tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45043812643664975702024-03-18T23:09:22.977-04:00Another Porch ...A Poetry BlogWhy? Because Life/love is poetry waiting to be written
Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.comBlogger9751125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-76028992902854846572024-03-18T17:02:00.003-04:002024-03-18T17:16:10.566-04:00A Love Beyond Compare <div style="text-align: center;">One of my Sunday School students presented this artwork to me yesterday;</div><div style="text-align: center;">a picture she drew (with permission😇) while listening to the lesson!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love my class of smart, beautiful, eager, full-of-potential school-girls!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank-you K.S.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9izwGgxU8pGR8Q_NhtoMxU19b1oYkMQK49nK1YUGsZyJz3RLTZCZlO_JGUHN5XhG2HRnpXI6ZrvPt290Od0foDHshevRR9aRXFFTjCmN9o82mBMqDXaEjzRNWDwVJBbhIsO3xO5wXlPb-ANZBddYT3DLCniBjsNodJWDxocRqXXoRGXzej7OOYijLI_Y/s4534/DSCN5997.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3318" data-original-width="4534" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9izwGgxU8pGR8Q_NhtoMxU19b1oYkMQK49nK1YUGsZyJz3RLTZCZlO_JGUHN5XhG2HRnpXI6ZrvPt290Od0foDHshevRR9aRXFFTjCmN9o82mBMqDXaEjzRNWDwVJBbhIsO3xO5wXlPb-ANZBddYT3DLCniBjsNodJWDxocRqXXoRGXzej7OOYijLI_Y/w640-h468/DSCN5997.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My earnest prayer for all our Sunday School students,</div><div style="text-align: center;">is that the Holy Spirit would begin to waken and nurture,</div><div style="text-align: center;">as we gather weekly, (and as weeks turn into years,)</div><div style="text-align: center;">not just <i>a belief in</i> God but<i> a love for</i> God.</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">That they would get more than an education in Bible stories and facts,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but that the plan and gift of salvation would begin to unfold</div><div style="text-align: center;">a lifelong awe, reverence and wonder for God's love and grace!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Will you join me in praying too?!</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are little for such a very little time!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also pray that we, their teachers, parents and grandparents </div><div style="text-align: center;">live pure and humble testimonies</div><div style="text-align: center;"> of genuine love for the Saviour of our souls</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the Lord of our lives!</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;">Matthew 5:16 - Let your light so shine before men,</div><div style="text-align: center;">that they may see your good works, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and glorify your Father which is in heaven.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's live love over and above</div><div style="text-align: center;">What Duty delegates</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's love God, wonderfully awed</div><div style="text-align: center;">By His goodness and grace</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's live aware of eyes that care-</div><div style="text-align: center;">fully watch every move </div><div style="text-align: center;">Where actions shout and leave no doubt</div><div style="text-align: center;">About who we most love</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's live a life of joy, not strife</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's pay most earnest heed</div><div style="text-align: center;">To what we sow, because we know</div><div style="text-align: center;">Soon fruit follows the seed </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Soon innocence will climb time's fence</div><div style="text-align: center;">And leave childhood behind</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's live love over and above</div><div style="text-align: center;">With every child in mind </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before the heart grows hard, let's start</div><div style="text-align: center;">To plant, with tender care</div><div style="text-align: center;">Awareness of God's wondrous love:</div><div style="text-align: center;">A love beyond compare </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Janet~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ephesians 5:1-2</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> </div>Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-46498738072715020812024-03-18T09:38:00.012-04:002024-03-18T19:22:10.686-04:00Monday Medley of Meditations <br /><div style="text-align: center;">There's nothing quite like love's heartaches to remind us</div><div style="text-align: center;">of the Living Hope found in the Healer of the human heart</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">and rouse reflections on how our own lives reflect</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NafJoD8Mt94">The Greatest Love of All!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Saturday night awed hearts with art</div><div style="text-align: center;">only God can orchestrate/accomplish!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SUfy4G7fHm4J3BAr7_Sgd98aS3WES52qWt7pcVkb5prKQ6UbccE71gocwfQ-cjypZ_JzTrKnsqAjQL1zcU5xcmPbzITtpoMaGM2vPWUMghoQLyULeK8Q3mpCgSc04qL7r7q2gYxQ5pvOT7Ieqiv_hnSoSTEHRCYgLfSpsq4GhY1JGzdyMRVKyWE5yPc/s4276/DSCN5934.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2982" data-original-width="4276" height="446" 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one of you:</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but think of yourself with sober judgment, </div><div style="text-align: center;">according to the measure of faith God has given you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, self-inflicted agony</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, cruel way to live</div><div style="text-align: center;">Clinging to hate's hostility</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unwilling to forgive</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, what an awful way to face</div><div style="text-align: center;">A new day, mercy kissed</div><div style="text-align: center;">Greeting the goodness of God's grace</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not with praise, but raised fist</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, pray we do not waste each chance</div><div style="text-align: center;">To love each other, for</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today is like a gift God grants</div><div style="text-align: center;">To love Him more and more</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How much we love Him, none can hide</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love's language plain to see </div><div style="text-align: center;">By how freely self is denied</div><div style="text-align: center;">In light of Calvary</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We never will get it quite right</div><div style="text-align: center;">Human nature is bound to err</div><div style="text-align: center;">Better to forgive than to fight</div><div style="text-align: center;">Better to be kind than to swear</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Or wield a vengeful, verbal knife</div><div style="text-align: center;">Darkening thought with bitter darts</div><div style="text-align: center;">Better to hold the gift of life</div><div style="text-align: center;">In gentle hands and thankful hearts</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How futile, the vile mastermind</div><div style="text-align: center;">That plots ways to retaliate</div><div style="text-align: center;">Better to be patient and kind</div><div style="text-align: center;">Better to love, my dear, than hate</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When All That Remains Is What Was...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We pass this way but once, my love</div><div style="text-align: center;">How long the way will be</div><div style="text-align: center;">Until the soul slips from its glove</div><div style="text-align: center;">No one can know or see</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thus, we do well to live each day</div><div style="text-align: center;">As if it were the last</div><div style="text-align: center;">To cheer each other on life's way</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ere death's shadow is cast </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...and all that remains is What Was</div><div style="text-align: center;">With those we leave behind</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pray, life's echoes are sweet because</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are gentle and kind </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>© Janet Martin</div><div><br /></div><div>Every test God allows in our lives is but an opportunity</div><div>to yield to and trust</div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr5vt1xzHbQ&list=RDGMEMgGOgHdkrBSNHvacS9Sp8bgVMV8IpwD2Ugds&index=4"> The Potter's Hand</a></div><div>and to bring Him glory!!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qr5vt1xzHbQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="Qr5vt1xzHbQ"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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Since Thou Art With Me<div style="text-align: center;">When I am tempted to despair</div><div style="text-align: center;">God bids me lean on Him in prayer</div><div style="text-align: center;">There He tramples the enemy</div><div style="text-align: center;">As He whispers His peace to Me</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The world may sometimes seem like a different place</div><div style="text-align: center;"> than in 'the good, old days'</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but it isn't really. Evil has always been evil </div><div style="text-align: center;">and God has always been faithful and good!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">1 John 4:4</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> because greater is he that is in you,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> than he that is in the world.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoDl03R7ksQ">Greater is He</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CoDl03R7ksQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="CoDl03R7ksQ"></iframe></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ps.18:2</div><div style="text-align: center;">The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; </div><div style="text-align: center;">My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; </div><div style="text-align: center;">My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaK2SnhFirc">The Lord is By My Side</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KaK2SnhFirc" width="320" youtube-src-id="KaK2SnhFirc"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh my God, since Thou art with me</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou who givest life its breath</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou who walked the way to Calv’ry</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou who bore love’s cross, to/through death</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whom death could never conquer</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whose Name grants hope its goal</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, the Victor of grave’s plunder</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, the Saviour of the soul</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who satisfies Want’s hunger</div><div style="text-align: center;">Through Thy everlasting word</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who fits us with faith’s armour</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whose will is undeterred</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who orchestrates each season</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou who numbers all our days</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whose ways transcend our reason</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whose love never betrays</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who never will forsake us</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whose promises secure</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whose favor longs to make us</div><div style="text-align: center;">More like Thee; holy and pure</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, my God since Thou art with me</div><div style="text-align: center;">To commune and commandeer</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whose Light transcends death’s valley</div><div style="text-align: center;">What have I to dread or fear?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, my God, since Thou art with me</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou who suffered for my sin</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou whose blood out-poured, redeems me</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whose Spirit dwells within</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, my Comforter in sorrow</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, my fortress, come what may</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou who bidst me not to borrow</div><div style="text-align: center;">Morrow’s troubles for today</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou who cheers me in the struggle</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who guards me from despair</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who is my help in trouble</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who hears my earnest prayer</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whose purpose will not falter</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou whose power will prevail</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who beholds worship’s altar</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whose Ransom will not fail</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who receives my confession</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, Forgiver of sin’s shame</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who keeps no record of them</div><div style="text-align: center;">To crush joy with guilt or blame</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou whose Goodness overwhelms me</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou whose mercy overrides</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh my God, since Thou art with me</div><div style="text-align: center;">What have I to need besides?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh my God, since Thou art with me</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou who holds Time in Thy hands</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, Cradle of eternity</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou whose Supreme Say commands </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whose Provision is perfect</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, whose judgments never err</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who is changeless in edict</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whose love is beyond compare </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who stepped from Heaven's glory</div><div style="text-align: center;">To be sin's Atonement Lamb</div><div style="text-align: center;">Author of Salvation's Story</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I AM who I say I AM</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">King of Kings and Lord of Lords, yet</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thou, Redemption's Once-For-All</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who broke the curse sin beget/begot </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who saves us from The Fall</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who did not spare His body</div><div style="text-align: center;">But with selfless sympathy</div><div style="text-align: center;">Put on flesh, <i>became nobody</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Suffered in all ways, as we</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thou, who rent the veil to ritual </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thou who saves us by His grace</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh my God, since Thou art faithful</div><div style="text-align: center;">Who could ever take Thy place? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uPbkeSEYa4">He Whispers Sweet Peace to Me</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3uPbkeSEYa4" width="320" youtube-src-id="3uPbkeSEYa4"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/john/17-3.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">John 17:3</a></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">And this is life eternal, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">that they might know thee the only true God, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/psalms/100-5.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">Psalm 100:5</a></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">For the LORD </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">is</i><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> good; his mercy </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">is</i><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> everlasting;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> and his truth </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">endureth</i><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> to all generations.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/psalms/93-2.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">Psalm 93:2</a></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Thy throne </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">is</i><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> established of old: thou </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">art</i><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> from everlasting.