Making The Rounds ~

"We shall not cease from exploration

 and the end of all our exploring will be

 to arrive where we started

 and know the place for the first time."

 T. S. Eliot

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there is an abundance

of these little critters here

brought into eat the aphids 

from the soy bean fields

a few years back

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you can read a bit about it

here

A Fresh Covering ~

“Those who contemplate

 the beauty of the earth

 find reserves of strength that

 will endure as long as life lasts.

 There is something infinitely healing

 in the repeated refrains of nature --

 the assurance that dawn comes after night,

 and spring after winter.”

Rachel Carson

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there are times

when it takes longer than

 other times but it

 will come

A Gradual Transition ~

"Do not allow yourself to think
that your life is insignificant.
You are God's handiwork,
chosen and commissioned
for His purposes."
Charlotte Gambill

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the

Pine Grosbeak

have returned and provide

a little spring color

 

Risen ~

He is not here:

He is risen as

he said.

Come, see the place

where the Lord lay.

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Matthew 28

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enjoy the gift of this

 Resurrection Day

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Poured Out ~

the Lord Jesus

 on the same night

 in which He was betrayed

 took bread;

 and when He had given thanks,

 He broke it and said,

 "Take, eat;

 this is My body which is broken for you;

 do this in remembrance of Me."

 In the same manner

 He also took the cup

 after supper,

 saying,

 "This cup is the new covenant

 in My blood.

 This do, as often as you drink it,

 in remembrance of Me."

1 Corinthians 11:23b-25

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Maundy Thursday

Your Going Out And Your Coming In ~

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,

from whence comes my help.

 

My help comes from the LORD,

Who made heaven and earth.

 

He will not allow your foot to be moved:

He who keeps you will not slumber.

 

Behold, He who keeps Israel

shall neither slumber nor sleep.

 

The LORD is your keeper:

The LORD is your shade at your right hand.

 

The sun shall not smite you by day,

Nor the moon by night.

 

The LORD shall preserve you from all evil:

He shall preserve your soul.

 

The LORD shall preserve your going out

and your coming in from this time forth,

and even for evermore.

Psalm 121

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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 Key ~

"If there is no door

to your dream,

create one."

E'yen A. Gardner

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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

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Matthew 25:40