- Tema de Amor
- Triste Coeur
- Unchained melody
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