Showing posts with label LOVE. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

A Thrill of Hope...

As we draw nearer to Christmas day, I keep having these words play over and over again in my mind... 
"a thrill of hope... the weary world rejoices"
Looking around us at the world we live in, we truly do need a thrill of hope, our weary world needs something to rejoice in. This Christmas season, let's turn our eyes to the reason we celebrate, the birth of Jesus. Jesus this God-man who walked the earth and changed how we did everything. 

He was the biggest revolutionary in history. He fed the poor, spoke life to dead people, healed the sick, loved the orphan, and invited the widow into society.

In our world, we need this revolutionary, we need Love, the love that He spoke of, we need it for ourselves and for our neighbour- no matter the colour, the creed, nationality, or beliefs. He spoke Love.

This season, let's speak love, share love, be love... 
after all Christmas is all about love,
M.



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Friday, August 5, 2016

15 Years.

Missie and Duy Vietnam 2016
I can't believe we've been married for 15 years. I remember when we first got married and we met a couple who had been married for 8 year and were just starting to talk about starting a family and I asked them... what do you do for 8 year with no kids? Well, low and behold, we got to find out.

I keep thinking to myself, what the heck have we been doing for the past 15 years with no kids? Well... living. Being grateful and full of gratitude for the crazy stuff we have done. It has been amazing! Now, don't get me wrong, it has also been stressful, overwhelmingly frustrating, and glorious all at the same time.

Do we fight, oh yes- like Ali and Fraser, or McGregor and Diaz... yes, we have our moments, and no they aren't easy... The best advice we got, and love to give to everyone, even if not solicited, because it was just that good... is this;

Will this matter in 25 years? if not, let it go... if so, touch gloves and have a clean fight. 

(I add the touch gloves and have a clean fight, because I am married to a warrior, an MMA loving man, which means I know way too much about the sport... I know, I know... I've let us all down ladies :)

So what have I learned in the past 15 years of marriage? you'd think my answer would be "a lot"... But actually I know a whole lot less now than I did when I had been married for a year. It's like my knowledge has gone backward - or at least now, I am smart enough to know that I don't know everything, or much of anything really. But what I do know, is that marriage isn't easy, it doesn't solve problems - it kinda creates more... But it is totally worth it.

So as an old married couple... I'll leave you other married couples with these words I shared on my Facebook page as a thank you to all the Anniversary wishes we got and as an encouragement to support your friends and family in their marriage and celebrate their milestones... and celebrate your own... you've worked to get where you are... don't forget that.

Birthdays are awesome, because the world changed the day you were born- But there is something different about an Anniversary. You are not guaranteed to arrive at it, they don't JUST happen, you have to work your tail off to make it WORK. 

You are no longer just celebrating a passing year or a simple accomplishment, but instead you are celebrating something you've fought for. So for me, our anniversary is so important.

Thanks for supporting us in our marriage, praying for us, and rooting for us. Marriage in the world we live in seems to come and go... I encourage you to support your married friends, encourage them, share your stories with them, and CELEBRATE their milestones... because they've fought to get there- and they are where they are because people like you value their marriage too. 

oh yes, and Love, Love, Love them, cause we all thought we had it figured out at year 1... 
So share in the celebration, share in the glory, share your stories and Share the love,
M. 
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

The Whole World.

Sometimes we forget...
Let's try to remember this today.
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M.


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Thursday, April 21, 2016

The Only One...

The only one for me is you, and you for me, so happy together! 

I've finally figured out how to make me a delicious cup of coffee over here in Vietnam, and this is an homage to the fact that I *might* have a love affair with coffee. 

I do love the ritual of making a cup of coffee, I love the smell of it, I love holding the warm mug, I love that first sip... everything about coffee means that my day is starting, that it will be a good day. I take my coffee with a side of reflection, quietness and peace... it's the quiet moments before the day begins. 