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-77163722020562258002024-03-15T09:00:00.004-04:002024-03-15T09:20:05.572-04:00First Signs of Spring <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Blue and gray canopy </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKU8iAHrWuIanMmY0fzaEWJ5Nev71_2t2SsM4tf2laPug05vG2enoaxOkEIw9jXl6TvPbjwPEx-U7PcYMpYkOAD00k_rrEebho1JLIbaGscwcSpnLt7hdbbm0UInd1YdgdtFv3lcZq2GNU2206ZXdo-1bt5KNx_hMPtkLK87p45xyuRO9fdrKWfyJTDM/s4608/DSCN5879.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2867" data-original-width="4608" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKU8iAHrWuIanMmY0fzaEWJ5Nev71_2t2SsM4tf2laPug05vG2enoaxOkEIw9jXl6TvPbjwPEx-U7PcYMpYkOAD00k_rrEebho1JLIbaGscwcSpnLt7hdbbm0UInd1YdgdtFv3lcZq2GNU2206ZXdo-1bt5KNx_hMPtkLK87p45xyuRO9fdrKWfyJTDM/w640-h398/DSCN5879.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzCFLvdtVkTlfVSXQE9t2IzG_k8KHEYBalAG1FyQ68XOrWq2URj1_oTu3bwjUGu827WD2SW4BMg_JTF36se08hle96kNDtnuHwHusXqmT64kN_s9Il8ss52kPBt30rlM8XGJ5-nuoF03OS32lTEwgABZxBGg0fiPwsqxJh0fwrLlyqzyJ2WG0zcDHLf8/s4608/DSCN5907.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjzCFLvdtVkTlfVSXQE9t2IzG_k8KHEYBalAG1FyQ68XOrWq2URj1_oTu3bwjUGu827WD2SW4BMg_JTF36se08hle96kNDtnuHwHusXqmT64kN_s9Il8ss52kPBt30rlM8XGJ5-nuoF03OS32lTEwgABZxBGg0fiPwsqxJh0fwrLlyqzyJ2WG0zcDHLf8/w640-h480/DSCN5907.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>laden with showers</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvk_IZSXgI2CI7DavZxRe5L-aS3tqhs7Njoce8TMQPfy_0QTYani-_kIUZsLVMXeu9IU6THvTfCx8_sCCdWRmxkgRSC2kQE1RR9ilQu_fIhL3dzwpcb1MD6FJ70roNBpK2taRcShPPjYjal0CobaaOxOYJsaXjwRTWluQsZKDA4pi9XseS10Mf8BGm7_I/s4003/DSCN5923.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2404" data-original-width="4003" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvk_IZSXgI2CI7DavZxRe5L-aS3tqhs7Njoce8TMQPfy_0QTYani-_kIUZsLVMXeu9IU6THvTfCx8_sCCdWRmxkgRSC2kQE1RR9ilQu_fIhL3dzwpcb1MD6FJ70roNBpK2taRcShPPjYjal0CobaaOxOYJsaXjwRTWluQsZKDA4pi9XseS10Mf8BGm7_I/w640-h384/DSCN5923.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bashful green filigree </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUk8wx2tSDQ0iTRw97geY6yhrBPs1GR7yBDG5tjTNoODxobiddeyOnt_nQTlxdgGSqlvTkd29oR-9kNSBsnHOBA1sqCZZuSzI4hmdvBdkBEYIf6F1XEtlbcIgtViyU3XGVbJJuTDbABR0kEnNBHkYFPjozYPjf1ISBWBqg8tM7zO9pIBFA4WxJxfVccsI/s4608/DSCN5882.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUk8wx2tSDQ0iTRw97geY6yhrBPs1GR7yBDG5tjTNoODxobiddeyOnt_nQTlxdgGSqlvTkd29oR-9kNSBsnHOBA1sqCZZuSzI4hmdvBdkBEYIf6F1XEtlbcIgtViyU3XGVbJJuTDbABR0kEnNBHkYFPjozYPjf1ISBWBqg8tM7zO9pIBFA4WxJxfVccsI/w640-h480/DSCN5882.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>kindled with flowers...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCMA0Dsg7_4J-cJXOKlFn0ox_GP5ctYhRMfGaco-jqBFTYiPVTVLTcL0wXEMMEkH9JSocxCFyh4tuM6KtQG1oEDtdT3Zt7u-RJGQfWCutb-tvJqhYTeYdX21D5knq10aTfwQD-tWCKqOfBeRHvUlqHksBeCdliJ6TknEmEVXSFiC1PFsA3_l51Usc7Y0/s4608/DSCN5885.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="4608" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCMA0Dsg7_4J-cJXOKlFn0ox_GP5ctYhRMfGaco-jqBFTYiPVTVLTcL0wXEMMEkH9JSocxCFyh4tuM6KtQG1oEDtdT3Zt7u-RJGQfWCutb-tvJqhYTeYdX21D5knq10aTfwQD-tWCKqOfBeRHvUlqHksBeCdliJ6TknEmEVXSFiC1PFsA3_l51Usc7Y0/w640-h444/DSCN5885.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>Landscapes the color of weathered burlap...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwqtF0Uvscekcx70s8sgdyZw3yR_mvVt5lJGPW57eOCWjTCGbIXgaWD5QIiX9o64XPu7XCkG1FAxnD_RHs3NQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></i><div><i>Bleak garden canvases start beckoning</i></div><div><i>Exciting artists with first signs of spring...</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYk80NNnOkqLSwC0zpTiAH5-pGsqTh5pXsy39LiLP6OksqPw-UcOGc-Nq3WLDK0Isnsl0iOJbfG9EQsdvpAc09wFBzm07PiUFo9Miy8iT6wz-CZ2bo73twLCazP9iTa0QUapkTRlxgZRwUPDkQgYqaRBXEwo_ij3B8EUkQ6s2PvfbdtZ_0Jm-1Kyautg/s4597/DSCN5903.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2145" data-original-width="4597" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYk80NNnOkqLSwC0zpTiAH5-pGsqTh5pXsy39LiLP6OksqPw-UcOGc-Nq3WLDK0Isnsl0iOJbfG9EQsdvpAc09wFBzm07PiUFo9Miy8iT6wz-CZ2bo73twLCazP9iTa0QUapkTRlxgZRwUPDkQgYqaRBXEwo_ij3B8EUkQ6s2PvfbdtZ_0Jm-1Kyautg/w640-h298/DSCN5903.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Blue and gray canopy laden with showers</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bashful green filigree kindled with flowers</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lengthening daylight and dusk lingering</div><div style="text-align: center;">These are a few of the first signs of spring</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Landscapes the color of weathered burlap</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bird-warble wakening earth from its nap</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stiff breeze and soft zephyr tug-of-warring</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thrilling our thoughts with the first signs of spring</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Robins return with their antics and lays</div><div style="text-align: center;">Treetops still barren are ringing with praise</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bleak garden canvases start beckoning</div><div style="text-align: center;">Exciting artists with first signs of spring</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Raindrops plip plop in a wild hip-hop dance</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sun-kisses tease eager hearts with romance</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sugar-shacks teem with maple-tree’s sweet fling</div><div style="text-align: center;">Drizzling warm pancakes with first signs of spring</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Windows edge upward to let in fresh air</div><div style="text-align: center;">South-facing porches are graced with a chair</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty pussy-willow bouquets are purring</div><div style="text-align: center;">From front hall tables with first signs of spring</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Refurbished rivulets ripple and glim</div><div style="text-align: center;">God, its great Maestro and joy, its glad hymn</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unfurled, like silver ribbon-song shimmering</div><div style="text-align: center;">Winding through meadows in first signs of spring</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>Pretty pussy-willow bouquets are purring</i></div><div><i>From front hall tables with first signs of spring...</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLuHfHFFzVV9FCkvkafKc9-eqqUq5c-AXuxXJERgOFEg-j0RnkR2MddRNQrvsmC47oCSk5HA6vHKcEKwBv3VXqX-0ClPWL8veCO91LXbKZuECA4whi9mIJQCH8ihxtRtugibbJEHixCC8hRkd4GbVz9Wd7GavHlcNVsZVTAdQ_Uja9_kCTOoTUk8XUU84/s3336/DSCN5930.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2253" data-original-width="3336" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLuHfHFFzVV9FCkvkafKc9-eqqUq5c-AXuxXJERgOFEg-j0RnkR2MddRNQrvsmC47oCSk5HA6vHKcEKwBv3VXqX-0ClPWL8veCO91LXbKZuECA4whi9mIJQCH8ihxtRtugibbJEHixCC8hRkd4GbVz9Wd7GavHlcNVsZVTAdQ_Uja9_kCTOoTUk8XUU84/w640-h432/DSCN5930.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div> Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-57061896782924921032024-03-14T09:35:00.009-04:002024-03-14T09:48:01.369-04:00Through the Means of Today<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"That our sanctification did not depend upon <i>changing</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">our works, but, in doing that for God's sake which we commonly do for our own.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That it was lamentable to see how many people mistook the means for the end,</div><div style="text-align: center;">addicting themselves to certain works which they performed</div><div style="text-align: center;">very imperfectly, by reason of their human or selfish regards...."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Above excerpt from <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Practice-Presence-God-Brother-Lawrence/dp/1614279683">The Practice of the Presence of God</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">by Brother Lawrence</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKml4-57pBGrBrI2fwtL6u0z0U-gvYAfL-hVywxu_2_A_xTImlgOoJztn8_n87g_Idts06d8Cq5uu8Q1Z-OUFk8lbQgVc7imVlAVg7-UIvdfhbPPSEb8NCUbHWtmqmZ_xr5KP8zxMVCxzYep4zADaMKfSKatP9WsgKv4h4097-n7xTvIHAiQDqiFkFIM/s4608/DSCN5836.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="4608" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKml4-57pBGrBrI2fwtL6u0z0U-gvYAfL-hVywxu_2_A_xTImlgOoJztn8_n87g_Idts06d8Cq5uu8Q1Z-OUFk8lbQgVc7imVlAVg7-UIvdfhbPPSEb8NCUbHWtmqmZ_xr5KP8zxMVCxzYep4zADaMKfSKatP9WsgKv4h4097-n7xTvIHAiQDqiFkFIM/w640-h372/DSCN5836.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>We ought to pay close heed</i></div><div><i>To dawn’s gift on display</i></div><div><i>Because of where its moments lead</i></div><div><i>Through the means of Today...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3152" data-original-width="4493" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqwbbSBjuvrxQrCb7jRYa3GFDbj3MtHEa8Hh1pki174GjICe-HTXHSxlN8g4bdE4-mue-tAKbOoFzDOlXkucFuw7ky6paHAqK3KrQBl2iQa-aI1BCc5qMP53DmzFrEUBnJnqaj3UJWxIxzy36J2GryoORgDUBrAj6A1bSOUe7PZajWqk5s9FYNWH4cHo/w640-h448/DSCN5859.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some folk I have outlived</div><div style="text-align: center;">And some will outlive me</div><div style="text-align: center;">Through the means of Today, a gift</div><div style="text-align: center;">God grants mortality</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The tally of the sum</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of Today-shadows cast</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are like flickers that will become</div><div style="text-align: center;">My life, when life is passed</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The breath that holds the soul</div><div style="text-align: center;">At bay, someday will cease</div><div style="text-align: center;">The means of getting to the goal</div><div style="text-align: center;">Will expire its lease</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We ought to pay close heed</div><div style="text-align: center;">To dawn’s gift on display</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because of where its moments lead</div><div style="text-align: center;">Through the means of Today</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The means is not the end</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">The ‘seen’ will soon be through</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let’s live as if Today could rend</div><div style="text-align: center;">The veil between the two</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">…where there is no release</div><div style="text-align: center;">To what none can outlive;</div><div style="text-align: center;">The end begins what cannot cease</div><div style="text-align: center;">And God alone can give</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, pray we bear in mind</div><div style="text-align: center;">Far more than dust of clay</div><div style="text-align: center;">In grave-strewn worlds soon left behind</div><div style="text-align: center;">Through the means of Today</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ps.107:8-9</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="text Ps-107-8" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" id="en-NKJV-15708" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start;">Oh, that <i>men</i> would give thanks to the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;">Lord</span> <i>for</i> His goodness,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span class="text Ps-107-8" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start;">And <i>for</i> His wonderful works to the children of men!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span class="text Ps-107-9" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" id="en-NKJV-15709" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start;"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; left: -4.4em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;"> </span>For He satisfies the longing soul,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span class="text Ps-107-9" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start;">And fills the hungry soul with goodness.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sharing some morning robin and finch cheeriness!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(in between traffic noise!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzw1TfiTfIVVfPiVC6ug-aG6aOduK1Zayjv0-GS3KoKxcSnizHF8eWWroetWEhqhtb-jfbwFtoLJJMw20xo4w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEQqnXChzp0">Building For Eternity-New Heights Quartet</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CEQqnXChzp0" width="320" youtube-src-id="CEQqnXChzp0"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_69FBMdW5E">The Great Redeemer</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7_69FBMdW5E" width="320" youtube-src-id="7_69FBMdW5E"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-85189705938326620432024-03-13T08:46:00.002-04:002024-03-13T08:54:15.668-04:00If Skunks Could Fly...<div style="text-align: center;">A bit of silliness to start today...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last night in the course of conversation I mentioned how </div><div style="text-align: center;">I had a dream/nightmare that skunks could fly!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn't elaborate but it was quite traumatic which is likely why I remember it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I was bent over in the garden and one landed on my back</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and started turning round and round like some animals do, </div><div style="text-align: center;">trying to find a comfy spot for a snooze...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I couldn't move for fear it would spray!!! then I woke up😅😂😂)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the listeners kiddingly challenged me to turn it into a poem.</div><div style="text-align: center;">haha!! Of course, he (Glenn) should have known I can never resist a poem-challenge😁</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ps.118:24</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="text Ps-118-24" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" id="en-NKJV-15894" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start;">This <i>is</i> the day the <span class="small-caps divine-name" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;">Lord</span> has made;</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span class="text Ps-118-24" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start;">We will rejoice and be glad in it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="text Ps-118-24" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2G_s0bOVFI5Dvb5j1uwrrtKe3IlpCC46jmjxOMn3PG4lMaAkELSbU7BCT5hibZk7GjdpzNjAdbF5yk-PVphB9_9CMcZ35qN6ynvBszvBcO_6eckZaoe3fkQtkUjUd7KHp78aKbnD2ePH1trnnX00gWRODaD06dtECXOe0BUpDsjwPgkLfHtAtDIDXFzU/s3219/DSCN5767.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2295" data-original-width="3219" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2G_s0bOVFI5Dvb5j1uwrrtKe3IlpCC46jmjxOMn3PG4lMaAkELSbU7BCT5hibZk7GjdpzNjAdbF5yk-PVphB9_9CMcZ35qN6ynvBszvBcO_6eckZaoe3fkQtkUjUd7KHp78aKbnD2ePH1trnnX00gWRODaD06dtECXOe0BUpDsjwPgkLfHtAtDIDXFzU/w640-h456/DSCN5767.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span class="text Ps-118-24" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; position: relative; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Arial"><span style="background-color: white;">I</span></span> didn't have a picture of skunks but I took a photo of these beauties on Sunday!</div><div style="text-align: center;">They cooperated nicely</div><div style="text-align: center;">unlike the loon, that disappeared every time I clicked...😅</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlEvRQ5i31RklwX0zr8DxGMy_0Z6bwMzmYhK7K-YHFhzrjjRMulNYo60X2U1zTBRb07s0KfjONlhm8dnVENQHZdRlLMf8LXeqS46LpQTMgo3LAidvVUr3WzfjK1Fy8SEC1QNqRKI6v0Gsx674xz5wKQ5dlhVKRnRxDeDRn1puB5inFlFPBAgU_teMUpY/s2126/DSCN5770.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1479" data-original-width="2126" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlEvRQ5i31RklwX0zr8DxGMy_0Z6bwMzmYhK7K-YHFhzrjjRMulNYo60X2U1zTBRb07s0KfjONlhm8dnVENQHZdRlLMf8LXeqS46LpQTMgo3LAidvVUr3WzfjK1Fy8SEC1QNqRKI6v0Gsx674xz5wKQ5dlhVKRnRxDeDRn1puB5inFlFPBAgU_teMUpY/w640-h446/DSCN5770.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>(Thankfully no flying skunks landed on the lake!)<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>It could be worse; sin’s curse <a href="https://biblehub.com/job/14-1.htm">of few-and-full-of-trouble-days</a></div><div>Sometimes we fret, and forget mercy’s very caring ways</div><div>So, if you’re feeling down and out, with doubtful, poutful sigh</div><div>Remember that it would be worse if God made skunks that fly</div><div><br /></div><div>Imagine, when you settle for a little outdoor nap</div><div>A flying skunk would flutter down, kerplunk, into your lap</div><div>And you would need to wait, stock-still until it flew away</div><div>For fear you startle it and be drenched with stench of skunk-spray</div><div><br /></div><div>Imagine a day at the beach, if like sea-gulls, skunks flew</div><div>And hovered overhead waiting for a stray fry or two</div><div>Or if, while tending gardens we would need to watch our back</div><div>Against possible peril of a flying skunk attack</div><div><br /></div><div>What chaos would ensue for me and you; oh, aren’t you glad</div><div>That heads are not in danger of being skunk’s landing pad</div><div>And we don't need to worry about skunks building a nest</div><div>In our favorite tree; my, my, but aren't we sweetly blessed?!!</div><div><br /></div><div>This is the day the Lord has made, rejoice, be glad in it</div><div>So much could be much worse, we all humbly have to admit </div><div>So, when we count God's mercies, among many mentioned things</div><div>I think that we should add, ‘that He did not make skunks with wings’</div><div><br /></div><div>© Janet Martin</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are familiar with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PeterSantenello">Peter Santenello's videos HERE </a>you will recognize Titus!