Blessings

(John 15:16 You did not choose me but I chose you.) How often we forget this simple fact. I find that the above message is very true in the light of this bible verse. More from the book that never was.

You Are

 

You are as the green meadow

With a blanket of new fallen dew

Glistening silver in the dawn.

              

You are as billowing clouds,

Cotton against blue, soft and pleasant,

Mirrored in a crystal lake.

            

You are as the delicate butterfly

Gliding gracefully in the still air

With a beauty all its own.

 

You are as the highest mountain

With awesome heights and capped peaks,

Set on stone foundations.

 

You are as the stars on moonless nights,

Gleaming gems on black velvet cloth,

Sparkling through a summer night.

 

You are as the noon day sun,

Golden light all warm and good,

Giving life to all it touches.

              

You are as the turtle doves,

Nestled close, softly cooing,

On a quiet summer's eve.

              

You are as the singing brook,

Flowing, growing into a river,

Filling the oceans of the world.

              

You are as the endless universe,

Going into eternity

With no beginning and no end.

               

You are my Lord Jesus,

Whom I love so dearly.

Who loves and cares for me.

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I See, I Feel

 

I see the word of God issuing forth

to change all it touches everywhere.

I feel the word of God entering in

To fill all the long empty places.

 

I see the spirit of God blazing,

Burning truth and love into reality.

I feel the warmth of His nearness

When it seems there is no place to go.

 

I see the risen Son of God, Jesus,

In the breaking of the bread of life.

I feel the breath of His presence

In the loving touch of caring friends.

 

I see the triune glory of the Father

Covering all things in perfect love.

I feel Him in all that is His creation

With every sense and His spirit within.

 

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Sharing

          

                        It was once asked of a simple man of no great education how it was that he  believed life was love. His reply was simple. "If you were to go out into the field and see a wild flower that was beautiful in your eyes, would you find peace and pleasure? The flower did  what it was created for by using its beauty to love you, since it was created in love. Since it could love you, it was created for you and you alone. You in turn know peace and will share the love you were given." He was then asked, "Why not pick the flower and preserve it?" In reply he said, "If you were loved by a flower and caressed by its fragrance, would you pick it and cause its beauty to wither before its time or would you permit it to live as long as  possible to preserve its beauty and fragrance for others to enjoy also? Would it not be better that it were where you could return and enjoy its natural setting and also allow it to seed for future pleasure?"  The questioner, after  pondering this, thanked the man and left. As he walked away, the simple man saw him pause, walk into the field and reach down as if to pick one of the wild flowers. He smiled  instead, breathed in deeply as he turned to  stand erect. Still smiling, he  nodded in  agreement and went on his way. The man of no great education and simple means stood in the roadway with peace in his heart sharing the  fragrant love the breezes were bringing in from the fields.

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I don't know if you are tired of the images from Moontear yet but here is another one.

The Copic colors are;

After being sick for more than a week, losing most of my hearing and just feeling out of it I am feeling much better. My hearing is mostly back but not quite back to normal. 

Until next week, may the good Lord Bless and Keep you safe. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

No Post This week

 

Due to the holiday and both Jill and I being under the weather there will be no post this week. God Bless and keep you safe and Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

Listening

 

Psalm 131:1-3 Song of Ascents

Yahweh, my heart is not haughty, I do not set my sights too high. I have taken no part in great affairs, in wonders beyond my scope. No, I hold myself in quiet and silence, like a little child in its mother’s arms, like a little child, so I keep myself.

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Wisdom of Solomon 1:1-7

¹ Love uprightness you who are rulers on earth, be properly disposed towards the Lord and seek him in simplicity of heart; ² for he will be found by those who do not put him to the test, revealing himself to those who do not mistrust him. ³ Perverse thoughts, however, separate people from God, and power, when put to the test, confounds the stupid. ⁴ Wisdom will never enter the soul of a wrong-doer, nor dwell in a body enslaved to sin; ⁵ for the holy spirit of instruction flees deceitfulness, recoils from unintelligent thoughts, is thwarted by the onset of vice. ⁶ Wisdom is a spirit friendly to humanity, though she will not let a blasphemer’s words go unpunished; since God observes the very soul and accurately surveys the heart, listening to every word. ⁷ For the spirit of the Lord fills the world, and that which holds everything together knows every word said. 

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I found this in my saved documents. It spells out how I see God and Jesus working in my life. The credits are at the bottom.

Something more about his ways

He comes where He commands us to leave.

When Jesus had made an end of commanding His disciples, He departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Matthew 11:1.

If when God said ‘Go,’ you stayed, because you were so concerned about your people at home, you robbed them of the teaching and preaching of Jesus Christ Himself. When you obeyed and left all consequences to God, the Lord went into your city to teach; as long as you would not obey, you were in the way. Watch where you begin to debate and to put what you call duty in competition with your Lord’s commands. ‘I know God told me to go, but then my duty was here’; that means you do not believe that Jesus means what he says.

He teaches where He instructs us not to.

“Master, … let us make three tabernacles.”

Are we playing the spiritual amateur providence in other lives? Are we so noisy in our instruction of others that God cannot get anywhere near them? We have to keep our mouths shut and our spirits alert. God wants to instruct us in regard to His Son, He wants to turn our times of prayer into mounts of transfiguration, and we will not let Him. When we are certain of the way God is going to work, He will never work in that way any more.