I think I appreciate my coffee so much because of the moments it represents. It's a conversation over a cup of coffee with friends, it's part of most of the memories I have with my friends.

It's what I'm holding when I hear "I've got something to tell you, I'm pregnant..." 
It's what I'm holding when the Hubby and I are reflecting on our life plans.
It's what I'm holding when I'm talking to my momma on the phone.
It's what I'm holding while pouring over my Bible.
It's what's brewing when my friends are on their way over... 
It's part of my every day life, and I love that part...

What is the thing that is part of your everyday life, the thing that you may not even notice- until it's gone...

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M.





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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Now is Your Moment to Love and Shine.

Maybe just maybe, you were created for this moment... no matter what you are going through, perhaps this is your moment to shine.

You were definitely created for a purpose.. most people spend years looking for their purpose... I did. I was unhappily searching for what I was suppose to do in life, what is my purpose? Everyone else seems to know what their purpose is, what about me? One morning I was reading the bible, and there is was, right in front of me... Love. Love God, Love your Neighbour. Jesus said it, plain as day. There you have it, there was my purpose... and now every passion, hobby, or job I have, every adventure we go on, I have a purpose- no matter what, to love... just to love.

Whatever it is you are going through, understand that your purpose is to love, and go through your daily life in light of love. Understand that you were created with a purpose... and know this is your moment to love and shine.

Share the love,
M.





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Friday, January 22, 2016

For Granted to Gratitude

Throw back to Grandma's house and a time when everybody had one of these signs... I guess I got a little nostalgic there for a minute and really wanted one in my house... couldn't find one that I liked -so I made this one, and thought I'd share it!

What is your mantra, or thought process when you are cleaning your home, tidying up after others, or even yourself (I'm the main messy culprit here for making messes- I get all excited to start a project and then I start, and I keep adding to my collection of supplies, then I get side tracked or have to get back to work work... putting supper on, loading or unloading the dishwasher... laundry - ps, I am still doing laundry from our Uganda trip, can you believe that?! ya, me neither...can you say major side track?)

What are the words you speak over your home are they positive words of appreciation?
I thank you that I have clothes, to put in the washing machine that we are so blessed to own...

or negative;
I can't believe this guy, who raised him- seriously how hard is it to put your socks in the hamper... oh these kids they have so much and they don't appreciate any of it, I hate laundry...

Change your words, speak gratitude and appreciation and see how things will change... After spending 5 weeks in Uganda and brushing our teeth with bottled water because there is no such thing as clean drinking water there... no matter how clean you think it is, if you drink it, you will get sick...
every time I turn on the faucet here in Canada I whisper a prayer of thanksgiving. There is so much stuff I take for granted...

So print this sign, frame it, and every time you see it, whisper a prayer of gratitude for the roof over your head and the people you share it with... Every time you walk by it and whisper it,  He hears...

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M.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Figuring it out...

As we get older holidays become more complicated, especially you have time to think about them. This year I am excited, we are going home to my mom's for Christmas and I can't wait. It's an interesting time, because I know I have high hopes of going and feeling Christmas like I used to, but I also know that it will never feel like it used to- am I setting myself up for failure? (I've got a plan for that too... My Merry Christmas List ) 

Sometimes it is hard adulting when you don't actually ever feel like the adult in the room. The Hubby and I have no kids, not for lack of trying, praying, bargaining, etc... you can read all about that story here: Why I do what I do! ) But when you don't have children, you are still the children- we don't have little people running around the house needing us, we aren't required to have a set dinner time, toast at 8pm while binge watching Netflix is actually not a 'no no'. When you've got kids, you've got other responsibilities... at the moment, the only things I need to keep alive are my Hubby (and generally he can forage for himself), Timothy the Dog, and a few house plants... So Christmas here is a little different. 

I have this belief that when you reach a certain age, most couples have children to relive the wonder through their eyes...  Christmas time is especially difficult for me... Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas, I love everything about it, but I've always got this underlying sadness that I just can't seem to shake...