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The guy in the hat! Singing</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMUdBIZR5lk"> Count Your Blessings</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rMUdBIZR5lk" width="320" youtube-src-id="rMUdBIZR5lk"></iframe></div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <br /><br /> Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-73275852765772340322024-03-12T09:25:00.006-04:002024-03-12T10:52:24.884-04:00Beneath a Rush of Rose and Gold<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A glorious spring-like morning </div><div style="text-align: center;">can't help but rouse a humble tip o' the poet's hat</div><div style="text-align: center;">to the Giver</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wishing/praying God's blessing of joy to you today!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(my extra-special joy comes today in the form</div><div style="text-align: center;">of two little girls who used to be in my childcare!)</div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOhB-BKnmdpEO5w3SQzFZOTbpN3QYvv2X9tqtRr-_IR8qSFpjISnok6QkpQ3YK-2Uqj-6n8kyBC37P38sjqJv4x354LunLUCqfatCVJtzmfud90dBh9RkMdq5fVc2Kp77W22Bcb61ak9p-nUB8r7C2vDzifkAB1Iq9pQtmoFcNci9eisvSnkb75dF6qc/s4608/DSCN5793.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3167" data-original-width="4608" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOhB-BKnmdpEO5w3SQzFZOTbpN3QYvv2X9tqtRr-_IR8qSFpjISnok6QkpQ3YK-2Uqj-6n8kyBC37P38sjqJv4x354LunLUCqfatCVJtzmfud90dBh9RkMdq5fVc2Kp77W22Bcb61ak9p-nUB8r7C2vDzifkAB1Iq9pQtmoFcNci9eisvSnkb75dF6qc/w640-h440/DSCN5793.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYqzXn_jNwPFnAqhXJmEvAgtaH8F4TZULPrkvA4i0waZkPBJ10hL2eJBt6LS88P5_7S5VtZ8YtJ8Jf76UruGYo3jOwY3toJtpHlglLsIuU_ejmsuedwJSfp9PSghE1VnmV_mdYgV0fhWviUSwNG2ZKEmMpa7GmM7L_HJyf_vxfegZ2lIJzyL1o-k-opY/s4608/DSCN5803.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="4608" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYqzXn_jNwPFnAqhXJmEvAgtaH8F4TZULPrkvA4i0waZkPBJ10hL2eJBt6LS88P5_7S5VtZ8YtJ8Jf76UruGYo3jOwY3toJtpHlglLsIuU_ejmsuedwJSfp9PSghE1VnmV_mdYgV0fhWviUSwNG2ZKEmMpa7GmM7L_HJyf_vxfegZ2lIJzyL1o-k-opY/w640-h444/DSCN5803.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Earth’s ridges reappear beneath a rush of rose and gold</div><div style="text-align: center;">Birds warble welcome-hymns of cheer where days to years run bold</div><div style="text-align: center;">From the hand of the Giver like a bud bursting with hope</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like a gleam-giddy river as the snow melts from the slope</div><div style="text-align: center;">Light eddies into nooks and crooks like ocean-surge run wild</div><div style="text-align: center;">It overflows the air like brooks, like laughter of a child</div><div style="text-align: center;">And suddenly, like lambs in spring, faith leaps with joy, reborn</div><div style="text-align: center;">Beneath the rush of mercy’s Wing, the night is turned to morn</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2017&version=NIV">Acts 17</a>:24-31</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The God who made the world and everything in it </div><div style="text-align: center;">is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. </div><div style="text-align: center;">25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. </div><div style="text-align: center;">26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; </div><div style="text-align: center;">and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, </div><div style="text-align: center;">though he is not far from any one of us. </div><div style="text-align: center;">28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2017&version=NIV#fen-NIV-27552b">b</a>] </div><div style="text-align: center;">As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%2017&version=NIV#fen-NIV-27552c">c</a>]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, </div><div style="text-align: center;">we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—</div><div style="text-align: center;">an image made by human design and skill. </div><div style="text-align: center;">30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. </div><div style="text-align: center;">31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-81027662788220373462024-03-11T09:10:00.009-04:002024-03-11T09:26:00.984-04:00How To Replenish Love's Delight...<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord”</div><div style="text-align: center;"> (Romans 12:11).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> for God has already approved what you do.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://ourdailybread.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d520579c93f452f12f7497e8c&id=05fa9a26fb&e=91ffd9eadd">Ecclesiastes 9:7</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Above, a few verses from a few<a href="https://ourdailybread.ca/daily-bread-devotional/"> Daily Bread devotionals I</a> missed on the weekend</div><div style="text-align: center;">because we were away for a bit!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Great verses to contemplate as we begin a new week!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoeCsz-YRQJBlIfDP_oByaQt9pLp8a5p47KkgcXS_eJsCFoa6SCYYw7l3YGsqUm1LpdRqlExrKWT0rnTcrsSAeryvqTSnu71TYrjLy2uE8mZfsDUzDp-IX67KXkkn9qNG625p_p4xaMUsA48ViIrI0JINwoXI4H8J7q736O0NmtR-tLpl0MoYxLtqHPw/s4608/DSCN5779.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="4608" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoeCsz-YRQJBlIfDP_oByaQt9pLp8a5p47KkgcXS_eJsCFoa6SCYYw7l3YGsqUm1LpdRqlExrKWT0rnTcrsSAeryvqTSnu71TYrjLy2uE8mZfsDUzDp-IX67KXkkn9qNG625p_p4xaMUsA48ViIrI0JINwoXI4H8J7q736O0NmtR-tLpl0MoYxLtqHPw/w640-h396/DSCN5779.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May your week be as sweet as a Krispy Kreme donut!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(One of our stops)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxME0XI7nQy-LvzA6NJGAFHT4aeql4kpqAXz3YMCY53-48B2-cl34WZpoSp4Mfll9OSeayOy57TQB0A8BYXkw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx-pO2MeFPDxKcMGiU-zXij5dWo0makeD9TNasPtLaGFLRXwP01BBmBs_uiB2ztvxiSGQmveVCCOI-xs2Mveg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It's easy to be filled with delight while savoring donuts,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but life/love isn't always as soft and sweet as a fresh donut, is it?!</div><div style="text-align: center;">If it was we would become fat and foolish,</div><div style="text-align: center;">sluggish and selfish!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">James 1:2-4 BSB</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Consider it pure joy, my brothers, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">when you encounter trials of many kinds, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a name="4" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></a><span class="reftext" face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #b34700; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 15px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 2px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: text-top;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/james/1-3.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">3</a></span><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><a name="5" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"></a><span class="reftext" face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #b34700; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 15px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 2px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: text-top;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/james/1-4.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">4</a></span><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Allow perseverance to finish its work, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">so that you may be mature and complete, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">not lacking anything.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%205%3A7&version=KJV">We walk by faith, not sight</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">To overcome despair</div><div style="text-align: center;">Is to replenish love's delight</div><div style="text-align: center;">Through faithful, thankful prayer</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Is to fix our eyes</div><div style="text-align: center;">On He whose hope elates</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whose grace made possible the prize</div><div style="text-align: center;">That faith anticipates </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Is to count our joys</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rather than our woes</div><div style="text-align: center;">Is to seize what each morn deploys</div><div style="text-align: center;">And dusk draws to a close</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Is to choose what is right</div><div style="text-align: center;">And forgive fellowman</div><div style="text-align: center;">And in each flight from morn to night</div><div style="text-align: center;">To do the best we can</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Because God gave His best</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because He loves us so</div><div style="text-align: center;">To dwell on this renews the zest/quest</div><div style="text-align: center;">No care can overthrow</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Because when we believe</div><div style="text-align: center;">We walk by faith, not sight</div><div style="text-align: center;">And as we trust we will receive</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love's replenished delight</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jer.17:7</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">“But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> whose confidence is in him.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="crossverse" face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/psalms/40-4.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">Psalm 40:4</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">who has not turned to the proud, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">nor to those who lapse into falsehood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-46718917856981961012024-03-09T11:46:00.006-05:002024-03-09T11:53:28.152-05:00Birthday Wish and Blessing...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday, dear daughter💝💖</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are so thankful for the beautiful, kind and caring person you are!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 'baby' in our family is 23!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today's splashy weather inspired the first line😂</div><p style="text-align: center;">For rain, an umbrella...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LarwitFASXajQ0RosO3FDU-iWkdr1qQb5UlIs4KF_-di2W6fOFIaQY1SW2mFoGl0o2te1xMLYvPw8kGySy3QBUunZJnOVQJLqT3amv0qEkNlNXwDjmcILnaBsZ28AJebDjZEO8Em3_s2st8PFpnEFyRsWsTmKcOdH8UJhJtVVs_64_cclFq2wEho7As/s4608/DSCN5744.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LarwitFASXajQ0RosO3FDU-iWkdr1qQb5UlIs4KF_-di2W6fOFIaQY1SW2mFoGl0o2te1xMLYvPw8kGySy3QBUunZJnOVQJLqT3amv0qEkNlNXwDjmcILnaBsZ28AJebDjZEO8Em3_s2st8PFpnEFyRsWsTmKcOdH8UJhJtVVs_64_cclFq2wEho7As/w480-h640/DSCN5744.JPG" width="480" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For sunshine, a chair...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hiRl-wDSQ1c2lr0AfEsFuaX3yVdNMphnB1ev0K4Xxaw2K3UdBc-6yWT2T8wpW70l7fpRSACeKvnWUDPqz95L9tpp0d1_oEInYff96DGb6W-CpENFJ0855YMgAGqdOZMxqKDAXspOgSVNwH10i9G31qWmJOxB4r3DLEQmtn4Nb_J0HP3n0FpHH2sMgLE/s4591/zzzzzzzzDSCN1701.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2942" data-original-width="4591" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hiRl-wDSQ1c2lr0AfEsFuaX3yVdNMphnB1ev0K4Xxaw2K3UdBc-6yWT2T8wpW70l7fpRSACeKvnWUDPqz95L9tpp0d1_oEInYff96DGb6W-CpENFJ0855YMgAGqdOZMxqKDAXspOgSVNwH10i9G31qWmJOxB4r3DLEQmtn4Nb_J0HP3n0FpHH2sMgLE/w640-h410/zzzzzzzzDSCN1701.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For rain, an umbrella</div><div style="text-align: center;">For sunshine, a chair</div><div style="text-align: center;">To set in a soft, yellow</div><div style="text-align: center;">Book-nook somewhere</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For joy, lots o’ laughter</div><div style="text-align: center;">For sorrow, a friend</div><div style="text-align: center;">To cheer you long after</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well-wishers disband</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For day-to-day prudence</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where options run rife</div><div style="text-align: center;">For we are all students</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the school of life</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For spoon full of honey</div><div style="text-align: center;">To sweeten Earl Grey</div><div style="text-align: center;">For just enough money</div><div style="text-align: center;">To teach you to pray</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For much to give thanks for;</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happiness and health</div><div style="text-align: center;">For mercy, each morning</div><div style="text-align: center;">For wisdom’s fine wealth</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For your cup of gladness</div><div style="text-align: center;">Filled up to the brim</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because of God’s goodness</div><div style="text-align: center;">And wonder of Him</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For love to be given</div><div style="text-align: center;">For love to embrace</div><div style="text-align: center;">For love is earth’s heaven</div><div style="text-align: center;">For love is God’s grace</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love you, dear daughter</div><div style="text-align: center;">My heaven-on-earth</div><div style="text-align: center;">God bless you forever</div><div style="text-align: center;">With Love's complete worth</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Love, Mom, aka</div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">3 John 1:4</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.</span></div>Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-28787469634141811432024-03-08T12:11:00.009-05:002024-03-08T15:09:37.214-05:00The Best That Boast Can Laud (begins and ends with God)<div style="text-align: center;">Happy...Friday?!! Already😅🙏💗</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So many sweet photo-op skies this week...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Below, just a few!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsB_zJTIMuDF-gs6RRkoY_Ld-lpLdgyvU8LrYJ6tL0iekpeVv0HvJ8_7QeS5LRdTZHDKGGzi5mzivZb9IjLIqtygP0Emp71ip45_e4VXL2I768TPundIFICX42suCMYau4qnD2jo_4gxKwDCP-jTimgUyeS5h2DBfeo8kvWC24L6mAV0KvshOyOaU1mfA/s4608/DSCN5677.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3397" data-original-width="4608" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsB_zJTIMuDF-gs6RRkoY_Ld-lpLdgyvU8LrYJ6tL0iekpeVv0HvJ8_7QeS5LRdTZHDKGGzi5mzivZb9IjLIqtygP0Emp71ip45_e4VXL2I768TPundIFICX42suCMYau4qnD2jo_4gxKwDCP-jTimgUyeS5h2DBfeo8kvWC24L6mAV0KvshOyOaU1mfA/w640-h472/DSCN5677.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It flew by in a blink of blessing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mon.-Food safety and management course, <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvllH_LOVVVKnI7qI5W8nnrmT5dGNvS2vjDemHMA2_mOhJqaiDFIJ8MzXpnw2WX7JEG3sm2_qGzhIO6VWcIEni8EfuFTpkevV5T7cVRdAYZ_DFF1lN1dxQSLxD57mOKqoKkCx8K8FamNhfNqd93Dta04RG0i6T-RfrA70qi_8O3doBb2wsMEY3MZlEs1k/s4608/DSCN5741.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvllH_LOVVVKnI7qI5W8nnrmT5dGNvS2vjDemHMA2_mOhJqaiDFIJ8MzXpnw2WX7JEG3sm2_qGzhIO6VWcIEni8EfuFTpkevV5T7cVRdAYZ_DFF1lN1dxQSLxD57mOKqoKkCx8K8FamNhfNqd93Dta04RG0i6T-RfrA70qi_8O3doBb2wsMEY3MZlEs1k/w640-h480/DSCN5741.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tues.-grand-sonny visit, appointment, small group gettogether,<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtH2QbMKUrjdmXE9S_vkkZhi5OErdbMPaIRejhb3uKxdlXa-ZkEbKiSvudmT0JR97pppW3CzgcdrCnHv4M_avHZD9nHMROYcpBj0XVMMz2p__kzwZkJWMysI1HW5y10oxgDTjXauB-UAyYHGtKmRCF2XrwfQu1oeVaZvhmVGic_cSjScdVAv9X7fmOopI/s4608/DSCN5700.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtH2QbMKUrjdmXE9S_vkkZhi5OErdbMPaIRejhb3uKxdlXa-ZkEbKiSvudmT0JR97pppW3CzgcdrCnHv4M_avHZD9nHMROYcpBj0XVMMz2p__kzwZkJWMysI1HW5y10oxgDTjXauB-UAyYHGtKmRCF2XrwfQu1oeVaZvhmVGic_cSjScdVAv9X7fmOopI/w640-h480/DSCN5700.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wed. finishing food prep and delivery<a href="https://anotherporch.blogspot.com/2024/03/perfect-satisfaction-because-we-all.html"> for event mentioned here</a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45yw3cDYR7BHyMYTFFprPvaPh2oj95F2MfmAxikTrhm3U2yUnk9mNIIeMYwbbg9X2-ypGmXZLOQ5hWOnAhZ2tX0jwQlUAap_h5YxA447qsiu5LRh9fLpPJ_PA5VtZDzgZbhxL9pIcd-9-vg3Z4ccRnCS2NZTkl56aT8go1MGAj14OrJKAbJql3pqGrRo/s4608/DSCN5709.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh45yw3cDYR7BHyMYTFFprPvaPh2oj95F2MfmAxikTrhm3U2yUnk9mNIIeMYwbbg9X2-ypGmXZLOQ5hWOnAhZ2tX0jwQlUAap_h5YxA447qsiu5LRh9fLpPJ_PA5VtZDzgZbhxL9pIcd-9-vg3Z4ccRnCS2NZTkl56aT8go1MGAj14OrJKAbJql3pqGrRo/w640-h480/DSCN5709.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thursday-Help my mom with spring-cleaning (forgot camera!!)😭</div><div style="text-align: center;">...and just like that!!! It's Friday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdCV1hLxkEmLrw385QXunNAwCuh9HPzt1TPbNrO-E294odObAQbhnmtfFTCBDjFeVvrSr8-sn8uEEowydmPnvd3FDLdW2wM1b-z7-CbXZG38yQhhjSA-0Kos6g661cncqpwiACtfkW7bHZFOIXomMtMvB-fomUuliEDJdLF_nhmFCGv1BCEEEg1hObYU/s4608/DSCN5732.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2844" data-original-width="4608" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdCV1hLxkEmLrw385QXunNAwCuh9HPzt1TPbNrO-E294odObAQbhnmtfFTCBDjFeVvrSr8-sn8uEEowydmPnvd3FDLdW2wM1b-z7-CbXZG38yQhhjSA-0Kos6g661cncqpwiACtfkW7bHZFOIXomMtMvB-fomUuliEDJdLF_nhmFCGv1BCEEEg1hObYU/w640-h396/DSCN5732.