Colors: Greens are the colors of safety, because they are not intrusive colors. Zinsser Smartcoat/Feeling Lucky/Key Lime/ Citrus Infusion..to pop a neutral.

Value of Concentration: The Triune God is my Safe Haven.

Memory Verse:  ABBA,  I am safe in your arms.

Good Morning, ABBA, Father,

On this chilly November Morn, my warm and toasty libation within my Cup of Fancy, is Oatmeal Cookie Decaf, with a splash of cream. Yum! I’ve brewed a few cups and as you’ve guessed, it’s contained in one of my fancy teapots.

I can hear some of you: “Who has time for this….I’m up at 5a.m. and out the door!” Well I was exactly like you before I retired from teaching Kindergarten for 30 years, in 2014.

Every Saturday morning, before I retired, my brain clock would still wake up at 5a.m. I realized, that I needed time to spend with you,  ABBA, in a special way.

So I went to my recliner, with my Cup of Fancy, and lit my fav candle. With my comforter, Bible, journal, and my Lacey Pup at my feet (how I miss my sweet girl)…I spent an hour with You, ABBA.  Sometimes I dozed off to sleep.  How safe I felt in your arms.

Your daily God Time; it may only be a cup of your favorite tea, as you read your daily devotional, before you turn out the lights. Try to make a few minutes for you and God….daily.  You will learn to feel safe in his arms.

Once I came to the understanding that you, ABBA, were my home, my safe haven, my provider of peace and contentment, my life took on a new adventure.

As a child, their was a lot of emotional abuse in my home, due to my father’s mental illness.   I was also raised in a legalistic religion, where I thought I had to earn my salvation.  I was a mess.

Finally, 25 years ago, through the realization of God’s Grace, my life took on a new genre of peace, contentment, and safety.

I realized the following:

*During times of my deepest stress..you only can give me peace and safety.  Recently…there has been an overwhelming stress, within the family…ONLY YOU,ABBA, HAVE CARRIED ME.

*During an illness….only you can give me peace and healing. 

*After a family death, only you can lead me through grief, and into an open wheat field of new life and purpose.

*And through your AMAZING GRACE…I AM SEALED with The Holy Spirit.  Heaven is mine.  I am safe in your arms.

Note: At 75 years old, this body has been through a great deal. Recently, there have been surgeries for both of us. For almost three years, there has been a legal issue, within my family, that praise God will soon be solved. It’s been a living hell to go through, and the stress has been unreal. Therefore, I am not a princess. I’m just like Y’all.

However, I am a Princess….because I am a Daughter of The King…You, My ABBA.

As you go about your day today, praise God for the gift of GRACE. Seek him.  Learn to know him as your ABBA. He will keep you safe in his arms.

Thank You, Father, for blessing me this day.

MY CHILD: As your Father, it is my greatest desire to love and care for you.  There is a huge difference about how believers and non-believers process trauma and stress.

*A Believer in salvation through Grace…which came through the blood sacrifice of my Son Jesus Christ, his death and resurrection ; he/she turns to me; knows that I will get him/her through any tragedy with faith, peace, strength, courage, and the wisdom of The Holy Spirit who lives within him/her. The Holy Spirit assures them of hope and a future.  Eternity in heaven is his/hers.

*A non-believer: chaos-the dissolving of the family unit, drugs, alcohol, porn, godless living, adultery, sex trafficking, a zero relationship with ME.

“Come to Me, all of you who are burdened, and I WILL GIVE YOU REST!  We will walk through this hand in hand. I love you.

Your,

ABBA, Father

2 Timothy 4:18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom.

Proverbs 18 :10 The name of The Lord is a fortified tower. The righteous run to it and are safe.

 Psalm 34:5 Those who look to Him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. I am safe as The Spirit surrounds me.

Psalm 4:8 In peace, I will lie down in sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.