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

*  *  *

soon there will be flowers

and color and growth

but first

came

 the planting

 

The Key ~

"If there is no door

to your dream,

create one."

E'yen A. Gardner

*  *  *

Behold, I stand at the door and knock:

 if any man hear my voice,

 and open the door,

 I will come in to him,

 and will sup with him,

 and he with me.

Revelation 3:20

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The Least of These ~

A test of a people is 

how it behaves toward the old.

 It is easy to love children.

 Even tyrants and dictators

 make a point of being fond of children.

 But the affection and care for

 the old, the incurable, the helpless

 are the true gold mines

 of a culture.

 Abraham Heschel

*  *  *

Matthew 25:40

Not Quite Yet ~

"The first day of spring is one thing

The first spring day is another."

Henry Van Dyke

*  *  *

'Nuff said.

 

An Abundant Explosion ~

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"Find ecstasy in life;

the mere sense of living is joy enough."

Emily Dickinson

*  *  *

"He gives us abundantly

all things to enjoy."

Timothy

*  *  *

the rose frozen

 an abundant explosion

The Hatching ~

 “It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird:

it would be a jolly sight harder

 for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg.

 We are like eggs at present.

 And you cannot go on indefinitely being

 just an ordinary, decent egg.

 We must be hatched or go bad.”

 C.S. Lewis

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hope you have

a spring-filled weekend

Diversity ~

"The beginning of love is

 to let those we love

 be perfectly themselves, and

 not to twist them to fit our own image.
Otherwise we love only

 the reflection of ourselves we find in them."
Thomas Merton

* * *

the thorns

don't prevent us

from delighting in the roses

 

"Love Idols" ~

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"It is only by selection,

 by elimination,

 by emphasis

 that we get

 at the real

 meaning 

of things."

 Georgia O'Keeffe

*  *  *
on
Ash Wednesday
March 5, 2014
we begin the journey
 through
the
 Lenten season
it is frequently considered
a time of self-denial, a giving up of extras
perhaps it can also be a time of
letting go of those mindsets that
hinder rather than help
*  *  *
Jennifer Dukes Lee
refers to them as
"Love Idols"
and you can read more
about them
here
I'm glad I did
*  *  *
her book entitled
"Love Idol"
releases on April 1

Around The House ~

the sun

the wind

and

the cold

play winter tag

* * *

"Even silence speaks."

 Hausa Proverb