For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. ~Ephesians 2:10 ✝
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In your hands…
“In your hands…
The dog, the donkey, surely they know
They are alive.
Who would argue otherwise?
But now, after years of consideration,
I am getting beyond that.
What about the sunflowers? What about
The tulips, and the pines?
Listen, all you have to do is start and
There’ll be no stopping.
What about mountains? What about water
Slipping over rocks?
And speaking of stones, what about
The little ones you can
Hold in your hands, their heartbeats
So secret, so hidden it may take years
Before, finally, you hear them?”
~ Mary Oliver
Artist~Josephine Wall
Text & image source: Moonlight Serenade https://web.facebook.com/Moonlight-Serenade-228504310532112/
Today’s Quote
God is…
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You are the vivid white petal of a cherry blossom,
the brilliant yellow of a hibiscus,
the deepest pink of a fuchsia bud,
the complex crimson of an open rose.
You are the fine, virgin down of a cygnet,
The fine dust of a clouded sulphur,
the shocking, blush of feathers of a flamingo,
the melodic trill of a cardinal.
You are the white-hot calidity of a Western summer,
The changing leaves of a Midwest fall,
The new growth of a Rocky Mountain spring,
And the winterberries of an Eastern Frost.
You are the Complex Creatior,
the Divine Designer,
the Radiant Arranger,
our Perfect Planner.
The heavens are telling the glory of God; they are a marvelous display of his craftsmanship. Day and night they keep on telling about God. Without a sound or word, silent in the skies, their message reaches out to all the world. The…
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Today
Planting for Pollinators
As this is Pollinator Week (June 19-25), let’s think about planting for pollinators. Gardening to attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, which are drawn to nectar and pollen-rich flowers, adds activity, sound and beauty to our garden. But more importantly, it helps ensure their survival.
Bees
Most have heard of Colony Collapse Disorder, a worldwide die-off of honeybees, upon whom we depend for pollination of over 140 food crops such as blueberries, apples, cucumbers, squash, peaches, avocados and strawberries to name only a few.
Early research has linked this mysterious decline to the use of neonicotinoids, a nerve-agent class of pesticides. As a systemic pesticide, every part of the plant takes up the chemical, becoming toxic to anything that eats its leaves, roots, pollen or nectar. To make matters worse, it can persist for months or years in the environment, contaminating soil and ground water.
I’ve always gardened organically because…
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Trust in the Light.
“Trust in the Light.
Darkness is not a force –
it is merely the absence of light.
Observe that when a light is brought to a dark place,
the darkness disappears.
Sadness is similar –
when joy is brought to suffering,
the sadness disappears.
Open yourself to the Light!
Hold back nothing,
Trust in the Light.”
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Text & image source: Return To Eden https://web.facebook.com/SpiritualTruths/
Value people who . . .
Value people who sacrifice something for you,
because that little something
may be their everything…
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I tell you this . . .
“I tell you this
to break your heart,
by which I mean only
that it break open and never close again
to the rest of the world.”
~Mary Oliver
Artist~Antelope Heart Andrew Langdal
Text & image source: Moonlight Serenade https://web.facebook.com/Moonlight-Serenade-228504310532112/
1389. Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne. ~Bryan Procter
This was the way the whole world once measured time
This is when the light would wholly return to warm the earth
This is where the past would become undone
and the spinning earth would mark a new beginning
Let’s go back in time, to when it all began
To the breaking of bright new dawns
Where after winter’s grasp let go
moments bright with fire, enlivened the sun’s pyre
Oh, radiant sun, stretch the day, shorten night
Return earth’s attenuated darkness into fullness of light
~Edited and adapted lines from a poem
by Carrie Richards
“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” ~Genesis 8:22 ✝
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