The Sun In My Face
Wind In My Hair
Putting Frustration Behind Me
The Night Is Young
Tomorrow Is New
I Still Have Time To Obey You
Minutes Are Not Lost
All Is Not Ashes
Rain Will Fall - Whether I Let It
I Turn and Face You
Listening To Your Voice and Guidance
Time To Brush Off and Move On
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Spinning
How does the rose vine climb higher? I noticed the detailed arms reaching out from it's vine today. I have one in my window. The arms that hold onto the wall and allow the vine to climb higher have been spinning their green and holding fast to push the rose upwards. They are delicate spirals, which contain such strength and determination.
Lord, let me spin and delight in You and Your plan today. Ever turning my face toward Your Light of Life and drinking in Your Word, I will rise higher and allow the dirt to stay at my feet. I love You, Lord. In You is goodness, grace, and infinite mercy.
Lord, let me spin and delight in You and Your plan today. Ever turning my face toward Your Light of Life and drinking in Your Word, I will rise higher and allow the dirt to stay at my feet. I love You, Lord. In You is goodness, grace, and infinite mercy.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Tiger Swallowtail
Flash of Bright Yellow
Fluttering Like Leaf
Painted Lines of Black
Blue Patch With Shimmer
Gliding With Great Grace and Ease
Dipping On the Breeze of Spring
My Eyes Alight With Wonder
At the Treasure in My Path
From the Corner of My Eye
Little Red Circles Dancing
Reminds Me of Heaven's Savior
His Tremendous Love Fills My Heart
Thursday, May 17, 2012
A STRONG Heart
"My body and my heart may grow weak, but God is the strength of my heart and all I need forever." (Psalm 73:26 NLV)
Webster's Dictionary defines strength as " capacity for exertion or endurance; power to resist force: solidity, toughness; power of resisting attack: impregnability; legal, logical, or moral force; degree of potency of effect or of concentration..."
Wow! God is our strength. He makes my heart full of strength and is able to meet my needs. That is a mouth full of TRUTH. Say it today. Let your spirit hear you say it. Take it to heart and believe that He will carry you through.
May God bless you today-
Webster's Dictionary defines strength as " capacity for exertion or endurance; power to resist force: solidity, toughness; power of resisting attack: impregnability; legal, logical, or moral force; degree of potency of effect or of concentration..."
Wow! God is our strength. He makes my heart full of strength and is able to meet my needs. That is a mouth full of TRUTH. Say it today. Let your spirit hear you say it. Take it to heart and believe that He will carry you through.
May God bless you today-
Monday, May 14, 2012
Smoothed By The River
Consider a stone in the river....
"And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." (Romans 5:5)
I have always been somewhat of a rock hound. One of my favorite trips was traveling out west with a group of students from ORU. We were lead by our God-fearing Earth Science teacher. What an experience! It was wonderful. We started out our mornings with breakfast and worship and spent our days digging in the dirt or hiking canyons.
Just a glance at a river rock today, made me start thinking of many Summer vacations to Colorado with my family. We would put our feet in the cold water and search for our favorite river rocks. They were a rainbow of color, and the closer to the middle of the river, the smoother the stone.
Even though rocks have different components, they all start as part of a larger mass. Over time, the shaking of the earth or the working of water wedging in and freezing cuts them apart from their original abode. In the same way, we were all born in sin nature. The shaking in our lives and the love of God wedges in and causes us to want to separate from our same old sinful patterns and lusts of the flesh.
"When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners...(Romans 5:6,8 NLT)
God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners."
What happens to the rock that is pulled away from what it has known as home? That rock can remain in a pile with the other rocks and be pulverized by the rocks falling on top of it...OR it can allow itself to be smoothed and carried by the rain. Some of the rocks end up in the river. At first, the rocks are jagged and show the scars of their separation.
As the rock rests in the tumbling waters of the stream, it is smoothed all around. The stone allows the water to pass over it with less and less effort - fewer jagged barriers and a smoother surface of the water. When the rock is picked up, it can be tossed across the surface of the river and skim the surface.
So can we...allow God's love to carry us to constant refreshing. The life of sin and shame become worn away by the torrent of His tremendous love and grace. He loves us that much. We can tie on the shoes of peace and walk on the water with Him!
"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love." (Romans 5:3-5 NLT)
"And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." (Romans 5:5)
I have always been somewhat of a rock hound. One of my favorite trips was traveling out west with a group of students from ORU. We were lead by our God-fearing Earth Science teacher. What an experience! It was wonderful. We started out our mornings with breakfast and worship and spent our days digging in the dirt or hiking canyons.
Just a glance at a river rock today, made me start thinking of many Summer vacations to Colorado with my family. We would put our feet in the cold water and search for our favorite river rocks. They were a rainbow of color, and the closer to the middle of the river, the smoother the stone.
Even though rocks have different components, they all start as part of a larger mass. Over time, the shaking of the earth or the working of water wedging in and freezing cuts them apart from their original abode. In the same way, we were all born in sin nature. The shaking in our lives and the love of God wedges in and causes us to want to separate from our same old sinful patterns and lusts of the flesh.
"When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners...(Romans 5:6,8 NLT)
God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners."
What happens to the rock that is pulled away from what it has known as home? That rock can remain in a pile with the other rocks and be pulverized by the rocks falling on top of it...OR it can allow itself to be smoothed and carried by the rain. Some of the rocks end up in the river. At first, the rocks are jagged and show the scars of their separation.
As the rock rests in the tumbling waters of the stream, it is smoothed all around. The stone allows the water to pass over it with less and less effort - fewer jagged barriers and a smoother surface of the water. When the rock is picked up, it can be tossed across the surface of the river and skim the surface.
So can we...allow God's love to carry us to constant refreshing. The life of sin and shame become worn away by the torrent of His tremendous love and grace. He loves us that much. We can tie on the shoes of peace and walk on the water with Him!
"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love." (Romans 5:3-5 NLT)
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