Enjoy a good read from my column at Our City Magazines Weston pg 71 https://ourcityweston.com/read-online/

Sometimes our deepest thoughts and sentiments can be interpreted by others without the needs for words. Yet, sometimes we let time and opinions hinder that expression because of fear of being criticized, mis-understood, uncorreponded or just plain afraid of what thoughts or sentiments might reciprocate.

Sometimes we spend hours, days or even years regreting the emotions restrained. Regreting not letting that other person know how much you care, how much you need them, miss them or simply think of them.

When it feels as if I have forgotten you,
I simply look into my heart and find you there!

To

one day i found love when i wasn't looking

it happened in a mysterious way

my heart began to beat faster than usual

traceable only by the words &

thousand of pictures that remain in my head 

from that magical day

by Ivis Nabuc

Why Worry ?

First Peter 5:6-7 says, Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you, casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully......

My sleep was interrupted tonight so I prayed for things I felt uncertain with & anxious about & God reminded me once again th...at I need to stop trying to figure everything out myself, that I need to let go a "little" of my ego and fully, completely rely on Him and everthing is going to be alright. He puts us in place and situations always w a motive in mind. With a plan to makes us better and make others better through His light that shines through us.

http://www.joycemeyer.org/articles/ea.aspx?article=the_cause_and_cure_for_worry

"A Place for You and Me" by Nabuc

I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness. John 12:46
by Nabuc (Oil on Canvas) "The Light"



Swept Me Away by Nabuc (Oil on Canvas)

Fresh Catch by Nabuc (Oil on Canvas)

Sunset for Gladys by Ivis Nabuc

Not every feeling can be expressed with words, that's why God has created such sights ... Sunset

Journey

Just a thought:

We can’t change our destiny but we can change our reaction to the circumstances we come across and the path of our journey. God already has a plan. He knows the beginning and the end, yet he gives us the will to choose how to travel along this journey.

We can take it through the city, busy with traffic, tall buildings blocking the view to the sky, loud music, the streets filled with people crossing each other without notice, with iPhone, iPad, iPod or Walkman in hand. Numb like zombies day in and day out. Walking in circles not knowing where and in which direction to go.

Or we can make this journey through the forest fully awake and connected. Aware of our surroundings; Listening to the chirping of the Birds. The footsteps of a grasshopper on a limb. The sound of cracking dry leaves under our feet as we leave permanent footprint with every step we take. These footprints can be a guide to those that will follow. Just like those footprints left by those that have come before us.

They already made the way for us by removing the fallen trunks blocking our way. They built the bridges for us to be able to cross the treacherous rivers. They have gone before us with bravery, sharing their wisdom with us as we prepare to confront the bears, rattle snakes, spiders and dangerous animals that they have already encountered. Until that final day, the day when they came face to face with the Lion, looked into His eyes wide awake and destiny was fulfilled.

Which route will you take. Which route do you feel would fill your soul with the substance that matters. Moments that will remain as a legacy for those that will follow the footprints we leave as we fulfill our destiny.

Ivis

 

Photo by Ivis Nabuc

In  loving Memory of my precious Mentor,  Sister,  and Faithful Servant Gladys Knepper. I hope that I too can live a life that is filled with purpose, love and a faith as strong as yours. I promise to give, love, serve and do in your honor.

 

 

                           I am thankful for
                                     you!



 

 

 

 

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The Tree

Ever wanted to hold someone so tight you can some how become one with them?

Ever feel a penetrating connection just by looking into someones eyes?

A desire so strong that the heat of your body elevates by the presence of that person,

Your heart feels tighter and your breath deeper?

 

Ever felt a soul connection with someone that travels much deeper then a sexual desire?

I've felt this with my children, a friend, family, a sweet little old lady, a homeless person with a face 

of hopelessness and despair and I have felt this with my lover.

It is a desire to become so close to someone they can feel your heartbeat as if it was theirs.

This feeling, I believe, is the awareness that awakens in us when we are not afraid to feel, to open the door of our heart, when we realize that we are all connected. We are all part of His beautiful creation. 

"I am the vine, you are the branches" 

We are all part of the tree that houses this need, this feeling of love that lives in us and through us. A desire that is only satisfied by holding that person really tight in your arms they can feel your heart beat and this way letting them know that you are aware that they too are a part of you.  

Tree of Life by Ivis Nabuc

The Light

Circumstances and people will try to dim your light.

Do not be fooled.

They will try to take it away and have you linger in darkness so that the world can not see you and that which you illuminate with your light. 

"Without light, there would be no sight.  

We make our presence visibly known by reflecting light to the eyes of those who look our way. " (Physics Classroom)

Without light the world losses its orbit,

Flowers begin to wither,

Life begins to fade. 

In darkness there is death of the soul and of the human spirit. 

Within each and everyone of us lies the power to reflect light. 

This light attracts light through its energy and momentum. 

It is the light of the soul, The light of the spirit

and that light that reflects love,  that also illuminates the world. 

Don't let anyone or anything take this which lives within you!

This is what God the LORD says - He Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, Who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it: 'I, the LORD , have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness. I am the LORD ; that is My name!  Isaiah 42:5-9

by Ivis Nabuc

 

"Tesia Bringer of Light" mixed media/charcoal & ink on paper by Dennis Escobar Splotch Works

The Warrior

Silence is a way of healing not a way of forgetting. 

Smiling is a way to move on.

A way of inspiring oneself in-spite of the internal struggles. 

A way to try to control those uncontrollable emotions 

that break us or help us become the warriors we are intended to be. 

Phoo by Ivis Nabuc 2012

Ivis Nabuc

White Dove

No one knows where she has been
She is delicate, soft like silk, white like snow.
Standing on a ledge.
Hungry.
Lost.
Away from home.
Tagged by the one that claimed her.
She stands poised, alert.
Yet, she stands alone.
By Ivis M



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Vegetable Quiche - easy-to-make recipe

Pan de Jamón - Receta de Jary / Ham Bread

Tortilla Española, Receta de Jary / Jary's Spanish Omelet

Uhmmmm good taste!!

Art Expo

Smiling

Serenity .. Oil by Ivis Nabuc

Poetic Cockerrell .. Acrilic by Ivis Nabuc