VIEW FROM A PORCH SWING

Today is Wednesday. Wordsmith Wednesday.

Words fail me. Words escape me.

Others' words are necessary.

 

In quietness and trust is my strength. (Isaiah 30:15)

Cool breeze. Tinkling of chimes,

Seeking that calm posture of prayer while sitting on a porch swing. 

A time of quiet repose. Letting go of fears.

Words from an old hymn come to mind.

For the beauty of the earth, For the beauty of the skies,

For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies,

Lord of all to Thee we (I) raise 

This our (my) hymn of grateful praise.

Enough said...thought and hummed, 

Just stillness from a porch swing.

"PIP" SMILES IN THE MAKING........

Nothing seemed to make sense.

People were in physical pain that was draining, friends were comforting their own children in struggles that "ought NOT to be" while one friend was burying her grandson and others burying husbands. 

I went to my Prayer Ponderings with "P" scribbles and saw "Purpose in Pain." 

1 Peter 5:10 came to mind. 

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, confirm strengthen, and establish you. 

Suffering "a little while" in God's time can seem l-o-n-g in today's world.

Prayers. Tears. Stomach ache. Discouragement.

So............prayers continue. 

But God......... gave me a moment to smile. Brief but needed. 

A reminder to recognize and sometimes even share moments.

Blooming Evening Primrose Link to Video in next entry if I can't load it here!

May my blooming evening primrose moment give you a timeout from your pain to reflect with praise as you are...

Patient

In

Pain................as you wait to find God's Purpose In Pain uniquely for you!