I have to guard myself agains falling into a season of despair and frustration, because that makes me no fun for anyone around the holidays... 

I love this song by Third Day, and I try to keep it in mind... the feelings that I feel are not unique- other's may feel this way too. I never quite understood how the holidays could be hard on people when I was younger, my how the years can you teach you all sorts of things... now I get it... now I understand. But now I also know that I need to focus on gratitude... focus on the beauty, focus on the hope...focus on Jesus... the true meaning of Christmas...  

Although I want to feel Christmas like it used to be... I know- it is probably not possible... but one certainly can hope... and hope I do.

I want to feel Christmas, how it used to be
With all of its wonder falling on me
This season has felt so empty, oh, for quite a while
I want to feel Christmas like a child

I want to see snowflakes fall to the ground
My brothers and sisters all gathered around
Singing, "Away In A Manager" as we sit by the fire
I want to feel Christmas like a child

It's been so long now, I can't say
Just when I lost my way
But I'm going back to how it was
When this day meant everything
And we spent our time remembering
The baby Child born for us

It's all about Jesus
Asleep in the straw
This infant, this King
This Savior for all

So I don't need bells to be ringing
'Cause I'll join with angels singing, Gloria
And I can feel Christmas like a child

(Third Day Music)

How do you cope with Christmas? Do you find yourself reminiscing? For those of you who have Children, do you get to live that wonder through their experiences? Through their eyes? 
Share the love, 
M.


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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Actions.

my happy laugh cry
We are back and I am processing and jet lagging... all of the things we saw, smelled, felt, held, ate... it might take me a little while, but I did want to share this...

The second Wednesday we were in Masaka, we had the opportunity to spend the day with Fay. She runs a baby home called Nurture Baby Home. It was an awesome day, we had the privilege to tag along with her when she got the call that there was an abandoned 11 year old girl at the hospital, who had been there a week, and who needed someone, well we ended up being that someone. Her name is Namuli, she is 11, she is disabled. We didn't know if she spoke, communicated, walked- we had no idea... but what we did know, is the answer was yes. Because this was the opportunity put in front of us, and when God sends an opportunity we say yes. (Every day I thank God for people like Fay... they are the world changers and earth shakers- what they are doing makes a difference.)

We found Namuli asleep curled up in a little ball... she was very small. She fit into a size 4 clothes (a 4 is about what a 4 year old wears... not an 11 year old...) She was surrounded by people, lots of people, these people where there at the hospital taking care of relatives, siblings, children, parents... the smell of ammonia hung heavy in the corridor, urine so strong I could barely handle it... and in amongst all of these people, smells, and sounds there she was... laying there, not making any noise, frail and small... I held back tears... my heart broke... my head couldn't understand... how does this happen? But it wasn't my place to figure our how it can happen, it was my place to figure out how to help... I didn't know what to do, so I said yes to everything I was asked...

Namuli ended up in the Baby home, I went to visit her often, sat with her, touched her hand, rubbed her head... just loved on her... she made no eye contact, no physical touch response... I called her by name... nothing. Then the last Sunday before we left, we went back to check on everyone and say bye for now. I went in to see Namuli, she smiled when she heard my voice... I choked back tears and started that half laugh half cry thing I do... She looked at me, made eye contact... then the flood gates opened up- there was no stopping those tears of joy.

This print is inspired by someone whose actions speak louder than words ever could...  In all of this, my prayer is that my actions speak louder than my words... that I will be a woman of action- I don't just want to talk about it...

Share the love,
M.


love
taking a moment to thank God
Holding hands with Namuli 
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Saturday, September 26, 2015

Live Laugh Love

I'm procrastinating. I have yet to pack. We leave tomorrow.