He works where He sends us to wait.

“Tarry ye … until …” Wait on God and He will work, but don’t wait in spiritual sulks because you cannot see an inch in front of you! Are we detached enough from our own spiritual hysterics to wait on God? To wait is not to sit with folded hands, but to learn to do what we are told.

These are phases of His ways we rarely recognize.^[1]

^[1] Chambers, O. (1986). My utmost for his highest: Selections for the year. Grand Rapids, MI: Oswald Chambers Publications; Marshall Pickering.

Another of the Moontear images.

The Copic colors used;

This image colored very soft. The details were a challenge but worth it.
 

That is it for this week. May the good Lord bless and Keep you safe. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

Courage

 

(Philippians 4:12-13 I know what it is to be in need, and know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.)

Lord! My God.

 

Lord! My God.

Healer of the broken,

Mender of hearts,

Counselor of angels,

Great are You in the

Hearts of Your people.

Worthy of all worthies

Are You in all of time.

 

Lord! My God.

Strength of the weak,

Keeper of our dreams,

Miracle of miracles.

Dazzling and glorious

Are the wonders of Your

Creation in all of its

Simple complexities.

 

Lord! My God.

Keeper of the Lamb,

Watchtower of the assembly,

Guardian of the eternal gate,

Come Lord! Come talk

To me. Teach me

Your wisdom and love.

 

Lord! My God.

Healer! Surgeon of life!

Generous giver of peace

And builder of life!

Come life giving God

And raise the lost

To new life in Your light.

Lead them from the darkness.

 

Lord! My God.

Music of the universe!

Symphony of time!

Sonnet of the spirit!

Make the song in my heart

Reach the depths

Of the living spirit of life

To well up in a finale of praise.

Lord! My God.

If only I could have the eyes

Of the angels to look at the

Beauty of eternity on high.

How puny and insignificant

All of our limited

World's beauty is when

Viewed with spirit and soul within.

 

Lord! My God.

Open my soul that

It may flow out and

Clear my clouded eyes.

Spirit of God, purest of love,

Cleanse and purify me

Before all of the people

Of God that they may know you.

 

Lord! My God.

Word of eternity!

Word of life everlasting!

Word of creation!

I am Yours my God.

I am fragile and delicate.

Take care of me Lord

Lest I fall and break.

 

Lord! My God.

Lord of life, Holiest of Holies,

Gentlest of the gentle,

Blessed are You of the blessed.

Make me an instrument

Of Your will that You might

Be pleased and glorified

In the eyes of Your servants.

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Another Moontear image. This image is a favorite. The arm tattoos are not something I like but could not find a way to hide them effectively. It does, however, seem to be the thing today.  

The Copic colors used are:

The pes along the right side are:

Micron Pink, Marvy Gold, Multiliner Wine & Cobalt & Olive. That is it for this week. May the good Lord Bless and keep you safe. Remember to "Always Love The Details."

Promises

Scripture is full of promise and fulfillment, the greatest of which is Jesus dying for our sins.

(There is in the Heb. OT no special term for the concept or act of promising. Where our English translations say that someone promised something, the Hebrew simply states that someone said or spoke (’āmar, dāḇar) some word with future reference. In the NT the technical term, epangelia, appears chiefly in Acts, Galatians, Romans and Hebrews.)

((epangelia). n. promise. A pledge to do something that obligates the pledger to follow through. In the nt, epangelia usually refers to God’s promises (e.g., Acts 2:39; Rom 4:13). )

What Is It?

 

What is my faith but a wish

Realized in the distance,

Veiled in the faint mist

Of a long steadfast promise.

 

What is this steadfast promise

That cannot be seen

Nor grasped with the mind

But tasted with every sense?

 

What is this that my senses

Reveal to my very being

With a reality and awareness

Sharp as a bitter wind?

 

It is a smile

Broad as the span of space

And long as time immortal

Having no place to go.

 

It is a flutter of my heart

At a sigh of my loves breath

That makes my heart sing

And calms me to sleep.

 

It is a passing cloud

Glowing white against the blue,

Casting reflections

In clear beautiful eyes.

 

It is the lasting gift

That is the softness of love

Shining through our love

To give heart to the hopeless.

 

It is a revelation

Of wonder filled truth

Proclaiming to all everywhere

"GOD TRULY LIVES."

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My Heart Sings

 

My heart sings out in song.

How happy is the morning light,

Gay and dazzling in the throng

Of doves in swift and graceful flight.

 

My heart sings out in song

To see the rising of the sun

And know that all day long

My life anew has just begun.

 

My heart sings out in song

With humbled loving fare

Clear as a distant gong

Just knowing you are there.

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A New day

              

Today is a new day;

Unlike yesterday or tomorrow.

It is a new life

Without loneliness or sorrow.

              

Today is a new way;

Different from yours or mine.

It is a new smile,

Warmed with golden sunshine.

              

Today is a new song;

Living in the melody of love.

It is a new theme

Gentle as a singing dove.

              

Today is a new life;

Touched by a loving friend.

It is a new feeling

Embraced as a Godsend.

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The next Moontear Image.

The Copic colors used are:

The two pens in the upper right were used on the blouse. The are Marvy gold and silver.

That will do it for this week. May the good Lord bless and keep you safe. Remember to "Always Love The Details."