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I am prepping food and house </div><div style="text-align: center;">for our youngest daughter's birthday celebration</div><div style="text-align: center;">on the weekend!</div><div style="text-align: center;">A whole bunch of friends staying over while </div><div style="text-align: center;">Jim and I stay out😅💝</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I began this poem yesterday morning!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The first line fell from Heaven as I stood admiring the sky</div><div style="text-align: center;">while rubbing sleep from my eyes...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<i>each work of art drawn from His hands</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He grants the breathless dance of worship’s unrehearsed requiem</div><div style="text-align: center;">And cheers hope’s countenance with refreshment where mercies stream</div><div style="text-align: center;">In wonders of creation, from the wellspring of his Word</div><div style="text-align: center;">Reasons for celebration overflow and undergird</div><div style="text-align: center;">To kindle exaltation that is incomparable</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Salvation’s invitation still extends to one and all</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">God’s goodness never ceases to thrill the soul that believes</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unrivaled masterpieces humble all mankind achieves</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thus, the best boast can muster as we meditate on This</div><div style="text-align: center;">Are endeavors to trust Him more because of Who He IS</div><div style="text-align: center;">His faultless Influence imparts the best that boast can laud</div><div style="text-align: center;">All art we woo from hands and hearts <i>begins and ends with God</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Every artist who ever has dipped pen or brush</div><div style="text-align: center;"> into inkwells and paint palettes</div><div style="text-align: center;">draws from scenes cupped and cradled in God's Hands!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thus every work of art ought to be signed-</div><div style="text-align: center;">By His grace</div><div style="text-align: center;">For His glory!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAiBOI1vu4&list=RDMMK-X-_uvsD30&index=6">He Sees the Little Sparrows Fall</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oJAiBOI1vu4" width="320" youtube-src-id="oJAiBOI1vu4"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-47098255755260046422024-03-06T09:06:00.009-05:002024-03-06T09:16:08.268-05:00Wake In Me (a Careful Wanting)<p style="text-align: center;"><i> Life is like a flower blooming on the grave that claims it due...</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYvWpWtKn_PG5cZGONyYfVsOmJ3sX3iFJ3CKi8cOjtx7ty5RiF85LNcgOBIjyEycN6QEetxnm5JJH3LRu1__yOakvYMGPXoOD5f7k_v-v1PzqCqLBFdyxQlJ53Dk9S3MgklEO7FoIMIkM-E-j9i_VokrXeO1x7yS4vw587XjaHcq4T3AFnE2rImGnN2E/s4372/DSCN5707.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3225" data-original-width="4372" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYvWpWtKn_PG5cZGONyYfVsOmJ3sX3iFJ3CKi8cOjtx7ty5RiF85LNcgOBIjyEycN6QEetxnm5JJH3LRu1__yOakvYMGPXoOD5f7k_v-v1PzqCqLBFdyxQlJ53Dk9S3MgklEO7FoIMIkM-E-j9i_VokrXeO1x7yS4vw587XjaHcq4T3AFnE2rImGnN2E/w640-h472/DSCN5707.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycO01gmCqXVJN_GnwzaB-eH9TLJCJUEti7GCvTViygXKqQ1ggobqM1-FbLvFZOp5tzuwQ3J4hdKvIh_7OBv7N6caA8bwOTqFBeIdUPHODqHA22nhFEBq11P9viHEZhy0D6wd6cdDgIO7RFZCzmDOfp45BSmMsbxlqHjL79e5jTZZuiyS7KRQhUMiQdHc/s4441/DSCN5708.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3153" data-original-width="4441" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycO01gmCqXVJN_GnwzaB-eH9TLJCJUEti7GCvTViygXKqQ1ggobqM1-FbLvFZOp5tzuwQ3J4hdKvIh_7OBv7N6caA8bwOTqFBeIdUPHODqHA22nhFEBq11P9viHEZhy0D6wd6cdDgIO7RFZCzmDOfp45BSmMsbxlqHjL79e5jTZZuiyS7KRQhUMiQdHc/w640-h454/DSCN5708.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>***</i></p><div style="text-align: center;">I love the group of fellow-believers I gather with</div><div style="text-align: center;">every Tuesday night, to open God's Word together,</div><div style="text-align: center;">to learn, to worship, to meditate on God's goodness and holiness,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and to challenge and encourage each other in our walk by faith!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;">This morning my devotion included this glorious passage from Titus 3-</div><div style="text-align: center;">(which is kind of a continuance of our focus/discussion last night; </div><div style="text-align: center;">God's holiness and our response/attitude in return</div><div style="text-align: center;">and our assurance of salvation through His shed blood)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but because of his mercy. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, </div><div style="text-align: center;">we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 8 This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, </div><div style="text-align: center;">so that those who have trusted in God may be careful </div><div style="text-align: center;">to devote themselves to doing what is good. </div><div style="text-align: center;">These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A Prayer...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>Wake in me a careful wanting for a heart, humble and true</i></div><div><i>Shield me from the futile flaunting of the follies of this world</i></div><div><i>Fill me, through Your word with wonder at the holiness of You</i></div><div><i>Awe me with the sacred splendor of love’s Majesty unfurled</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Show me, oh, my precious Savior, (lest I stray) the way to walk</i></div><div><i>Let me not forget hope’s favor You suffered at Calvary</i></div><div><i>Fix my eyes in the direction of the cross You did not balk</i></div><div><i>Make my life like a reflection of the love that pardoned Me</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Let no carnal care consume me with love’s opportunity</i></div><div><i>Life is like a flower blooming on the grave that claims it due</i></div><div><i>Thus Lord, wake a careful wanting for more of Your love for me</i></div><div><i>May it thwart the tempter’s taunting because of my love for You</i></div><div><br /></div><div>© Janet Martin</div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMe0Ryg_W8w">Saviour, Lead Me Lest I Stray</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yMe0Ryg_W8w" width="320" youtube-src-id="yMe0Ryg_W8w"></iframe></div><br />
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-58484067777582854742024-03-05T13:22:00.009-05:002024-03-05T13:44:06.483-05:00Never Too Young (or old) To Learn<div style="text-align: center;">Sweetheart helping/learning to make butter tarts!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1YBknKpezdr2fO0B0UTbCRanLyvAxTjoesjC9Fjzxnqlr-da91B0qURMPkgguIiQ_1gX1MX0GxnY2QEnrmXjaOKLRdARWyeqITUGThL9mDNiLexufqv37ppQCtE_EXb_K2eOZFfGDZNCmmCdmXAJpOD-lVQI9wRgFxeVaCWR7b97fwlJyliM2AZxOlQ/s4608/DSCN5632.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1YBknKpezdr2fO0B0UTbCRanLyvAxTjoesjC9Fjzxnqlr-da91B0qURMPkgguIiQ_1gX1MX0GxnY2QEnrmXjaOKLRdARWyeqITUGThL9mDNiLexufqv37ppQCtE_EXb_K2eOZFfGDZNCmmCdmXAJpOD-lVQI9wRgFxeVaCWR7b97fwlJyliM2AZxOlQ/w640-h480/DSCN5632.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6k8O0PThlSLfI-aJrFJYxK4N27Qsr97oQ9o9WTXK8Iz-6QV32xAUL-TgvdQX93olQrPs4BcQkR610LNBVkQjyY7xXceOZvsvZ9oYPzX9I2DHH67QUn8pFSAoQ49t56Ej-kjcgEBnZm2hAoyHh9ui-bau0f-YfCxALotfvhgxjuh7U_wTDDZsyXJJClY/w640-h480/DSCN5634.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I generally am treated to 100% sweetness by this little gal</div><div style="text-align: center;">but 'rumor' has it there's another side that sometimes isn't quite so!😂😅🙏</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazurSue4f3zyfNJ6bgYkv7OM-CEuav5S7a3stR08LblYq_u5sYgcHk-9ifvjUtqsqyAFswQTIgi-DCsFYs6QfjisJ4uRR_w1OZ5RvgkmE_hzY03agNgQOl6abXmJph0qOEeQ0tW5kQl0BZ46VbDhzQLBwefDr3FQm2aTZh-i-0Deu-1hBmuNPpj12zpU/s4608/DSCN5638.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazurSue4f3zyfNJ6bgYkv7OM-CEuav5S7a3stR08LblYq_u5sYgcHk-9ifvjUtqsqyAFswQTIgi-DCsFYs6QfjisJ4uRR_w1OZ5RvgkmE_hzY03agNgQOl6abXmJph0qOEeQ0tW5kQl0BZ46VbDhzQLBwefDr3FQm2aTZh-i-0Deu-1hBmuNPpj12zpU/w640-h480/DSCN5638.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes, when '<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2022%3A6&version=NKJV">training up</a>' children, an extra-firm hand is required;</div><div style="text-align: center;">A hand that let's them know that no tantrum will change the expectation for obedience!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is vital that a child learns as early as able, </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">to recognize and respect/obey authority!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh181tY7ixTOFU3ttsOcDvE3SMCrhfwgmhshVN8F_tDek_aUv6K3vynp7OcEXG6xTfqJl7Dlq-srQtV4na7GKhC9ZpLV10i12B-RY_tRo9b3MsuZFr_PRHFufoUZ9wwgJIHKvxFjXUPZIU8s6HCWG21Tjf3yVVTvDPhO6FdaUg5kNas8iA99E-jT4dWTbs/w640-h480/DSCN5642.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJXURE8gIJpcuSd2JvKG7GJ6gQ8U3xjAucb35r-vj4mTqpQf1ES-6Dce_9_Ut86hyIOimdhFnasc6MoHjpKFC9Nf_m2k65xIU8tP5hgInSWuIwHvb5kXhYugofwmj2CrLI0uLSJZgrpe6Y1Dk58JfJdwFvJHEQGEkUolxIFJ8vm_pgB63V2-0NgvEXSA/s4608/DSCN5643.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJXURE8gIJpcuSd2JvKG7GJ6gQ8U3xjAucb35r-vj4mTqpQf1ES-6Dce_9_Ut86hyIOimdhFnasc6MoHjpKFC9Nf_m2k65xIU8tP5hgInSWuIwHvb5kXhYugofwmj2CrLI0uLSJZgrpe6Y1Dk58JfJdwFvJHEQGEkUolxIFJ8vm_pgB63V2-0NgvEXSA/w640-h480/DSCN5643.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes, we as God's children need that firm Hand too.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">How easily we (like children) are prone to ignore </div><div style="text-align: center;">and disrespect/disobey His Supreme Authority!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We, like little children, can be as sweet as pie (or butter tarts) when all goes well!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But what about those <i>other times</i>, when wills clash?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="crossverse" face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/romans/6-16.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">Romans 6:16</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">you are slaves to the one you obey, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">or to obedience leading to righteousness?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The quest to please ourselves, it seems, comes very naturally</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rousing a wrestling match between Self and authority</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are not born to want to yield to edicts not our own</div><div style="text-align: center;">The master of our lives revealed by what our deeds make known</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The quest to please ourselves is something that is never taught</div><div style="text-align: center;">Human nature is always king over empires of thought</div><div style="text-align: center;">The living proof of love’s touchstone demonstrates without fail</div><div style="text-align: center;">Who resides on the heart’s veiled throne; <i>choice, its own tattle-tale</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The quest to please ourselves is not uncommon or bizarre</div><div style="text-align: center;">Until we yield our will to God, love is a tug-of-war</div><div style="text-align: center;">Until we love Him first, we will not find true joy because</div><div style="text-align: center;">The quest to please ourselves is cursed with the worst part of us (sin)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We all have faced the giant in the valley of love tried</div><div style="text-align: center;">We all have been defiant, self-reliant, blind with pride</div><div style="text-align: center;">But, pray, we all have borne the blow that brought us to our knees</div><div style="text-align: center;">And slew the masquerading foe, impossible to please</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And pray our quests have been condensed till only One prevails</div><div style="text-align: center;">Treasured with humble confidence/reverence in God who never fails</div><div style="text-align: center;">And pray that when we are beguiled to prize some lesser goal</div><div style="text-align: center;">He reminds us,<i> we are His child; the Saviour of the Soul</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eph.3:20-21</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly </div><div style="text-align: center;">above all that we ask or think,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> according to the power that works in us, </div><div style="text-align: center;"> to Him be glory in the church </div><div style="text-align: center;">by Christ Jesus to all generations,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> forever and ever. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Amen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">so, here's to that universal classroom of</div><div style="text-align: center;">'never too old to learn' or to forgive, or repent,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and confess our sins and try-try-again!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Below, an inspiring excerpt from the life story of</div><div style="text-align: center;">George Mueller of Bristow...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsfBGU6RJejnXM1JE40o-AeJLBYtP71Ug-YbPJtrEnKjHnSZplglGvFI-bYyNQh43T0CXDvE3x2sEu7QF7Y0ocUh_hDqzRbUVaF3UPVMAdFWZkYbwsVdkPZa34TBr93VNmVuuFUxxARVihZGaC90cMHR_m3MyuwTPI5ZAhtfP8-Ju-EsmCQawaga0vQg/s4351/DSCN5703.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3063" data-original-width="4351" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsfBGU6RJejnXM1JE40o-AeJLBYtP71Ug-YbPJtrEnKjHnSZplglGvFI-bYyNQh43T0CXDvE3x2sEu7QF7Y0ocUh_hDqzRbUVaF3UPVMAdFWZkYbwsVdkPZa34TBr93VNmVuuFUxxARVihZGaC90cMHR_m3MyuwTPI5ZAhtfP8-Ju-EsmCQawaga0vQg/w640-h450/DSCN5703.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-36737633916162321902024-03-04T18:42:00.004-05:002024-03-04T19:00:22.668-05:00Ode to Father Time <div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>Dear Father Time...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>I never tire of your ways...</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBB7fjkkcvUMuHByLslltxltQfBxIUqrqm_ac7M9s354ZwYBB9z1fxadMfN6ikqxpeWoJDoZEsJsi4V_aIAZLCz10ozAkCXqa2XTIlMfXdBqi8iFN3gp4LpvaXVgd0Oa2Uw2LS_a30s8vUAJzaIARO5MoDlgplk8UUlapuyZwKi2PpO_xa5taPDNpcptY/s4608/DSCN5661.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBB7fjkkcvUMuHByLslltxltQfBxIUqrqm_ac7M9s354ZwYBB9z1fxadMfN6ikqxpeWoJDoZEsJsi4V_aIAZLCz10ozAkCXqa2XTIlMfXdBqi8iFN3gp4LpvaXVgd0Oa2Uw2LS_a30s8vUAJzaIARO5MoDlgplk8UUlapuyZwKi2PpO_xa5taPDNpcptY/w640-h480/DSCN5661.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Your sweet and sun-steeped golden days...(today, a balmy 20C)</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qGqofF703N7w3I3RJt0QsVktArF8iYmfmFmcE9TqM1AAO_hL28nRRUAs5cSbStLxyQJU6_uIG0umFP2ejyQOFNv8r2cRfLJaLbuJv35n5AzorNa2P7dfmSHz84IoprbgV2UMNVY4diKVCz6-FjTw5S6jdhb0w8wscwljLEckPXcuD7BtzB2HsIoJeeE/s4608/DSCN5659.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2597" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qGqofF703N7w3I3RJt0QsVktArF8iYmfmFmcE9TqM1AAO_hL28nRRUAs5cSbStLxyQJU6_uIG0umFP2ejyQOFNv8r2cRfLJaLbuJv35n5AzorNa2P7dfmSHz84IoprbgV2UMNVY4diKVCz6-FjTw5S6jdhb0w8wscwljLEckPXcuD7BtzB2HsIoJeeE/w640-h360/DSCN5659.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHg8sLLDAf8CrC7hkO9JLlfpQAFL1uqJGYyS32lGtPD3cxy6SGrqVzCXUcWA9Em0L5mVdk1x3SkjbFdJchioIs-SsJHYilgwYgX0u5H0RDtWuUxRXwEtslaaNUoyBAdZTplyT7FTDVaXVHiLLIHJSv0USjh8a1lHu8TmKlhebHRq-DLSJUa2W98LVsks/s4608/DSCN5660.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHg8sLLDAf8CrC7hkO9JLlfpQAFL1uqJGYyS32lGtPD3cxy6SGrqVzCXUcWA9Em0L5mVdk1x3SkjbFdJchioIs-SsJHYilgwYgX0u5H0RDtWuUxRXwEtslaaNUoyBAdZTplyT7FTDVaXVHiLLIHJSv0USjh8a1lHu8TmKlhebHRq-DLSJUa2W98LVsks/w640-h480/DSCN5660.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><i>Your contours, swaddled in soft grays...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmc0Elc9wwTTwBo78WRchGuyo2_lym-rFwca-QrIcw1UxSgkEOisAsGsRWQvIxWRIqMFuK7MWcsulIMg_5stLVfZ6JasnBt9fb4PsKxR-stMsoAtppqJuc_O7KHzZ4teUr7kwj-Xn71jofLHGF0WtGHt8GoI0EhKo4zXXUktUhtfnat9mMiIpPTX9lNag/s4608/DSCN5658.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmc0Elc9wwTTwBo78WRchGuyo2_lym-rFwca-QrIcw1UxSgkEOisAsGsRWQvIxWRIqMFuK7MWcsulIMg_5stLVfZ6JasnBt9fb4PsKxR-stMsoAtppqJuc_O7KHzZ4teUr7kwj-Xn71jofLHGF0WtGHt8GoI0EhKo4zXXUktUhtfnat9mMiIpPTX9lNag/w640-h480/DSCN5658.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><i>Your landscapes, washed in pink...</i></div><div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENEXDKAdcOsExfX2A611Y2ir8xDpLWm-dDUtYjR58pidy-Zh3IolU0dfbByLf984muQzSXDFTQ63pKft1qI8mSpih4oHLAtqbtehAwshfvBjeLO5Z_3hZc0jE041uR-cfyh0u0mWmIrsBgltLRKvzpIOKdHrgsuskQBhWeQtV1UKeqYoxUJ-r0jZuEbY/s4608/DSCN5664.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCH1wxOU9il_IKKsMfLSayzg36WfwxTDFxDkg649tG7qFRq2xotXtK0o_Ne7wnqVkxnukY2J64jAAZ2XnOhdiqB3hyphenhyphen8dPLFwDNKwgjOXQ-nRc0D8-Hs3G7rr0NlZ7igyfuVfA2yz6p1W-MMDRAHJ2h1AjO12-YGrwxliGUn9LeR6tskQujO4dceHIIf4/w640-h480/DSCN5668.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spring is like a dog straining wildly at its leash today!