I'm wallowing in this amazing feeling of not being prepared and being totally calm. I'm in a zone that feels so peaceful... now this could just be the calm before the storm... I don't feel stress, I feel total peace. It is a very weird sensation. Because I know myself. Technically, I should be freaking out, grabbing extra stuff and shoving it in a suitcase 'just in case' but I'm not... I've checked off my list(s) (-there have been many!),  except a little run to the dollar store to pick up stickers for the teachers at the school to be able to give to the children... maybe another run to the camping store for a towelette that will be used to dab sweat (glorious though eh?) also pick up some Tim Hortons coffee to take over as a little taste of home for the Missionaries...

(i may have just compiled another list- I'd better get packing!)

On another note- I'm not sure what kind of internet hook up we will have while on our Living Life On Purpose 2015 Journey to Uganda. I'm hoping to be able to keep you all updated weekly if not more, we shall see! Keep us in your prayers! We appreciate all of your support!

Share the love,
M.

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Friday, September 25, 2015

Without Love.

"Without love, we are like birds with broken wings"... how true is that?
I believe we were made for love-  made to give love, made to be love and made to share love... like birds are given wings to fly, we are given love to live.

Share the love,
M.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Share the Love.

Why do I always sign off Share the love ?

Because I believe we are made of love, and for love.  I believe love should be the answer no matter the question. I believe it ought to be what we give, even when we have nothing to give. I believe the more we give, the more we have.

Am I good at this all the time? no. Is love always my first response? no. Should it be? yes. Am I working on it? Yes. When I sign off Share the love, am I reminding myself to share the love... yes.

We were not created to be perfect, we were created to be... and then Jesus said, the most important thing ever... first,  Love God...  and second and equally as important,  Love your neighbour as yourself (Matt 22:36-40)

So Love, love God,
Love your Neighbour,
and try to filter your life through love- what does that even look like?

and...

Share the love,
M.

Ps. we leave in 4 days. It is getting so real!!!

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Fear-Love

"My Fear is Silenced in Your Love"

Lately I've been listening to music while I work- generally I work in silence... but I found working in silence my mind wanders and I focus on stupid stuff... so I've started listening to uplifting music. It's changed my thought process... I hear the words and I find myself muttering them under my breath, as if they are an unconscious heart cry... these words: 'my fear is silenced in your love' - they came out unconsciously and then they became conscious... and I kept saying them over and over again... my fears are silenced in your love... silenced... quieted, drowned out... gone... peace...love...joy.

It's true... "perfect love casts out fear..." 1 John 4:18, and when I am fearful, anxious, worried, you know just being human in the world we live in... I quote that verse.

Some of you may not know these verses, you may not know Jesus or the Bible... and that's ok. This isn't to make you do what I do. This is how I get through life, these are the cries if my heart. If you are looking for something,  I want to encourage you... to find peace... to focus on the beautiful in life.

I quote this verse as a daily reminder to my mind "fix your thoughts on what is true, and honourable, and right, and pure, and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise." Phil 4:8

You don't need to be anything other than human to find the wisdom in focusing on the positive in life... So today I encourage you to whisper the thoughts of your heart, to focus on the beautiful, to know that there is someone out there who cares... and I'll pray for you that you find peace... joy, and love in your life.

Share the love,
M.


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Friday, August 14, 2015

Coffee & Friends

Life is too short for anything less than Good Coffee and Great Friends.
Can I get an Amen!

"The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense" Proverbs 27:9 NLT may I just add... the heartfelt counsel of a friend over coffee is as sweet as perfume and incense... 

So share your day with someone you love, have a coffee with a friend and just chat, reminisce, think about the good things, talk about future plans, hopes and dreams, laugh and enjoy. It does the heart good! 

(oh and of course share this print with those you love- I made it just for you. Actually, why don't you have it printed off and give it to your friend over coffee)


Take time to make time for those you love.

Share the love,
M.


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Monday, June 22, 2015

It's Monday! Love.

