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Upside Down

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white breasted nuthatch

starts at top, circling to ground

good thing trees are round!


But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 2:9 (KJV)
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Color by Trial

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the old leafless oak

does not squabble with the storm

that paints her branches


For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Hebrews 12:11 (ESV)

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The Faithful Path

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“When the leaves return

and the ground goes back to green…”

Faith. The wise owl waits.


The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

Proverbs 4:18 (NIV)
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The Straight Path

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the birch leads the way

with its six saplings in tow

fences make good rows


In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.

Exodus 15:3 (NIV)
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Singer and Song

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His creation sings:

rising moon and evergreens

point to one unseen


For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Romans 1:20 (NIV)
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Leaves


the leaves by the door

raked and bagged, are there no more

less sweeping inside


As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

Psalm 103:12 (NIV)

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9 (NIV)
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Haiku winter

Morning Glory 2.0

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the smallest of seeds

growing into thick forest

sure as the sunrise


In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

James 3:17 (NIV)
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Cross Road

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the heart of winter

and the power of the cross

beckoning the lost


And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

Jesus- John 12:32 (NIV)
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Haiku winter

A Winter Haiku

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full moon, frosty tree

hanging in the balances

opportunity


He has made everything beautiful in its time.

Ecclesiastes 3:11a (NIV)
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Spires

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cloaked with pure white snow

the balsam trees seem to know

‘just keep pointing up’


For this is what the Lord says–he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited–he says: “I am the Lord and there is no other.”

Isaiah 45:18 (NIV)