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I never tire of your ways</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your sweet and sun-steeped golden days</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your contours, swaddled in soft grays</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your landscapes, washed in pink</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your rough-and-tumble give and take</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your waves that sob and surge and break</div><div style="text-align: center;">Across shorelines that gleam and ache</div><div style="text-align: center;">With untamed poem-ink</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I never tire of your hymn</div><div style="text-align: center;">It trembles in the barren limb</div><div style="text-align: center;">And throbs as buds begin to brim</div><div style="text-align: center;">With orchestras of green</div><div style="text-align: center;">With daybreak’s lilac-tinted sighs</div><div style="text-align: center;">And twilight’s gentle lullabies</div><div style="text-align: center;">With hellos, harboring goodbyes</div><div style="text-align: center;">With all that falls between</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I never tire of your waltz</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your minuet and somersaults</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your promenade that never halts</div><div style="text-align: center;">But twirls me round and round</div><div style="text-align: center;">Till I am breathless with delight</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet never tire of the sight</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of <i>you</i>, gilt-edged ‘gainst gath’ring night</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of a new day unbound</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I never tire of your ease</div><div style="text-align: center;">Turning moments to memories</div><div style="text-align: center;">Taming my younger-hungered pleas</div><div style="text-align: center;">With humble thankfulness</div><div style="text-align: center;">My cheek against your stubbly chin</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ah, darling, how can I begin</div><div style="text-align: center;">To count your ways I cannot win</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet love you nonetheless</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieu4WGsXryuY6lz_BR5B0609lBIBZhEZCGXAraBbslwMenTrnTb1rVPNCeP4ND_44fTQ1Wr6jycwYaUZ3td2qRMzFhhVR6JWgwGTWBTTg6nouDypsWJSGmO02hQz9Lt7nCwykiVe9pHFuFhl37oL3wDrDm7dIErMLyeB3cupUYNacDdqNAel-sguo_Ozg/s4608/DSCN5672.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieu4WGsXryuY6lz_BR5B0609lBIBZhEZCGXAraBbslwMenTrnTb1rVPNCeP4ND_44fTQ1Wr6jycwYaUZ3td2qRMzFhhVR6JWgwGTWBTTg6nouDypsWJSGmO02hQz9Lt7nCwykiVe9pHFuFhl37oL3wDrDm7dIErMLyeB3cupUYNacDdqNAel-sguo_Ozg/w640-h480/DSCN5672.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-21960077472095640972024-03-02T10:53:00.009-05:002024-03-02T16:03:49.158-05:00Perfect Satisfaction (because we all seek to be satisfied)<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Every life is a testament, not only</div><div style="text-align: center;">of how much God loves us,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but of how much we love Him!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo: Yesterday's Bake-Apple Crumble Tarts and <a href="https://www.theenglishkitchen.co/2021/12/scottish-coconut-jam-tarts.html">Scottish Coconut and Jam Tarts</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today's bake (plan): Butter tarts!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15MPe-pVQ4oZqc9MRrICgYEF4Hh_ayQuW97NY79JhJD3oUj1b_vEU-i9n0SzU4d36AmJTog96StescM9EOzDin9vryLlF8q-dlV01n-sy1_GPzbTbcds6UTNhZTvUo0JS_gu1ZNkZnKNVOo5lt0iNeUMWWaPbbcc8KHnvSgHqOWvXBWIf26OgxEXsxkY/s5120/New%20folder7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="5120" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15MPe-pVQ4oZqc9MRrICgYEF4Hh_ayQuW97NY79JhJD3oUj1b_vEU-i9n0SzU4d36AmJTog96StescM9EOzDin9vryLlF8q-dlV01n-sy1_GPzbTbcds6UTNhZTvUo0JS_gu1ZNkZnKNVOo5lt0iNeUMWWaPbbcc8KHnvSgHqOWvXBWIf26OgxEXsxkY/w640-h360/New%20folder7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am currently working at a 'tart buffet' as part of a meal</div><div style="text-align: center;">next Wednesday evening </div><div style="text-align: center;">for all our youth, junior youth and kid's zone ministry leaders at church; approx. 50!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't it a wonderful blessing to be able to serve those who serve others</div><div style="text-align: center;">with a delicious 'encouragement/appreciation' meal once a month?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">BTW!! this was not my initial reaction of 'love'! (insert blush)</div><div style="text-align: center;">My first thought, I am <i>ashamed</i> to say was 'why? all this work/fuss etc.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> when they could all grab a bite before their meeting?!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It would be SO much easier...</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are so many things faulty with the above attitude😓</div><div style="text-align: center;">hence, the need for confession.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then to top it off, I was thoroughly convicted by a conversation from/with</div><div style="text-align: center;"> an ancient Brother Lawrence from the 1600's!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVQTuAAlkfTpFYXzXqGdkowqk939tWQpZaXmxlzNxkLz4fa6_wIhUIWwZDpP0xKG6dduaGAIFJofYO3mOqsJwq_ktjYbTFfeGCc06V4Ops94sJ3bJYbh6d2SWQ__aBfO02OnysKAYPdKGtUdHboNsTnxSGQZloYsaHaKmpvwUqM309Gs74AVcg5HjIy4/s4524/DSCN5629.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3215" data-original-width="4524" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVQTuAAlkfTpFYXzXqGdkowqk939tWQpZaXmxlzNxkLz4fa6_wIhUIWwZDpP0xKG6dduaGAIFJofYO3mOqsJwq_ktjYbTFfeGCc06V4Ops94sJ3bJYbh6d2SWQ__aBfO02OnysKAYPdKGtUdHboNsTnxSGQZloYsaHaKmpvwUqM309Gs74AVcg5HjIy4/w640-h454/DSCN5629.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I ordered this little book to tag on a few dollars </div><div style="text-align: center;">so I would qualify for free shipping!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am only on the second conversation and have been utterly</div><div style="text-align: center;">encouraged and convicted/corrected in my often carnal tendencies...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPGdvGt-x_Xplg1jiPgI-R35Ud-WmyLfxn1u0GvRJ1C_XTaCYZVZCDs9Mg6WVXqQmuwtPM1WjNm13yyjjCXR3VGLLqgMRPXOpS8gYijbVlcszvuV0rxN5WJYn1tCk0eLpOk5r1vlXKQjsq7u7T1IKG2LOy8ddryBCxWr4qere1mIddhqytNoyzDakq98/s4344/DSCN5630.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3058" data-original-width="4344" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPGdvGt-x_Xplg1jiPgI-R35Ud-WmyLfxn1u0GvRJ1C_XTaCYZVZCDs9Mg6WVXqQmuwtPM1WjNm13yyjjCXR3VGLLqgMRPXOpS8gYijbVlcszvuV0rxN5WJYn1tCk0eLpOk5r1vlXKQjsq7u7T1IKG2LOy8ddryBCxWr4qere1mIddhqytNoyzDakq98/w640-h450/DSCN5630.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiup3IiJmUPk2kb7z4bckjTkpa_HZLNjdiatbuuksMcHMhMfHaI5yLXG7yD9s-hswEkKRI2V4NsodDFLvkjLaEJXNBkOcRH8Kn7gtF4iUZ0hzwR0uV54Hzvo5RNCkZzoW95DfHSqyMKTC2v8VKbZ3C6XepDxoa6AVNJcsqObgt5Ly0GW3hKK2f2bAaMtqo/s4608/DSCN5631.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiup3IiJmUPk2kb7z4bckjTkpa_HZLNjdiatbuuksMcHMhMfHaI5yLXG7yD9s-hswEkKRI2V4NsodDFLvkjLaEJXNBkOcRH8Kn7gtF4iUZ0hzwR0uV54Hzvo5RNCkZzoW95DfHSqyMKTC2v8VKbZ3C6XepDxoa6AVNJcsqObgt5Ly0GW3hKK2f2bAaMtqo/w640-h480/DSCN5631.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We all seek to be satisfied</div><div style="text-align: center;">The world, a big buffet</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of tempting fruit cajoling pride</div><div style="text-align: center;">With ‘did God really say?’</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So much to see and touch and taste</div><div style="text-align: center;">What vast fields Choice deploys</div><div style="text-align: center;">Soon yielding either worth or waste</div><div style="text-align: center;">In Want’s pursuit of joys</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What fickle ventures we afford</div><div style="text-align: center;">What futile wish and whim</div><div style="text-align: center;">We chase, until we love the Lord</div><div style="text-align: center;">And yield our hearts/lives to Him</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then, come what may, bitter or sweet</div><div style="text-align: center;">When love for God prevails</div><div style="text-align: center;">We find a life of joy complete</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because love never fails</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We all seek to be satisfied</div><div style="text-align: center;">God’s grace, a grand buffet</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of hope the world cannot provide</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or ever take away</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The more we love the Lord, the less</div><div style="text-align: center;">We want of lesser things</div><div style="text-align: center;">As we embrace/enjoy the happiness</div><div style="text-align: center;">Only loving God brings</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="crossverse" face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/3-12.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">1 Thessalonians 3:12</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> with love for one another and for everyone else, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">just as our love for you overflows,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="crossverse" face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/philippians/1-9.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">Philippians 1:9</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">And this is my prayer: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">that your love may abound more and more</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> in knowledge and depth of insight,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUp3z6AGDJTTEVj-BGeyiXjjSZrto6k99tGnIU3hjE6W9_elwA-IX5G754Vu5stLf0Ak563OktYu9miiwqhDhEsofnvLA18ZoVJ6D4gFNYEOp31pEaouTfCe6mf3BZDXvvz7Aswrd6qcwktjAzSTjo1fo6sFUMYDphQV-cgwYP5wpDEgO2ohG8hnqxQ68/s3227/DSCN5625.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2237" data-original-width="3227" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUp3z6AGDJTTEVj-BGeyiXjjSZrto6k99tGnIU3hjE6W9_elwA-IX5G754Vu5stLf0Ak563OktYu9miiwqhDhEsofnvLA18ZoVJ6D4gFNYEOp31pEaouTfCe6mf3BZDXvvz7Aswrd6qcwktjAzSTjo1fo6sFUMYDphQV-cgwYP5wpDEgO2ohG8hnqxQ68/w640-h444/DSCN5625.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last night as our youngest daughter's little</div><div style="text-align: center;">'blue bug' puttered away I prayed a special blessing on her and all the</div><div style="text-align: center;">fellow-workers who serve/minister to our precious youth!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/2_thessalonians/1-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:3</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are obligated to thank God for you all the time,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and your love for one another is increasing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="p" face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; line-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span class="crossverse" face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/4-1.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">1 Thessalonians 4:1</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">to live in a way that is pleasing to God,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> just as you have received from us. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">This is how you already live, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">so you should do so all the more.</span></div>Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-62284341574969822782024-03-01T10:02:00.012-05:002024-03-01T17:08:04.060-05:00New Month's Resolutions<p style="text-align: center;"> Happy, happy March! (already?!!)</p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgB1bc5XfHv4C0k17fPioTyS-L_5wt_t3xwIdAx0ccrBoYCEL8YOJ8saMxOKZrpMKCIT5OgfVaTXM2u6BgsUrGLK_F2_3dQFrzAT9q0HXRqGaArYpCgYQ26_yObSpGf4SAipysG-ep2Vv2W3iCslWc64G8jQBGPpoRskvKK6vARCQQdJsxG1sUv5NSbF8/s4608/DSCN5606.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgB1bc5XfHv4C0k17fPioTyS-L_5wt_t3xwIdAx0ccrBoYCEL8YOJ8saMxOKZrpMKCIT5OgfVaTXM2u6BgsUrGLK_F2_3dQFrzAT9q0HXRqGaArYpCgYQ26_yObSpGf4SAipysG-ep2Vv2W3iCslWc64G8jQBGPpoRskvKK6vARCQQdJsxG1sUv5NSbF8/w640-h480/DSCN5606.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This winter is flying by and hardly feeling like 'real' winter</div><div style="text-align: center;">with its milder temperatures and lack of snow!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Although last evening wasn't mild!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I almost froze my fingers to get these sunset poses!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RcGsq4JR_SPehYWqvoVejD3jvOF7MbZ6bCFc8e0LhbtK96WbFLxNKe2QdykLwpvPxfMQ6AbxHWmfM6Nmg5fc7QGqXZA2K8UMd1kf8YSQJtXNnJGQO4RubLDlsEIMgbwUWYaVS9y9n4EfMAaPqJ4tcnSFCsZjaU8JSAXRKf4sclbqUfjhPxnh7_XdheE/w640-h480/DSCN5583.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I had to miss the magnificent, pink finale because I needed to go back inside to thaw my hands!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Note to self: never assume to be fine without mittens no matter how mild a few days earlier was!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZmnF7dAaTbWA3dbrnYVwEJW53ZXT12gh2_GZTKWL7E3dLIkKAHTbKT5Azcx43SfHaj5U2rIxqhTBUxdfgUyzuIcchdDsf32Ll8UKPDzqb1N-n2DRLEkMzuzfeDdS_FvAZ6SuZga0lK2LrRhfUdks1cln6sSh87_c6KhbPLlEEvLOWeIxwdd0z7JmQ58/s4608/DSCN5594.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji56XwuPAZHcc7Iqv8FZb0-aGGMey40PQQSQvT4BzhvyEiW5xZDdqUzstcleXbjhmQMRGH0IJaG2LQKEHXga7GsK4rFbEzCL8edguCCdAo8B8Xl8TayRjdMVCVj6s6WjVmrTkBqldLl20BxRJWNqrP14y6HCN_GY8GAxcsxW_4q17Fki7DHaZV1Nl1vOE/s4608/DSCN5598.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji56XwuPAZHcc7Iqv8FZb0-aGGMey40PQQSQvT4BzhvyEiW5xZDdqUzstcleXbjhmQMRGH0IJaG2LQKEHXga7GsK4rFbEzCL8edguCCdAo8B8Xl8TayRjdMVCVj6s6WjVmrTkBqldLl20BxRJWNqrP14y6HCN_GY8GAxcsxW_4q17Fki7DHaZV1Nl1vOE/w640-h480/DSCN5598.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May we make today more cheerful by being thankful and kind</div><div style="text-align: center;">And by keeping thought life gentle with fellowman's needs in mind</div><div style="text-align: center;">May we not be blind to beauty's wonder-thund'ring treasure trove</div><div style="text-align: center;">But embrace life's common duties with a glad and grateful love</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pray the Lord's goodness will fill us with joy bursting at the core</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rather than highlights that thrill us then leave us thirsting for more</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pray love’s meek and quiet spirit shields us from frontlines of strife</div><div style="text-align: center;">From lust of the flesh and eye, and dust to dust’s vain pride of life</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Behold! each moment-memento brims with opportunity</div><div style="text-align: center;">May we delight in the tempo tuning Today’s symphony</div><div style="text-align: center;">For, sufficient for each hour is God’s glorious grace unfurled</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ah! Nothing can overpower He who overcame the world</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May we make today more lovely by the way that we reply</div><div style="text-align: center;">To the Giver; not rude-grumbly, but with humble ‘here am I’</div><div style="text-align: center;">As creation spills our ears full, as dawn sets yon heights ablaze</div><div style="text-align: center;">May we make today more cheerful by joining its hymn of praise</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For soon high's noon's full bloom flounders; soon plush petal-mettle yields</div><div style="text-align: center;">To the tug that always counters today with tomorrow's fields</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, before today is gathered into Bygone's works of art</div><div style="text-align: center;">May its moments as they scatter leave a smile in someone's heart</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 30px; text-align: center;"><span class="reftext" style="color: #b34700; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 15px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 2px; vertical-align: text-top;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/psalms/92-5.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">5</a></span>How great are Your works, O LORD,</p><p class="indent2" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 30px 0px 60px; text-align: center;">how deep are Your thoughts!<a name="7"></a></p><p class="indent1" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 30px; text-align: center;"><span class="reftext" style="color: #b34700; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 15px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 2px; vertical-align: text-top;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/psalms/92-6.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">6</a></span>A senseless man does not know,</p><p class="indent2" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 30px 0px 60px; text-align: center;">and a fool does not understand,<a name="8"></a></p><p class="indent1" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 30px; text-align: center;"><span class="reftext" style="color: #b34700; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 15px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 2px; vertical-align: text-top;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/psalms/92-7.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">7</a></span>that though the wicked sprout like grass,</p><p class="indent2" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 30px 0px 60px; text-align: center;">and all evildoers flourish,</p><p class="indent2" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 30px 0px 60px; text-align: center;">they will be forever destroyed.<a name="9"></a></p><p class="indent1stline" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; text-align: center;"><span class="reftext" style="color: #b34700; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 15px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 2px; vertical-align: text-top;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/psalms/92-8.htm" style="color: #008ae6; text-decoration-line: none;">8</a></span>But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!</p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax_NMWLEb6U"><br /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax_NMWLEb6U">Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ax_NMWLEb6U" width="320" youtube-src-id="ax_NMWLEb6U"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-5609898911173564362024-02-29T13:47:00.010-05:002024-02-29T15:34:36.970-05:00Of Tomorrow's What-We-Had (Today)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Birthday, Leap Year 'babies'!