“To live in this single moment,
this lightest breath, this softest touch,
to be captured by this smallest, this briefest space of time,
to be fully present, alive, consumed by this instant alone,
this is truly living.”
~ Jim Pendley
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Have you ever let your heart run free in a snowfall?
Lifted your face to the sky, your hands to
the One, who made it all?
Snowflakes are prayers really
as nature prays for us
to be quiet
and just
be, in the snow.
Poetry and Image © Copyright 2017, ancient skies
**Images via Pinterest; collage by Natalie
(the front window pane smashed)
The majority of the posts I write are written the day before they are posted.
Yesterday and the day before that were no exception.
Witnessing the surreal angst raging across this nation, Saint Velimirovich’s quote
seemed to best capture the correct Christian response…
“the world is a sick man whom sin has made sick…
as this pious cleric reminds us that…
“sin is the sickness and to scorn sinners is to scorn the sick.”
And therefore a healer is needed and we are to pray for the sinner…
Little did I realize how much those words were to resonate in
my own heart on a very personal level….
Saturday night we had been out to eat with friends…
It was just before midnight when we finally climbed into bed, ready to call it a day…
that the phone rang.
Calls in the night are never…
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Let us never forget the sweetness of solitude. That inner yearning for the voice of The Lord in the wilderness. That day after day withdrawal to the mountain passes of The Almighty which is food for thy soul. True Christians often find loneliness a companion that brings them to interaction with God. A loneliness which is never quite drowned out by the noise of human friendship. May we never forget the blessing and importance of such holy seclusion and may we always follow the way of Jesus, who “often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” (Luke 5:16).
Call us, God, from the wilderness
Call us, Lord, from the seas
Call us, Father, from the mountains
Bring us, Savior, to our knees
Beneath the chaos, YOU ARE STILLNESS.
Beneath the pain, YOU ARE JOY.
Beneath the fear, YOU ARE LOVE.
~Julie Parker
I believe Love is everywhere. I believe Hearts speak to hearts. I believe Souls know each other long before they meet. I believe we are in this world to create Heaven on Earth. I believe everything we encounter is a call to remember a language our Soul has known for eternity. I believe we are Love… ~Julie Parker
May the Love you are
blossom into Being.
With each unfurling petal
May you know the beauty of your Soul.
May you sow seeds of Love
through every season.
~Julie Parker
“‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.’” ~Leviticus 19:18 ✝
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The passages of Holy Writ below are seven other
“I am” statements made by our Lord.
“I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger.” ~John 6:35 ✝
“I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.” ~John 8:12 ✝
“I am the gate; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” ~John 10:9 ✝
“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for His sheep.” ~John 10:11 ✝
“I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies.” ~John 11:25 ✝
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.” ~John 14:6 ✝
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.” ~John 15:1 ✝
The great “I am” had:
no servants, yet they called him Master.
no degree, yet they called him Teacher.
no medicines, yet they called him Healer.
no army, yet kings feared Him.
won no military battles, yet He overcame the world
and conquered death.
committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
And though He was buried in a tomb,
yet He lives today. His name is Jesus.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ~John 1:1-5 ✝
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“Stream
your own precious light
everywhere”
~ MJ Todd
Image & text source: MJ Todd https://web.facebook.com/EmJayTee9
Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on.
Let your tears water the seeds
of your future happiness.
~Steve Maraboli
If we never experience the chill of a dark winter, it is very unlikely that we will ever cherish the warmth of a bright summer’s day. Nothing stimulates our appetite for the simple joys of life more than the starvation caused by sadness or desperation. In order to complete our amazing life journey successfully, it is vital that we turn each and every dark tear into a pearl of wisdom, and find the blessing in every curse. ~Anthon St. Maarten
For you, Lord, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. ~Psalm 116:8 ✝
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