For those who died for freedom.
For those who loved them.
For those who remember.
memorial day.
live.
We look at life through a lens.
We either see the good and are angry about the bad, or we see the bad and are thankful for the good.
With destruction, there is always hope.
The earth reveals who God is.
Why doesn’t he stop evil and tragedy?
I don’t know.
But I do know he brings something good from it.
It doesn’t make the pain go away, but it makes you live again.
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scripture friday.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
… neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
– The Bible
begin again.
As long as you’re alive, you can start over.
Isn’t it amazing how trees…100, 200 years old and more…continually bud each spring?
It’s indicative of the Creator who has revealed himself through nature. And he tells us it’s the same for us.
Begin again.
mother’s day.
Mothers have a peculiar strength.
She endures childbirth, carrys heavy burdens, and perseveres through the storms of life. Truly, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Yet, deeply within the reservoir of her strength lies tender sensitivity.
Mothers cry.
Silently.
Privately.
Her tears washes away the residue of concerns.
It’s God’s way.
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lapidim / Foter.com / CC BY-NC
scripture friday.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
-The Bible
rest.
look up.
Now that the warm weather of spring has finally come to New York, I am out walking my 5+ miles each day.
A lot of other people are out walking, too, and I’ve noticed many looking down while they’re walking. That’s because they have an agenda. They’re focused. They have a goal.
Life is like that sometimes. We have something in our sites we are working toward and that is a good thing. But if we find we’re always focused and do not enjoy the scenery, we’re missing out.
Particularly, if we are not looking up.
There is something about looking up. I remember swinging in my backyard when I was a child. It was exhilarating when the swing would go up. All I could see was the wide expanse of endless blue sky. I imagined being launched up into the clouds and being able to fly!
There is a scripture I think about often:
I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 121
When we lift our eyes off of the painful situation in front of us, something changes. We find our breath once again. Peace, comfort, and even joy touches our hearts and minds.
It’s not a coincidence – God telling us to look up. He knows it will help us. It helps us to take in the bigger picture, which is far greater than our understanding.
We were made to respond to such magnificence.
We were made to respond to God.
zip-a-dee-do-dah.
yellow!
Yellow is a color of cheer.
Daffodils!
Sunshine!
Chicks!
Forsythia!
Lemons!
Can you think of anything else?
Celebrate with yellow today! Let it pick you up and give you hope!
when it hurts 