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7W0fPWDhxbeoBP15TAVhWMXnOVl4lY8Qvs_R-9urbZUy5CB7mDbUUgzELegBhz1ht5M4nxTnnQetgfJbvxwulvBxljntfID-W9sIrDuWv_vehp5Javhca2RZgzYBqe5RXjZcUA5zvr9AhlyBrHb8WxEiHeD3AmOg95lYKGCzGzOfkIn5B8BUtuCKtbQ/s4608/DSCN5448.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2757" data-original-width="4608" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7W0fPWDhxbeoBP15TAVhWMXnOVl4lY8Qvs_R-9urbZUy5CB7mDbUUgzELegBhz1ht5M4nxTnnQetgfJbvxwulvBxljntfID-W9sIrDuWv_vehp5Javhca2RZgzYBqe5RXjZcUA5zvr9AhlyBrHb8WxEiHeD3AmOg95lYKGCzGzOfkIn5B8BUtuCKtbQ/w640-h382/DSCN5448.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The other morning dawn drew back night's shutters with a spectacular, balmy 'hello'...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3cwceAtIMyqCD3_98epv3m0C_VABLcZVN9tM7VMjhtTZ07NA34moizRp2cfihTvQMZUjlQ7xrrvSWw0zBt63ZfmJw8P632812oQbNJnp_xMdlYQlic6WMrh_hsRYeoTfw51qBzT3fpyrSSEwkwQHIYs9nmLluaUqBfjh_TdzldZU_aIaME7ULu5NY0w/s4608/DSCN5451.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="4608" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3cwceAtIMyqCD3_98epv3m0C_VABLcZVN9tM7VMjhtTZ07NA34moizRp2cfihTvQMZUjlQ7xrrvSWw0zBt63ZfmJw8P632812oQbNJnp_xMdlYQlic6WMrh_hsRYeoTfw51qBzT3fpyrSSEwkwQHIYs9nmLluaUqBfjh_TdzldZU_aIaME7ULu5NY0w/w640-h406/DSCN5451.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Time offers no rerun</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today's burgeoning sphere</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of 'nothing new under the sun'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Is temporary, dear</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whatever today grants</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where dawn kicks up its heels</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Is but a one-time song-and-dance </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That twilight always seals/steals </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then rejoice and be glad</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whatever fills today</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Will be tomorrow's 'what-we-had'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before it slipped away</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;">© Janet Martin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;">So far 'what -I-had' consists of sweet morning with grandsonny...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;">(it never gets old; bird-watching or watching tots watch birds😘)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuTvKcwchQzBkTic7xeopP_uSSoNkqpPT17oZ0s13WpXF26KUF36Vh_QwKecawexJKPOn_DZwiLoa5OFqGUm8r6IYiPj_7LeQQnLqN8W2x6m_FROkZJxi8ZynHUHPZSFn48ZmlvaUQxl-Fj1fkd5XviUDRH9uNnu8yjBC_KqJnXBzmqD0yJzBCtoMVyY/s4077/DSCN5538.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3196" data-original-width="4077" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuTvKcwchQzBkTic7xeopP_uSSoNkqpPT17oZ0s13WpXF26KUF36Vh_QwKecawexJKPOn_DZwiLoa5OFqGUm8r6IYiPj_7LeQQnLqN8W2x6m_FROkZJxi8ZynHUHPZSFn48ZmlvaUQxl-Fj1fkd5XviUDRH9uNnu8yjBC_KqJnXBzmqD0yJzBCtoMVyY/w640-h502/DSCN5538.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;">a </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;">sumptuous</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"> salad!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;">I dubbed it Leap-Day Celebration Salad!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzYzmhbLpjZI-xxs0UKyjH_zPfzkSpyq0tdp2DsNX3La_Jkxo8EURzge-J-frHEhsbYIuCja1nadWZqzJAPpxWh7zTdMZo0xCv_bnvE4-MW1G-hkMCiy4bFqP-JRcKCJ5XcVU88tEJSO7GwU4jxjgXhBTzujPpyQj3hgBmgjBa70RYT_FaQdu2PWFxlg/s4608/DSCN5548.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><b><i>Leap Day Celebration Salad</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3 cups oven-roasted or air-fried butternut squash cubes </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">tossed with olive oil salt and pepper, and pinch of parsley flakes </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rinse one cup quinoa</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Strain in sieve.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bring to boil in 2 cups water.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reduce heat enough to keep it simmering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cook uncovered till water is gone</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then turn off and cover for 5-7 min.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fluff with fork.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Add a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a few cloves of fresh-pressed garlic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cool quinoa and squash </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then place desired amounts on a bed of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">your choice of greens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Top with 1/2 pomegranate seeds,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(thinly sliced/diced apple or pear can be sub.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1/3 cup feta cheese</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 tbsp. toasted sesame seeds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I small red onion finely chopped and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">mixed with 2 stalks celery finely chopped</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Toss and serve with a dressing of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 tbsp. olive oil</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 tbsp. veg oil</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2 tbsp. honey or maple syrup</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">11/2 tsp. balsamic vinegar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(or 1 tsp. white vinegar and 1 balsamic)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bit of crushed dried parsley (optional) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-56609875080398134152024-02-28T10:02:00.010-05:002024-02-28T10:22:34.620-05:00Sometimes We Miss The Scars...<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jesus said to him, </div><div style="text-align: center;">“If[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+9%3A14%E2%80%9324#fen-NKJV-24562c">c</a>] you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”</div><div style="text-align: center;">Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, </div><div style="text-align: center;">“Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+9%3A14%E2%80%9324">Mark 9:23-24</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This poem began the other day, when, after listening</div><div style="text-align: center;">to 'her' frustrations, sorrows and challenges,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> all I could think of to say was,</div><div style="text-align: center;">'I will pray for you'.</div><div style="text-align: center;">As I pondered that promise I was a shamed to have wished</div><div style="text-align: center;">I could offer something more profound!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">SO much to pray for, always!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">So much to author awed worship and so much to kindle humble pleas</div><div style="text-align: center;">for God's leading, comfort, wisdom and provision,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> spiritually, emotionally and physically!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We pray for those who are striving to be faithful followers of Jesus,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for those who have wandered astray,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for those who have never put their faith in Christ</div><div style="text-align: center;">(and the finished work of Calvary.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">We pray for the poor, the downcast,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for those who mourn, </div><div style="text-align: center;">for those in war-torn countries,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for the shut-in, and the shut out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We pray for teachers and preachers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">students and school bus drivers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We pray for strength for the day and rest at night.</div><div style="text-align: center;">For young, exhausted parents</div><div style="text-align: center;">and for those who long to be parents and are not...</div><div style="text-align: center;">We pray for the elderly, the lonely,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the sick and the prisoner...</div><div style="text-align: center;">The tempted and the fallen,</div><div style="text-align: center;">etc.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/isaiah/55-9.htm">Sometimes we question His 'answers</a>' </div><div style="text-align: center;">(or what feels like His silence)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and sometimes the reason we question Him is because</div><div style="text-align: center;">we miss the scars on His hands </div><div style="text-align: center;">(and who/what put them there)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>How often we find ourselves echoing those words of old; </div><div>“Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LpvmJKAnI">What God Hath Promised (God Hath Not Promised Skies Always Blue)</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/34LpvmJKAnI" width="320" youtube-src-id="34LpvmJKAnI"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes we miss the scars on hands we place our cares into</div><div style="text-align: center;">When kindness grasps at strands, and utters ‘I will pray for you’</div><div style="text-align: center;">But, this is no ‘when-all-else-fails, last-resort song-and-dance</div><div style="text-align: center;">No, this is to God, who prevails in spite of circumstance</div><div style="text-align: center;">His are the hands that wore the nails that bore deliverance</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is no consolation prize we offer casually</div><div style="text-align: center;">No secondary compromise of pious empathy</div><div style="text-align: center;">When we say ‘I will pray for you’ what sacred words we speak</div><div style="text-align: center;">When we pause to consider who hears the favors we seek</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whose ways are trustworthy and true; Whose strength uplifts the weak/meek</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When we say ‘I will pray for you’ we relinquish control</div><div style="text-align: center;">And touch Him, <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%209%3A20-22&version=NKJV;NIV">like the woman who knew He could make her whole</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The One who loves us so, who gave His Son, once and for all</div><div style="text-align: center;">To pay sin’s debt we owed, to break the curse wrought at The Fall</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>When we say I will pray for you’ it is on Him we call</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes we miss the scars on hands outstretched to help us through</div><div style="text-align: center;">When desperation grasps at strands, with ‘<i>I will pray for you’</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">But as we enter faith’s hushed courts, when creature cares beset</div><div style="text-align: center;">And trust the hands no hurtle thwarts and no ‘Unknown’ can fret</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then suddenly we see the scars that sometimes we forget</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://biblehub.com/bsb/hebrews/4.htm">Heb.4:14-16</a></div><div>Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens,</div><div> Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.</div><div> <a href="https://biblehub.com/hebrews/4-15.htm">15</a>For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, </div><div>but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.</div><div> <a href="https://biblehub.com/hebrews/4-16.htm">16</a>Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, </div><div>so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGKLmThF2to">My Faith Looks Up To Thee</a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oGKLmThF2to" width="320" youtube-src-id="oGKLmThF2to"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-31261435739435532632024-02-26T11:15:00.002-05:002024-02-26T11:24:55.549-05:00For Your Name's Sake (some sonnets)<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You drape the dell with scarves of silver tulle...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnoHgIW9fQZIpDMyvawie64VqXkOchwDh7yTc6_O_FWzo7nTdB32YJChymPCW8svbVXtZYyZPEfWMC_WCwk7MQZxS_6RYV_19LGXrRdRlHFEw5JOzRuv_mwQFc8GACf-S6TEub509ZcEF4GwTObfMSLdcI8YD6e_3NRH373_2vp-plgL4YpCSUkmdUYDM/s4608/DSCN5438.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2664" data-original-width="4608" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnoHgIW9fQZIpDMyvawie64VqXkOchwDh7yTc6_O_FWzo7nTdB32YJChymPCW8svbVXtZYyZPEfWMC_WCwk7MQZxS_6RYV_19LGXrRdRlHFEw5JOzRuv_mwQFc8GACf-S6TEub509ZcEF4GwTObfMSLdcI8YD6e_3NRH373_2vp-plgL4YpCSUkmdUYDM/w640-h370/DSCN5438.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>You carve the curving course of brook-song hue...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2959" data-original-width="4313" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9dfKOKxrT4Y3sQSyRPgaV28hzkA1RCeo5Bz8ZnXMKnvPTg_EKI5RhagiAGtA_34uDaDZo8EABa-mj78dmQGzDltuSs7fTA33ubzKMRjRnE6O8fAxyU7lu258Rlh8f0m-UH1lOgsq-usvPEiXqO1VYZESoqxijL7S0dxmL0Vs1NlG-_3N0RxVCWVoyn0/w640-h440/DSCN5392.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>...the earth is full </i><i>Of the glorious handiwork of You</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBEqaq2ThdSTUcpcdt_wIU4AplTtcdNU6CV2S7AsYxTI1-lHRhbpWxOBo9OiXJ4WfB2EPRKFK3TAjGsn7bKksmA2JagERtfnbIcTQvvp2Hn4sIT12xyVZqEhMclhYqWyttE8zTnkQLNPKjPVQXUtuVBFmjF2DE66PPWj2tn6E7E0inlV6NfMEwNh_8mc/s4608/DSCN5410.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2851" data-original-width="4608" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBEqaq2ThdSTUcpcdt_wIU4AplTtcdNU6CV2S7AsYxTI1-lHRhbpWxOBo9OiXJ4WfB2EPRKFK3TAjGsn7bKksmA2JagERtfnbIcTQvvp2Hn4sIT12xyVZqEhMclhYqWyttE8zTnkQLNPKjPVQXUtuVBFmjF2DE66PPWj2tn6E7E0inlV6NfMEwNh_8mc/w640-h396/DSCN5410.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2042" data-original-width="4608" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9wpHJpDVWZ1GUsPp6W2RO_Zd26eRcvpG12-kVIEBzn4qXX63LZXc0_xr01C4h7xpL2nsMFc50xSMShfisYEFWpRgPDljBvz-XgaWxu-keYAiN13tzswAfA2QRIr3udZK6BL5yFWvbKryBbVrpjxyYz7U_wWhnVR0yJaAcpTJO9KkawTjvLYlhVnEPk4/w640-h284/DSCN5320.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You drape the dell with scarves of silver tulle</div><div style="text-align: center;">You carve the curving course of brook-song hue</div><div style="text-align: center;">That shimmers out to sea; the earth is full</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of the glorious handiwork of You</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You fill and whet the seed that leaps to life</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fruit and flower reply; ah, who are we</div><div style="text-align: center;">That we should doubt Your ways while earth runs rife</div><div style="text-align: center;">With Your mercy, glory and majesty</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You stir within the human heart a sense</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of holiness and power undeterred</div><div style="text-align: center;">A Culmination, awesome and immense</div><div style="text-align: center;">That eye has not yet seen nor ear yet heard</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh Lord, let no path I pursue or take</div><div style="text-align: center;">Be for a lesser cause than Your name’s sake</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ps.23:3</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><i>...he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">***</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You wake and rouse the earth from winter’s clutch</div><div style="text-align: center;">With ways we love and have come to expect</div><div style="text-align: center;">With daffodils and robin trills and such</div><div style="text-align: center;">With plumes and blooms sun-kisses resurrect</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You tune four-season’s steadfast carousels</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sun, moon and stars their ordained circuits stay</div><div style="text-align: center;">And never stray; not one planet rebels</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your perfect law and order they obey</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing and no one can usurp Your will</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ancient oracles have not slipped your ken</div><div style="text-align: center;">Heaven and earth will not pass away till</div><div style="text-align: center;">Each jot and tittle is fulfilled. Amen</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Behold! where autumn’s auburn petals fell</div><div style="text-align: center;">Springtime’s unfailing hallelujahs swell</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ps.24:1</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">The earth </span><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">is</span><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof;</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">***</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The earth is Yours, and its fulness thereof</div><div style="text-align: center;">The greedy forget this and want for more</div><div style="text-align: center;">Than Your goodness, mercy, kindness and love</div><div style="text-align: center;">Offering wealth that pales this world’s brief store </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Your righteousness and truth are of great price</div><div style="text-align: center;">The wise covet its fortune earnestly</div><div style="text-align: center;">Striving to be a living sacrifice</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lest worship be a show of vanity</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You rend the dark; cut mercy’s legions loose</div><div style="text-align: center;">You bend heavens and earth with evidence</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of You; thus, we are all without excuse</div><div style="text-align: center;">When it comes to devotion’s recompense</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dear Lord, whatever life may bring our way</div><div style="text-align: center;">Help us endeavor to trust and obey</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ps.103:8</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.