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Moist, sultry air/ Soggy flowers, dripping trees/ Grass steaming misty in early sun/ Wooden benches saturated/ Birds coming out of hiding…
Like allium exploding in vibrant globes from their centers/ Like dandelions scattering their seed on the wind/ Like daisy petals bursting forth as…
In the history of science/ it took a long time for the concept of zero/ to be accepted as something more than a placeholder./ Once it was, negative numbers…
I’m going to give a little preface for this poem as it may not seem in keeping with this blog’s hallmark of hope. Some of you have me way up on a pedestal, but
The Safe Place: There is no little space where God is not,/ No crevice, cranny, fissure, scissure, slot,/…Through which His counterfeits can infiltrate.
I PROMISE MYSELF: To be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person I meet. To make all my…
Like an individual water molecule by itself has no wetness/ until jostling with others in a slippery tumble/ it forms and breaks lattices…
We’ve all suffered minor crucifixions.
People let us down and are unkind
our honest, open-hearted hope is dashed
we are no longer needed or are too threatening
Thank you to blog reader Jodi B. for sharing this version of the 23rd Psalm with me!
So Winter Passes:
Deep and deeper still,/
beneath the ragged elms and gnarled oaks,/
tangled roots as fingers lie knotted,/
entwined together as in prayer…
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I was struck by reading the following today, written by a fourteen year old, and quoted in a message by Charles Swindoll of the Northwest Bible Church in Dallas, Texas:
A Tribute to Wilma Johnson
Today I realized too late that she was
one of the quiet, unsung heroes of my life.
She was simply a housewife…
Yeah! I’m celebrating my third year of this daily blog. I have a tradition of making a “best of” list with links, which folks have found it especially helpful
– Porcelain and stone three ducks quizzically wonder and chat about life. Do moving feathers squawking beaks, and paddling feet define what is real? Inanimate things have essential qualities infused with God too. Why do some discount a whole range of ideas as just illusion? Good is everywhere: we are beautiful, serene, inspired and meek. … Read more
Harvest Home Modern day pilgrims fly in from everywhere; they drive home and come in from the far off pastures bringing their sheaves with them. The original pilgrims were with each other all the time and rejoiced to have food while we regularly having food in abundance are in turn celebrating the rare opportunity of … Read more
Outside the SAT Cheering “Go Team!” “All things work together for good to them that love God.” Give up any misgivings or woulda, coulda, shoulda. God is working His purpose out as question proceeds to question. My son’s place and future are assured by his heavenly Father who alone anoints and appoints. The divine intelligence … Read more
Looking for Your Face From the beginning of my life I have been looking for your face but today I have seen it Today I have seen the charm, the beauty, the unfathomable grace of the face that I was looking for Today I have found you and those who laughed and scorned me yesterday … Read more