A New Year... a New Planner

During the holidays I was inspired to create something unique... a poetic devotional inside a weekly planner.  The voice of God is what I chose for the poetry, one that will encourage and speak directly to each reader.

The planner is complete with 52 weekly pages for planning, scripture and scripture references, a poem for each week, and a place for personal prayer or reflection.  It's spiral bound for laying flat!

Weekly Planner and Devotional, 144 pages
Weekly Planner and Devotional, 248 pages with Journal pages

Visit our website, http://www.rpjandco.com/ and follow the links on the upper left side of the home page.  The planner was made to be used for any year.

May you be abundantly blessed in this New Year!  If you'd like to contribute for our next planner, contact us through email.

Blessings to all!

Kathy

My Christmas Prayer

I've been away from blogging for awhile... getting settled in and establishing some sort of routine in my new surroundings... it has come with challenges and blessings.

Though I may not have written here, words and ideas are always flowing.  Everyone is quite busy this time of year, but I've written a short poem for all to share:

A Christmas Blessing

Let us remember
Christ in Christmas
Let us remember to
Love one another as He does.

Let us remember the King,
Through His suffering
He gave us eternity.
Let us remember the gifts
He has given us --
Love and forgiveness, without condition.

Let us remember
At Christmastime and always
to be a blessing
To those far and near,
In this season and
Throughout the coming year!

Until next year!

Kathleen "Kathy" Schubitz

Thanksgiving

To everyone –

A Thanksgiving poem written last year. I thought it was worth sharing. It will be printed in the B/W revised edition of …In His Presence.

May you and every life you touch be blessed beyond measure!

Kathy


A time to be grateful
Put away all things hateful

We can live without strife
He paid the price for our life

Circumstances can alter our attitude
Attitude will determine our altitude

We can enjoy every day we’re living
Because the Lord keeps on giving

Wondering and guessing
How He keeps on blessing

Remember your loved ones
You’re a cared-about someone

With thanksgiving in our heart
We can each do our part

With thanks and with giving
We’ve got something with which to praise Him!

© Kathleen Schubitz
November 26, 2009

Shoebox Ministries Workshop

Our gathering on August 28 was a wonderful success. 

Everyone shared personal experiences with the group.  Our new and upcoming authors and poets had time to share stories and poems... what talent everyone had!

If you weren't able to join us at the Library, it's not too late to begin participating and see what might creatively evolve from your writing talent.

Read more, Write more... and tell a friend about us!

We look forward to seeing you at the next workshop!

Kathy
kathy@rpjandco.com

Carol
carolsink@gmail.com

Fun Psychological Test...

Part 1 - You can do this by yourself, but it's always more fun in a group.

List 3 words that describe your favorite color

List 3 descriptive words of your favorite animal

List 3 words you think of when you think of darkness

List 3 words that describe water.

Are you ready for the answers?!  Stay posted!

Kathy
http://www.rpjandco.com/
http://www.youcanfindfreedom.com/
407.551.0734

Can You Feel It?

This is from an assignment I had in school back in 2007.
I am happy when I am pleasing to my Heavenly Father in every thought, word, and deed.

Jesus’ heart beats as he’s walking and is drawn away by the aroma of perfume. He follows the path of the scent that leads him to a rose garden. He reaches out and gently embraces the exquisite beauty of one aromatic red rose unfolding its effervescence on a bright sunny day. He desires to clip the irresistibly fragrant rose from the garden, but he hears the Father say, “Let it remain so it will receive the proper nutrients, fertilizer, nourishment and nurturing, to become an exquisite life-giving rose, perfumed with a sweet-smelling fragrance, for ALL to enjoy.”

© Kathleen Schubitz / July 14, 2007

This is how the Father feels about his children.

Be blessed!

Kathy
http://www.youcanfindfreedom.com/
http://www.rpjandco.com/
407.551.0734

Connie's Blog Tour Continues.. and so do your chances to Win!

We all have those dark times in our lives when nothing seems to go right and we wonder where God is. We need to remember that God hasn’t gone anywhere, it is that we have wandered away or closed God out!





Comforting Presence

What a comfort it is to know
That God is always here,
Anywhere that we may go
God’s presence is ever near.

Though at times we may not feel,
And are often unaware
Of this presence, it is very real,
Filled with loving care.

Through even the hardest day
And in the darkest night,
God is a bright and shining ray
Providing peace and light.

With open hearts accept God’s grace
Along with comfort and peace,
And rest assured that in every place
God’s love will never cease.

© Connie Arnold, 2010
photo © Gary Strader
from Abundant Comfort and Grace

The schedule for the tour is posted at http://www.conniearnold.blogspot.com in case you missed any stops and would like to go back and read the posts. Hope you can visit Free Spirit Blog at http://theoldsilly.com for the final post tomorrow.

Be sure to leave comments to receive entries to drawings for a free copy of my first book, Beautiful Moments of Joy and Peace, and a $10 Amazon gift certificate.

There will also be a drawing for a $25 Amazon gift certificate from those purchasing Abundant Comfort and Grace.

Purchase a signed copy at http://www.conniearnold.webs.com/ using PayPal or check, from RPJ & Company (http://www.store.rpjandco.com/) or Amazon and contact Connie Arnold (beautifulmomentsofjoyandpeace@yahoo.com) with confirmation of your online purchase.

May God's abundant comfort and grace be with you always!

Kathy
http://www.rpjandco.com/
http://www.youcanfindfreedom.com/