</i></span><span class="p" face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; line-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">***</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Compassionate and slow to anger, You</div><div style="text-align: center;">Withhold judgment, but not forever, oh</div><div style="text-align: center;">Someday total accounting will come due</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pity the one who heard You and said '<i>no</i>' </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You, who held nothing back but gave <i>Yourself</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/matthew/1-21.htm">Because salvation has no other name</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pity the one who prizes prideful pelf</div><div style="text-align: center;">Above the love that robs death/hell of its claim</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Time's four-season circuit spins round and round</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some sense its sacred toll, some scoff and sneer</div><div style="text-align: center;">But someday Time's Veneer will run aground </div><div style="text-align: center;">And all earth's tribes will mourn with holy fear</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then, hope and grace and faith will be no more</div><div style="text-align: center;">When who we chose to serve settles the score </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Matt.24:30</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>with power and great glory.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>***</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>Behold! where autumn’s auburn petals fell...</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxiKAJjncGAP0eajiy_C7FvMgdq7uPBPYXNqfN4INiqydmVlT6axH0GZd8Rn8xkNzZoyZWg-SarnywZHncbqwuQJNqJD40J3SiVynZa3DD8_ZfjuHWeIyfx5SVhYU0uyLrCM42Ah09nqqrauy2-BcYk9_fPtWtn6nrJVZpCmGBOxBEnHYJGlVuwaCo2g/s4608/DSCN5441.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxiKAJjncGAP0eajiy_C7FvMgdq7uPBPYXNqfN4INiqydmVlT6axH0GZd8Rn8xkNzZoyZWg-SarnywZHncbqwuQJNqJD40J3SiVynZa3DD8_ZfjuHWeIyfx5SVhYU0uyLrCM42Ah09nqqrauy2-BcYk9_fPtWtn6nrJVZpCmGBOxBEnHYJGlVuwaCo2g/w640-h480/DSCN5441.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Springtime’s unfailing hallelujahs swell</i></div><div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo2pLv5vNedPxWfTFg9_k54qm-QxlwykrCFKUpG8ClFGqBHgDGHzHbtK34SlKwgO-F8aGL9heuUxaBHGW_g-Vrl1IjlZnWkDU65PRBTEmZR2Xnnbd4n-pStkcDYa2ZJJN82AlZgzpBN9NAVCF4Hh94nHjOSctbQgoUEZrIoWmj0G6xTFfWt1bNQUji_8/s4608/DSCN5442.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2832" data-original-width="4608" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo2pLv5vNedPxWfTFg9_k54qm-QxlwykrCFKUpG8ClFGqBHgDGHzHbtK34SlKwgO-F8aGL9heuUxaBHGW_g-Vrl1IjlZnWkDU65PRBTEmZR2Xnnbd4n-pStkcDYa2ZJJN82AlZgzpBN9NAVCF4Hh94nHjOSctbQgoUEZrIoWmj0G6xTFfWt1bNQUji_8/w640-h394/DSCN5442.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-57393243948847026232024-02-24T09:06:00.004-05:002024-02-24T09:12:00.689-05:00For Today's Roses (still taking shape)<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some days life is a lovely maze of roses and butterflies.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And some days are more like thorn pricks and bee stings.</div><div style="text-align: center;">No matter what kind of day we are having,</div><div style="text-align: center;">only we are responsible for how we reply...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Yes! This sunny stretch is turning my thoughts gardenward😀💖)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wishing you a rose-giddy weekend!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHioChAJ1euJkjliDrjI73MxOPgxcHyXi5L034UlnQbwNRjcxKsPn-Y3GUFe4Jhk2Hlrf3YK0dad7YmfX59qpL2CtPMWEFJ6nNIgf0YOS13zsHx8RKc2qbNmlJSLzCOr_WoZJUqeEKUHLQtq_ohcctUSRcnXU3dJ4aBh0HMbSC4UlLEDLx2KRbAGX9PSg/s4608/DSCN5433.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2853" data-original-width="4608" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHioChAJ1euJkjliDrjI73MxOPgxcHyXi5L034UlnQbwNRjcxKsPn-Y3GUFe4Jhk2Hlrf3YK0dad7YmfX59qpL2CtPMWEFJ6nNIgf0YOS13zsHx8RKc2qbNmlJSLzCOr_WoZJUqeEKUHLQtq_ohcctUSRcnXU3dJ4aBh0HMbSC4UlLEDLx2KRbAGX9PSg/w640-h396/DSCN5433.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Dawn unfolds like a butterfly alighting on earth’s supine pose</div><div style="text-align: center;">Once more courage and faith ally, to try the bud that holds the rose</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where, dust of trust pulses with dreams and wholesome opportunity</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where, though circumstance sets the scene, reply is up to you and me</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Where we are always young enough to do the good we ought, to pray</div><div style="text-align: center;">To take and make the most of love before life’s flower falls away</div><div style="text-align: center;">And speak the kind and gentle word and live to give rather than get</div><div style="text-align: center;">And keep our focus undeterred, on Due Season not rendered yet</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then, not grow weary in the good we ought to do, ere reaping starts</div><div style="text-align: center;">And, when love is misunderstood, to answer with forgiving hearts</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then we will never lack for joy, but always find fresh ways to gape</div><div style="text-align: center;">At buds beginning to deploy today’s roses still taking shape</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Gal.6:9</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">And let us not grow weary while doing good,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdhqk1kck33FiBh7AkwMT599ra2GNi181Fh6Xu11qzt45NZHJgBPtxtbphA9moIBCEAabuEExrdIChmKYMwgSNWvVlgF-Ba9Cgwh0HauXcWC_SZLLCIJ52SEd52jdnuqfQXZQxYH_c7s7fLEZPPIR3XWi_LgSw-NzpDNBLI_5Ble27T9zeFdi8Dlm-Ik/s4608/DSCN5419.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3259" data-original-width="4608" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdhqk1kck33FiBh7AkwMT599ra2GNi181Fh6Xu11qzt45NZHJgBPtxtbphA9moIBCEAabuEExrdIChmKYMwgSNWvVlgF-Ba9Cgwh0HauXcWC_SZLLCIJ52SEd52jdnuqfQXZQxYH_c7s7fLEZPPIR3XWi_LgSw-NzpDNBLI_5Ble27T9zeFdi8Dlm-Ik/w640-h452/DSCN5419.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #001320;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #001320;"><br /></span></span></div>Yesterday was pleasant on the southside deck...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #001320;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08e25R7_Zpl5OT5zy63zl-VA46Y8wgfSspYqK6E2sP_wOdGL4M8GwWO2sgb_5VE98G8W0B0rR8FeWmthm1C9bhRz3iCQ1pnJ2rF7Fr_wiFfWNBtrxyr7p2v_wNsYba-05LcenSfBwXMG0JU8HVpqyNw6zoemTW_docVndVjpeZtd3tykQhgy4AUXIy4w/s2702/DSCN5421.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2524" data-original-width="2702" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08e25R7_Zpl5OT5zy63zl-VA46Y8wgfSspYqK6E2sP_wOdGL4M8GwWO2sgb_5VE98G8W0B0rR8FeWmthm1C9bhRz3iCQ1pnJ2rF7Fr_wiFfWNBtrxyr7p2v_wNsYba-05LcenSfBwXMG0JU8HVpqyNw6zoemTW_docVndVjpeZtd3tykQhgy4AUXIy4w/w640-h598/DSCN5421.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #001320;">Today temps have plummeted to more seasonal settings</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #001320;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #001320;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSPABDKuYjQGzWFvu-ut1KeR9glUC1puONWkDGj_vSFddOUY2CcBEA4ZABGrdoisj3Vmf_851_6kCl7BFaQAQYrpRGp2gbYdyb6wJ7UeBVbCRW16cKg0T_iNdgTxM3QHsppLJ1kU3b0aN4Ce-CMDVbpx0px_rj1e_kMIcj8BRT2am5Ka-qZk0sFNM_DA/s4608/DSCN5375.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSPABDKuYjQGzWFvu-ut1KeR9glUC1puONWkDGj_vSFddOUY2CcBEA4ZABGrdoisj3Vmf_851_6kCl7BFaQAQYrpRGp2gbYdyb6wJ7UeBVbCRW16cKg0T_iNdgTxM3QHsppLJ1kU3b0aN4Ce-CMDVbpx0px_rj1e_kMIcj8BRT2am5Ka-qZk0sFNM_DA/w640-h480/DSCN5375.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Be Still and know that I am God</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ps. 46:10</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz6bWfKFOzSZiZpmSM1u23vdhVBt851TJJYw6WvDr4VQPE7ZpzuK600_7PDbgUzl-YfaTA-dclDCCvXcvzSRA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love to loiter by a brook, to listen to its timeless tune</div><div style="text-align: center;">To taste life’s purest pleasure without wishing for the stars and moon</div><div style="text-align: center;">To note, with tender satisfaction that which progress cannot press</div><div style="text-align: center;">To find within its sanguine song a kind of child-like happiness</div><div style="text-align: center;">To chuckle as its chubby chortle cheers hearts without sound advice</div><div style="text-align: center;">A lithesome lilt of silver sparkles and deep darker tones suffice</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love to linger in the counsel chambers of willow and birch</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or, perch upon a makeshift pew in nature’s treetop frescoed church</div><div style="text-align: center;">And there to hear the voice of God uninterrupted by my plea</div><div style="text-align: center;">As awe silences reasoned-why with nature’s gentle empathy</div><div style="text-align: center;">With whispers from the wizened pine, with warble from the little bird</div><div style="text-align: center;">To remind me Whose will prevails and whose purpose is undeterred</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love to set aside my sack of sorrows on brook-banks, to sit</div><div style="text-align: center;">And ponder He who holds tomorrow and knows every bit of it</div><div style="text-align: center;">To listen,<i> then to catch this joy; 'be still and know that I am God'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ah, nothing is impossible with He who rules sky, sea and sod </div><div style="text-align: center;">And nothing quite compares to sitting at His feet beside a brook</div><div style="text-align: center;">To be content with wonder-plunder, I don't find if I don't look </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love to loiter by a brook, to court its buoyant countenance</div><div style="text-align: center;">To reconcile the recompense of youth with Truth’s resilience</div><div style="text-align: center;">To want for nothing as I listen to its unfatiguing tunes</div><div style="text-align: center;">To count among my most treasured mementoes those fond afternoons</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I would leave behind the grindstone filled with constant care and chore</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I would loiter by a brook <i>and find what I was looking for</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBs7L7JOgm4QrIpIu6wn28sec4o1SdzDAbYAb1OJZoGtAOe3x0hEINWN3-dLc0h7pAH8c3EM-b_C0oH6yg1apHOoJoNJxJXvnoRSRQlTDGjBBfZPCfhfKuP-HMeRkx_9xtVYjSFbmpoONOf0TdL9dYCLepRGnqNNyDFjfgGfPtGebNK3epB-DfMpW05k/s4608/DSCN5354.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBs7L7JOgm4QrIpIu6wn28sec4o1SdzDAbYAb1OJZoGtAOe3x0hEINWN3-dLc0h7pAH8c3EM-b_C0oH6yg1apHOoJoNJxJXvnoRSRQlTDGjBBfZPCfhfKuP-HMeRkx_9xtVYjSFbmpoONOf0TdL9dYCLepRGnqNNyDFjfgGfPtGebNK3epB-DfMpW05k/w640-h480/DSCN5354.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>I love to linger in the counsel chambers of willow and birch</i></div><div><i>Or, perch upon a makeshift pew...</i></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCq_468xtU2u4NIkBUb8O90CagX6w8pOvxuhzqDXlha2L8dgYsSQxVPWzxh7q3WbNAGlgjmI0IpYCwydORnmjUOf1jkhYndsRvlK5etEKXLHJH_0Zi5_oPM1eapIuDoAtZm2LobguqTdUTdztyHA6KvdW87MTDecMy0PXaOYxVFc5I-Z92ttK7H3qD334/s4608/DSCN5357.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIebRN_PN607vaJeHrjvTwDg1Hp2Jnocx-ACUuN_Sm-nwU7Tu4yY7SKZtqdb1pzxIByX8yMRci79D4Plj-WY2y2Q_lkv5uEzYm6PxU9yfdZsXrhtdNR0VR74OAPRezrMSYBM24IALCGLUzJet3nQDuPPo7qlastEjTeWUCwHaaGiBLdmGnd-Ni2XXeiJ4/w640-h480/DSCN5305.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">An introduction starts to play from welkin symphonies</div><div style="text-align: center;">It fills the threshold of Today with thrilling harmonies</div><div style="text-align: center;">As melodies of blush and gold unfold the hailing sphere</div><div style="text-align: center;">While we, with rapt’rous gaze behold night’s shadows disappear</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We lift our eyes above the stage of trouble’s wage unfurled</div><div style="text-align: center;">To feast upon the music page God hoists above the world</div><div style="text-align: center;">To bow on morning’s grandstand with stutter-uttered ‘oh my’</div><div style="text-align: center;">And join the worship anthems no lyrics can satisfy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope celebrates its anchor as pink hallelujahs peal</div><div style="text-align: center;">Joy’s chipped cup runneth over with mercy’s refurbished zeal</div><div style="text-align: center;">Faith transcends fear’s foreboding as welkin symphonies spill</div><div style="text-align: center;">To drown dread’s dismal goading with thunders of ‘peace, be still’</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Exaltation’s hymn overflows before our lifted gaze</div><div style="text-align: center;">The introduction crescendos and sets our sights ablaze</div><div style="text-align: center;">Earth and sky’s voices coalesce, they cannot be ignored</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the Beauty of Holiness we worship you, oh LORD</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>Exaltation’s hymn overflows before our lifted gaze</i></div><div><i>The introduction crescendos and sets our sights/hearts ablaze...</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_OQHqFwyXhdfZImvMxv4yCQmgW6BWPOazIgVcaqzJhJY6crd7LZKmCtwmlKeMJKms2uCYOKXbeRUkRe6iMHpQtFfCtmb0cJTUyyLQvWZSgQ8VVgU_SWEI-dQjdiM9lWfcgtSu0cAuVeSpWYpkmzIc9tL1i-kfVxXaXOcJPozJEi5i4yVEsDeZywUXL0/s4608/DSCN5315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_OQHqFwyXhdfZImvMxv4yCQmgW6BWPOazIgVcaqzJhJY6crd7LZKmCtwmlKeMJKms2uCYOKXbeRUkRe6iMHpQtFfCtmb0cJTUyyLQvWZSgQ8VVgU_SWEI-dQjdiM9lWfcgtSu0cAuVeSpWYpkmzIc9tL1i-kfVxXaXOcJPozJEi5i4yVEsDeZywUXL0/w640-h480/DSCN5315.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Psalm 96:9</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tremble before Him, all the earth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqdgwkmbsB4">I Set My Hope on Jesus</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YqdgwkmbsB4" width="320" youtube-src-id="YqdgwkmbsB4"></iframe> </div><br /> <p></p>Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-89277866837713068962024-02-20T10:43:00.009-05:002024-02-20T12:03:40.505-05:00An Evolving Evaluation (of Evidence)<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today's poem began with a 'blush hush/rush' soon filled with workday noise!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy workday, everyone! </div><div style="text-align: center;">(and my heart/prayers go out to all who wish they could work and can't)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope today's poem grants a splash of joy and good cheer!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2310" data-original-width="4366" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepAoiEk2sDStc1i4IjRgYTNNzmnVBwaC2mNKWd7gFBFeBsyEZ4zfdnfPWxk1nV2xiG4cActSfW9jkBG6Q-WSmUge03nyG8pJPa1jXx-CuYcSoeUX7yBECNkq7tjfOCX7goCNNTJWn2EO1_kIKD3B3AzSAUqNfjmdx3jydTlsqHg08MgXQF92qDw3q1k4/w640-h338/DSCN5245.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This poem kind of evolved with the dissolving of daybreak...</div><div style="text-align: center;">from texts from Young Mother...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...from rumble of industry</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz4z5JZhclhk2GC39f8-LEXVj0jI1D4XPGXL4-bJSFmz0Kzk_aX1lcGujFW-Ms_MjkH7M_Ty41KMxOm23nYtQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy4LC11JrARBUURg_cO6fpv-tweUh-kT3RSi-EE3R5BTcmpKvt8kBkpPMbbVIvrpz-EflNOUhWd0q02N1jY4Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzoxjPkKip_4u_i5H_XeJj-zhGLQEEvS232yb2mVqwV12iWJuh_7vDsTsMOdaR5D5NhX7jkv4HkiJz57Ieq3Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from not knowing where to begin</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to count the ways of Evidence of Him...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUSuSND-TefyOWKrIfDb6cTv6huoc8itAEJvo7AYxHpTgQFhfMCU2XKLl4CgaYrmfSAxqV3vUtZAZFWxWtA4oe8QrluMdqaKxgpb41lnc_7N-t5MrreZAuq0B-iJnCFAjUrUytsbJAlPr_xF8sNm66bF7YUwvgKFam1E4sGNWHP8usqV2Vo63qlyDICQ/s2243/DSCN5190.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="2243" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUSuSND-TefyOWKrIfDb6cTv6huoc8itAEJvo7AYxHpTgQFhfMCU2XKLl4CgaYrmfSAxqV3vUtZAZFWxWtA4oe8QrluMdqaKxgpb41lnc_7N-t5MrreZAuq0B-iJnCFAjUrUytsbJAlPr_xF8sNm66bF7YUwvgKFam1E4sGNWHP8usqV2Vo63qlyDICQ/w640-h506/DSCN5190.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslmD5hTKNMHCPtktloFgNT4iBjOFnNA7HTneX7MuOSvrChU9OA_DYb3c6vV1qFC4uDMDZWHhvmdRSTEkk3Y2e48obMS9GAQYyniTYDo2e0FD-a8U0qp3hMqVRFbBp0hwrpQBxyLDPu8EaiCf-vZHYUQBQPu2Di4AcpmaUdeByVu51dMBgfm221MzwocE/s1956/DSCN5196.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1956" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslmD5hTKNMHCPtktloFgNT4iBjOFnNA7HTneX7MuOSvrChU9OA_DYb3c6vV1qFC4uDMDZWHhvmdRSTEkk3Y2e48obMS9GAQYyniTYDo2e0FD-a8U0qp3hMqVRFbBp0hwrpQBxyLDPu8EaiCf-vZHYUQBQPu2Di4AcpmaUdeByVu51dMBgfm221MzwocE/w640-h480/DSCN5196.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">all on a backdrop of Mercy's evidence renewed...