It's Monday, and there is one thing I know for sure...
"...these three remain: faith, hope and love... and the greatest of these is love." 1 Cor. 13:13

You know when you have a day, (like we had yesterday) where you're just petty... squabbling about things like the mortgages, who made what decision, and how it is affecting our lives, who makes all these decisions? Why are we taking this/them into account? Who's in charge anyway?

You know days like that... when you have stuff you need to discuss and it spirals so quickly downward into a petty shamble of human-ess? Yes, I too am human, and yes, it shows- more times than not.

After all of our pettiness and our making up and our back on track, we heard news of a friend of ours who was in an accident and has 2nd degree burns, his arms, his upper body, and his face... but thankfully survived.  That kinda puts things into perspective in this world we live in. Who cares about the mortgage, who cares who made what decisions, who cares? What is important is that you are here...  What is important is that we spend out time living and loving each other, and others. My heart is breaking for our friends, their lives are forever changed. They will live with this forever, they will live another level of love... we will live another level of love because of them.

Teach us to love, to truly love. To put love above all else, people above all else, other's above all else. The most important thing we have in the world is each other- how easily we forget that...
My prayer today is that love abounds in your heart, your home, with everyone you meet, and spills out everywhere you go.

Share the love,
M.

Please send prayer this way for our friends, they will need all of the love and support they can get <3

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Thank you :)
M.

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Going to the Chapel.

I have had the great pleasure of working on many, many, many wedding invitations in my day- I am always so honoured when people choose me to do their invitations... I've been working n a few recently and with all of these weddings on my mind, this little print happened.

You can print it, use it as a card, put it in a frame, or If you are feeling courageous and creative I've also created a version with a little 'Date-Plate' where you can add the date... or the names of the love bird.

Love is grand, weddings are grand, marriage is messy.  I'll let you in on a little secret... I wrote these back in 2008 when I aspired to be a writer (ha!) Wedding Bliss-ters,  This is NOT My Starter Marriage, and Marriage 102... like I said, marriage is messy :) We were 7 years into our marriage, which will be 14 years this year... it's been an interesting ride- to say the least.

Here's to Celebrating Love and Marriage and all the messy stuff that goes along with it!
Share the love,
M.

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Thank you :)
M.

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Happy Saturday!

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It's Saturday- what an awesome day, it's as though the whole world looks at life a little differently on a Saturday than any other day of the week. It's full of endless possibilities, wide open mental spaces and sheer joy. I love Saturdays. Even though my Hubby and I both work on Saturdays, there is something so inborn in me that I still love them.

When I was growing up, Saturdays were the only 'free' day. Sunday was church, Monday -Friday was school, and every second week on Saturday evenings we had church services with the elderly at the seniors home. We may or may not have races those people to the service taking corners on two wheels in their wheel chairs... they would just laugh and giggle the whole time. Who in their right mind puts eight 12 year olds in charge of going and getting the participants in wheelchairs? Apparently our parents trusted us. side note: In our free time, we would wander around the basement looking for the morgue-morbid, I know. 

But Saturdays... I still love them, I still hold them in a special place in my heart, they are the free day of the week! It's as though they are the day that I can finally cast my cares away, and truly relax... but 1 Peter says that we should be casting our cares away every day, "Cast all of your cares on Him; He cares for you." All of your cares, that includes your Monday woes, your Tuesday cares, your Wednesday stress, your Thursday frustrations and your Friday anxiety - knowing that you start this all over again on Monday.  Cast ALL of your cares on Him. He Cares for you.  This is a reminder that I recite to myself daily, I am living and growing and casting my cares daily, sometimes every moment I am saying this over and over... and then laying down my worries, placing my anxieties, my hurts, my frustrations on Him... because He truly cares for me. 


If something has you down, cast your cares on Him... He truly cares for you.
You are his favourite.

Share the love,
M.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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LostBumblebee ©2015 MDBN : FREE DONATE TO DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE : Cast Your Cares On Him :  PERSONAL USE ONLY.  NOT FOR RESALE. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
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