No Regrets ~

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"The lovely flowers
embarrass me.
They make me regret
I am not a bee.”

Emily Dickinson

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actually I prefer

looking at them but

Miss Dickinson does have

a way with words

you can read more about her

here

Turning The Quiet Up ~

"Some days, we just need to turn the quiet up.”

Dr. Sun Wolf

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But the Lord is in his holy temple:

let all the earth keep silence before Him.

Habakkuk 2:20

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The words to the hymn

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

that is based on Habakkuk 2:20

can be found

 here

Steadfastness ~

slowly and steadily

through sun and rain

 she opens

revealing

her inner beauty

*  *  *

"Climb up, flower by flower,

 through the thicket."

Neruda

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Speak Peace ~

may you know peace

amongst the storms of life

*  *  *

And he arose, and rebuked the wind,

 and said unto the sea,

 Peace, be still.

 And the wind ceased,

 and there was a great calm.

Mark 4:39

 

These Three ~

 

"To love means loving the unlovable.

To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable.

Faith means believing the unbelievable.

Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless."

G. K. Chesterton

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And now abide faith, hope, love,

 these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

There Will Be Flowers ~

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I planted, Apollos watered,

 but God was

 causing the growth.

 So then neither the one who plants

 nor the one who waters

 is anything,

 but God who causes

 the growth.

 1 Corinthians 3:6-7

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soon there will be flowers

and color and growth

but first

came

 the planting

 

The Gift Of Light ~

"Give light, and the darkness

 will disappear of itself."

 Desiderius Erasmus

"Worship is a way of seeing the world

 in the light of God."

Abraham Heschel

*  *  *

let your light shine

we all have

some to share

 

Nurturing The Little Things ~

 

 I long to accomplish a great and noble task,

but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks

as if they were great and noble.

Helen Keller

*  *  *

Luke 16:10

 

 

A Sweet Fragrance ~

  "Can words describe the fragrance

of the very breath of spring?"

Neltje Blanchan

*  *  *

The lilacs are from a bush

my paternal grandmother planted

sometime before her death at the age of 45

in the year of 1922. The bush remains at the edge

of the woods and produces a few blooms each year.

A lovely reminder of a woman that loved flowers. 

Pouring Out ~

"How beautiful a day can be,

 when kindness touches it!"

 George Elliston

*  *  *

share a cup of kindness

as you go about your day

 

Pressing On ~

When you are told

 at the age of 22

 that you have a life expectancy

 of 20 years
you can't help but

 be more than a little thankful

 to be celebrating a birthday
with your loved ones
some 46 years later

and the best part

awaiting the birth of

your son's son

sometime later

 this month

Life is gift ... God is love.

*  *  *

I press toward the mark

 for the prize of the high calling

 of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:14

 

The Dance ~

I

delight

in

the dance

of

the

flowers

and

wonder

at the music

they

hear

Mercy ~

Mercy and loving-kindness and truth

have

met together

righteousness and peace

have

kissed each other

Psalm 85:10