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lcs23-Q-IGJOGY9nYPq0VS7P1ai_2LSTSqxUmVNQZ4DT7Wco6_stinau3K8Nz0bk64kYoIOyJinxm0TEBo2KtyXayAc4EGmCCFzy2aZxwLN2oir-ZN3jbdwmGHMpRklJ7VsfcEDLsCVw3hixWNl2T8upa2OiwSND3e_Ay6Sep4ZZGlS8OF9i63GG3GE/s4608/0000000000DSCN5249.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lcs23-Q-IGJOGY9nYPq0VS7P1ai_2LSTSqxUmVNQZ4DT7Wco6_stinau3K8Nz0bk64kYoIOyJinxm0TEBo2KtyXayAc4EGmCCFzy2aZxwLN2oir-ZN3jbdwmGHMpRklJ7VsfcEDLsCVw3hixWNl2T8upa2OiwSND3e_Ay6Sep4ZZGlS8OF9i63GG3GE/w640-h480/0000000000DSCN5249.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;">Dawn’s blush hush/rush fills with workday noise</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nature’s showcase unveils fresh joys</div><div style="text-align: center;">That none can claim with boastful pride</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where colors of the countryside</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like ever-changing works of art</div><div style="text-align: center;">Amaze the mind and thrill the heart</div><div style="text-align: center;">Evoking a hymn, like a prayer</div><div style="text-align: center;">In praise to One beyond compare</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whose ways we cannot comprehend</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whose faithfulness will never end</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whose Word is trustworthy and true</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whose promises naught can undo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Where, as dawn slips on workday hues/shoes</div><div style="text-align: center;">As industry resumes its dues</div><div style="text-align: center;">And motherhood its sacred charge</div><div style="text-align: center;">As dawn unmoors its teeming barge</div><div style="text-align: center;">How humbly wonderful to know</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whose goodness none can overthrow</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whose hope is sure, whose hand will guide</div><div style="text-align: center;">From break of day to eventide</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where nature’s showcase spills God’s heart</div><div style="text-align: center;">In unparalleled works of art</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where earth and sky declare His name</div><div style="text-align: center;">Inviting/compelling us to do the same</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A wealth of wonder waits. Ahoy</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nature’s showcase erupts with joy</div><div style="text-align: center;">We hardly know where to begin</div><div style="text-align: center;">To count the frames, we see God in</div><div style="text-align: center;">Creation’s cradles stream and brim</div><div style="text-align: center;">With countless evidence of Him</div><div style="text-align: center;">Making more pitiful the clod</div><div style="text-align: center;">Who clings to denials of God</div><div style="text-align: center;">Making meeker all who believe</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because of the grace we receive</div><div style="text-align: center;">Making gladder the humbler prayer</div><div style="text-align: center;">To He who knows each creature care</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Romans 1:20</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">his eternal power and divine nature—</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">have been clearly seen, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">being understood from what has been made,</span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">so that people are without excuse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>Whose hope is sure, whose hand will guide</i></div><div><i>From break of day</i><i> to eventide...</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CI4utpVzAMtH9DQXNyaEjKu0egaSAq9qt51sb6OWaMVSci1g60MxffHrlsW86K1kLnJc-U9JKF6DDbVXNbu0LT1bIraZYPA-ioTrF-yWQ78z7AuuyiL_h0HU8-_eqJQY3vZq1yMSbIrRHOowKxJV15E1N3ZLB_cnECXjhzjHAQaCVFsrcMVYSx4jRQk/s4608/DSCN5202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="4263" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMltyLROMX__r-HHobCa-pw1KldyFyyZhnyF5QoWaXFU_Df_rm0d9pjaQknCFo7q0_C7G9HaCw53926tHel29zF-a_ijpCibnDYDD1yQAKvaAV_wnzAAVpNK9A9GcPIrdfBOuBaji_8Mfpc4KP3oa4_DiqWr-Ldj0pcMxoRC8LXch10O6fVNnpbDSmXp0/w640-h312/DSCN5199.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We bring out the best or the worst in each other</div><div style="text-align: center;">Through blood-bond (or bondage) of sister and brother</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of father and mother and uncles and aunts</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of Niece-nephew-cousins, and gramma and gramps</div><div style="text-align: center;">A lineage of names, frames and faces are we</div><div style="text-align: center;">Comprising the faction, that we call family</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fabric work of freundschaft, (relatives) of hand-me-down traits</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of stature, demeanor, chins, noses and gaits</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of quirks we don’t notice or question because</div><div style="text-align: center;">That’s just the way our family ‘does’ /was</div><div style="text-align: center;">A birds-of-a-feather Forever are we</div><div style="text-align: center;">By a genetic tether that we call Family</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We banter and bicker, share laughter and tears</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because blood is thicker than water or years</div><div style="text-align: center;">We bear a fond bond, whether near or afar</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of a sense of belonging wherever we are</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because what makes ‘us’ transcends geography</div><div style="text-align: center;">Distance cannot sever cords of family</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Of father and mother and brother and sis</div><div style="text-align: center;">Precious imperfection and terrible bliss</div><div style="text-align: center;">A beautiful chaos of ancestral ties</div><div style="text-align: center;">Grandpa Joe’s cowlick and Granny’s blue eyes</div><div style="text-align: center;">A come-from-a-long-line-of-proud pedigree</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are and will always be family</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are much more than mere faces in frames</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or leaves on a branch on a tree full of names</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are love-pray-for-and help one another</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are a thank-you God for father, mother</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where no one can take the place of you or me</div><div style="text-align: center;">When it comes to our part in a family</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We gather 'round tables, 'round cradles, 'round graves</div><div style="text-align: center;">We celebrate triumphs and weather grief's waves</div><div style="text-align: center;">And wonder, where in God's wide world we would be</div><div style="text-align: center;">Without the dear people we call family </div><div style="text-align: center;">Where, pray that we never lose humble sight of</div><div style="text-align: center;">The beautiful blessing of family to love</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My first family</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo Sept. 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mom and dad and all ten of us...</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Celebrating my parent's 60th wedding anniversary)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2959" data-original-width="3316" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91ZXDvgPqf1eD-CmkWRb7TXPY1G92NkgcMVjMpKi3eW4TZPgpsCmjBcXvkJvO2R3vl9evEbm-RcOAPrp7C4mhF-X4sEBscTrSZqMzlliAGh2kCQbkU4kg6HcdSmeZnxulxltC6w6ONpqs53UpdqtXs75vMw8lSM0Ys1HJ_Rukmd6S6cqbI_26mAXJzjw/w640-h572/000000000DSCN3075.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-74314542456964806092024-02-16T11:19:00.003-05:002024-02-16T12:50:04.800-05:00In All That We Achieve...<p style="text-align: center;"> Inspired, in part by a paragraph <a href="https://anotherporch.blogspot.com/2024/02/dear-henry-van-dyke-and-few-other-rare.html">from this book previously mentioned here</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uPZo_bALt4sz9XcKi0zPsK6iFPV-U8s7ZIvD_834Djn02Xxqj92ieqwhbla15pR0lZw6nbF5wSRoNiN12R9141IqtT8IJMWh1NRZqjJ6Vz3z-90aZZdB49gu-GxR5kt3cdolrVu8HxF8rpeNSH995hZu2Arj_MMJ5vOSyh5YL_K6LZHDp2HbkZ8Anlw/s2268/DSCN5103.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1553" data-original-width="2268" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uPZo_bALt4sz9XcKi0zPsK6iFPV-U8s7ZIvD_834Djn02Xxqj92ieqwhbla15pR0lZw6nbF5wSRoNiN12R9141IqtT8IJMWh1NRZqjJ6Vz3z-90aZZdB49gu-GxR5kt3cdolrVu8HxF8rpeNSH995hZu2Arj_MMJ5vOSyh5YL_K6LZHDp2HbkZ8Anlw/w400-h274/DSCN5103.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In all that we achieve today, however common its demand</div><div style="text-align: center;">If we approach its come-what-may, with willing heart and open hand</div><div style="text-align: center;">And humble consciousness of holy ground beneath each step we take</div><div style="text-align: center;">Aware of how footfalls compound to leave a pathway in its wake</div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Then we will not forget to ask, ‘Dear God to purify each quest’</div><div style="text-align: center;">And we will find within each task an impetus to do our best</div><div style="text-align: center;">And face each challenge that we meet with more than self- int’rest in mind</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because, a world of little feet, are following not far behind</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Where it is up to us to show, without a shadow of a doubt</div><div style="text-align: center;">Through ups and downs of yes-and-no, Who, what we do is all about</div><div style="text-align: center;">So pray, in all that we achieve, as aftermath of pathways wend</div><div style="text-align: center;">In sacred steppingstones we leave/weave, they lead to Heaven in the end</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">Ps.119:105</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Your word </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">is</i><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> a lamp to my feet </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">And a light to my path.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;">Today's part-inspiration!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80gNjCGgmuyCWsQuvW9tvP7vQpPymMjIe5SivqktiKpsEFgNkOX-fdav3YSuTTCPMbz0vmbkeyXQ4JyaSVwVWkRXUJqbfQRaCTF80zC2ZDeHaacndQHskU4dwSEJTCqPpPy19btY44a06VKE89tk-ykRaB5B5Vgad0szjQNrb-lCd07jMJfzzhai14XE/s4608/DSCN5170.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80gNjCGgmuyCWsQuvW9tvP7vQpPymMjIe5SivqktiKpsEFgNkOX-fdav3YSuTTCPMbz0vmbkeyXQ4JyaSVwVWkRXUJqbfQRaCTF80zC2ZDeHaacndQHskU4dwSEJTCqPpPy19btY44a06VKE89tk-ykRaB5B5Vgad0szjQNrb-lCd07jMJfzzhai14XE/w640-h480/DSCN5170.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>below continued from above...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPx2bJ-mweL2qEnRQ1fH-hxWET2qn4olAzmvat0R1pmdXsgT-bp7qgkO9T9Alk6WBcEeOGcoD29WxUZ3mkXNAVOxa3NEcEPGsKUTFXBCrftPOcgoj2hE7cY3rFWgvnprFvvXREkZxmxt-atXF7p3VOvA-Po9HoMmxpWnzozzoE9hqlCBiT_y2Bd-AIhts/s3320/DSCN5171.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="3320" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPx2bJ-mweL2qEnRQ1fH-hxWET2qn4olAzmvat0R1pmdXsgT-bp7qgkO9T9Alk6WBcEeOGcoD29WxUZ3mkXNAVOxa3NEcEPGsKUTFXBCrftPOcgoj2hE7cY3rFWgvnprFvvXREkZxmxt-atXF7p3VOvA-Po9HoMmxpWnzozzoE9hqlCBiT_y2Bd-AIhts/w640-h306/DSCN5171.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I love how the paragraph below is a metaphor for life!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFJM63NeRpbzHo0jEsXdO8NWcYUB7LqET3IN34I-K8mM81rjgHXk7s6KFI15j7HmQAG3KHfrr98x-zvy_21RVs9iIO6U7xNZ-hT3B64svdfpdR4juG_58RSvL5Rcv-Of04febQUyFDlTYMdg_cdZ-BWrpBEe7fw0VZUl7GveUfQFUO60xPvDon1nkW2Y/s3081/DSCN5172.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="3081" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFJM63NeRpbzHo0jEsXdO8NWcYUB7LqET3IN34I-K8mM81rjgHXk7s6KFI15j7HmQAG3KHfrr98x-zvy_21RVs9iIO6U7xNZ-hT3B64svdfpdR4juG_58RSvL5Rcv-Of04febQUyFDlTYMdg_cdZ-BWrpBEe7fw0VZUl7GveUfQFUO60xPvDon1nkW2Y/w640-h312/DSCN5172.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; 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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-27080634083758675862024-02-15T14:46:00.007-05:002024-02-15T14:57:34.514-05:00On Living In The Moment <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Look! morning’s epic entrance thunders with moments we’ve never met...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXdu0YJfEkLNKJx-uEbkawibgXlTrZn_ClexbdSD34HZcvVAltEbg4NHqacD4y3bIPrUbl6ksKyUwDDMc2E1XY_RTPo1ZYUHyE2PXeVPo7_hOwUVtkGqPD3vGLRv7Wewur85MPthPmapzBqhalg0Pj-XAdW1FQtktj1d9D4O4YfN0dUEysgYY2dcRIS8/s4480/DSCN5153.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3323" data-original-width="4480" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXdu0YJfEkLNKJx-uEbkawibgXlTrZn_ClexbdSD34HZcvVAltEbg4NHqacD4y3bIPrUbl6ksKyUwDDMc2E1XY_RTPo1ZYUHyE2PXeVPo7_hOwUVtkGqPD3vGLRv7Wewur85MPthPmapzBqhalg0Pj-XAdW1FQtktj1d9D4O4YfN0dUEysgYY2dcRIS8/w640-h474/DSCN5153.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUAovhPKVprM524g2WW-wHPpi5Pmg8Sku_mz7-T6hHYGHLKUBiBdrTMtb_se-8hlszzWV_ClWL8st9KDG3BnbM4JkXHXB2zHm6wLkjvEs5eLNT8X0m5w_k99e2_n_nY_IkFIlhF-yNwL9CAUyCsThGlvXx6D3BbKGO3XwjFI0VuTzpdKcYed8Gozqezw/s4456/DSCN5151.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3143" data-original-width="4456" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUAovhPKVprM524g2WW-wHPpi5Pmg8Sku_mz7-T6hHYGHLKUBiBdrTMtb_se-8hlszzWV_ClWL8st9KDG3BnbM4JkXHXB2zHm6wLkjvEs5eLNT8X0m5w_k99e2_n_nY_IkFIlhF-yNwL9CAUyCsThGlvXx6D3BbKGO3XwjFI0VuTzpdKcYed8Gozqezw/w640-h452/DSCN5151.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Because God is without beginning or end,</div><div style="text-align: center;">there will be no end to goodness!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes I am guilty of forgetting this,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> falling prey to doleful dread, </div><div style="text-align: center;">believing the good days are over for good </div><div style="text-align: center;">rather than finding the good in each day,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and thanking God for it by honoring Him with it</div><div style="text-align: center;"> in every way I can!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://biblehub.com/bsb/psalms/31.htm">Ps.31:19</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">(click reference link to read the whole glorious Psalm)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How great is Your goodness</div><div style="text-align: center;">which You have laid up for those who fear You,</div><div style="text-align: center;">which You have bestowed before the sons of men</div><div style="text-align: center;">on those who take refuge in You!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgTrG8lCImBHdc098TdHFj_GYOeSarZsuwpuks95kLr44WJ1Yi3C63rnZDO8N5ZneoTfuO0SNyeGpMM06dJjYrlsmL0P9VYPpaKP5BWAuXPFfn8PCiSiDgcbu0SiotUNz-xfSusP0EPWkN7DS9cWFvWIsecRaNV2f_x528eqzN-Lxuuc8xLnYEz7Y-20/s4608/DSCN5155.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgTrG8lCImBHdc098TdHFj_GYOeSarZsuwpuks95kLr44WJ1Yi3C63rnZDO8N5ZneoTfuO0SNyeGpMM06dJjYrlsmL0P9VYPpaKP5BWAuXPFfn8PCiSiDgcbu0SiotUNz-xfSusP0EPWkN7DS9cWFvWIsecRaNV2f_x528eqzN-Lxuuc8xLnYEz7Y-20/w640-h480/DSCN5155.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I do not want to stare too long at sanguine scenes in Bygone’s glade</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nor covet echoes of a song, much softer now than when first played</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lord, give me ears to hear What Is before its music disappears</div><div style="text-align: center;">Open my eyes so I don’t miss the font that soon fills yesteryears</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beneath the hand of Time harsh sorrows and raw edges smooth, it seems</div><div style="text-align: center;">Washed by a tide, primed with tomorrows, rolling through a world of dreams</div><div style="text-align: center;">Darling, ere you and I awaken on the other side of This</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let’s be sweetly and humbly taken by the melody that is</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For, far too soon Bygone’s infinite isle will claim tunes turned to mist</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, let’s not waste one precious minute while today's lyrics untwist </div><div style="text-align: center;">Look! morning’s epic entrance thunders with moments we’ve never met</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, let’s not grow too old to wonder at mercies not tasted yet</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">© Janet Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>Oh, let’s not grow too old to wonder at mercies not tasted yet...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTnLnvgQGPnhEfgDnsio5mbmX_wuGSAZvd3kq9Gqcb6STepf5eD3LM9T7uk9xai5lsihyphenhyphenzNyiNk3tCXAhjagLpt5HoKH62Ok0VSp1H6_B3k4orowMKoGsKjGgJlq5Vz6fF2sDqJtct0KBHmSJDibGgct2RDpAVmwrGaeSCIiWuKFWHUUp2F84YR94p50/s4588/DSCN5156.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2759" data-original-width="4588" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTnLnvgQGPnhEfgDnsio5mbmX_wuGSAZvd3kq9Gqcb6STepf5eD3LM9T7uk9xai5lsihyphenhyphenzNyiNk3tCXAhjagLpt5HoKH62Ok0VSp1H6_B3k4orowMKoGsKjGgJlq5Vz6fF2sDqJtct0KBHmSJDibGgct2RDpAVmwrGaeSCIiWuKFWHUUp2F84YR94p50/w640-h384/DSCN5156.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Dawn's eyelids were heavy with snow-shadows!</div><div><br /></div><div>It's been a while since Old Man Winter</div><div> lugged out his white-wash bucket and tipped it over the earth...</div><div>I almost have First Snowfall thrills!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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