SLOW AND STEADY: IT'S NOT A RACE!

SLOW GO.........

Slow and steady! It started at Christmas via a kind and generous horticulturist neighbor. 

A gift that keeps on giving....creation from the Creator.

Maturity can take a while.

Enjoy the experience.

VALENTINE'S DAY. WORTH THE WAIT!

BEHOLD #2

To behold is to "look at."

Open the Scriptures to truly see God. 

Scripture allows us to read his story and behold his glory! 

God is real.

A sign in the middle of a desolate prairie can be a great reminder!

 

O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain: O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength: lift it up, be not afraid: say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God.(Isaiah 40:9, GNV)

SING-SING A SONG!

SING! From "10,000 Reasons" to old fashion hymns---okay if off-key.

How marvelous! how wonderful! And my song shall ever be:

How marvelous! how wonderful Is my Savior's love for me! (Cokesbury Hymnal #172, 1923)

photo by Anne Brewer

SING FROM YOUR HEART----even a new song!! (Isaiah 42:100

BEHOLD!

BEHOLD! "My One Word" this year.

Behold is used 1,298 times in the KJV of the Bible.  Greek word for behold is "eido" literally meaning, "to be sure."

What have I learned so far this year about "behold" in Scripture? 

Get ready......"to be sure"....God's about to show up!

A PICTURE OF 14 WORTHY WORDS!

WORDS COUNT!

Every word of scripture counts!

For I will satisfy the weary soul, 

and every languishing soul I will replenish.

(Jeremiah 31:25)

These 14 words of scripture "count" for every languishing soul for whom I have prayed in the last 4 weeks.

Those words of Jeremiah say it all!

GROUNDHOG DAY! AGAIN AND AGAIN!

Groundhog Day! 

Do we need a rodent to tell us we have 6 more weeks of winter? We have Al Roker & 24/7 Weather Channel reporting. Our Massachusetts family wishes they had only 6 more weeks of winter.

GROUNDHOG DAY............

• Aren't they all, especially for senior Americans!
• Haven't they been shadowy for the last 3 years? 
• Anyone who watches news could make this prognostication.
• Shadows loom at every turn.

Believers just need to remember that behind every dark shadow, there is the SON!

PRAISES!

We, believers, are under the shadow of the Almighty God. (Psalm 91:1)

MEASURING UP!

Measuring kids height on the side jambs of an upstairs door was a part of "growing up" at our house. These days it has extended to spouses and grands.

Often kids' friends would measure as well---some "cheating" to make them selves "taller." Years later these friends have brought their kids in to measure on the door & boast of their own measurement. Teddy. Tony. Katy. Stephanie.

What fun---especially when their own kids (Evan) see the discrepancy of height at the tippy-top of the side jamb compared to their true measure.Then they add their own measurements to compare to dad's "correct" one.

  

Measurements are a part of many aspects of life beyond physical to academic or career success, sports' prowess....even spiritual growth. What about righteousness? Could any of us measure up. 

NO is the answer. Paul David Tripp says it best.......Jesus has measured up on your behalf! (New Morning Mercies, January30)

LENS ON LIFE!

Paul David Tripp said it well. Prayer calls one to abandonment and submission. Abandonment of present day reality of self as the only "lens" perspective of life is too prevalent. Submission to Christ requires us to let go of "our" momentary agendas and to be committed to take up His view of eternal hope. 

God cares about our present life---with us, for us and in us.(New Morning Mercies, January 28)

What prepositions for life! But God....goes beyond. Lens that go beyond "the now" to see eternity. It's the "long view."

It's the view of life that opens a door beyond death. 

After four recent funerals, it's the "lens on life" in Christ, which brings hope! AMEN!

3 Rs OF OUR HEARRRT!

Renewed. Revived. Refreshed.

Great inner man descriptors both physical and or spiritual.

Even as one ages Lord, allow us to daily depend on you for strength, grace and courage to endure until we meet you face to face as Betsy so beautifully writes!

Renew. Revive. Refresh............our hearts until the end. 

ENCOURAGING WORDS!

ENCOURAGING WORDS!

Words from friends to lift one's spirit. Words one needs to hear.

A perfect card for today.............."Thankful Thursday."