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Haiku winter

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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Haiku winter

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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Haiku

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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winter

Snow Place Like Home

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at twenty below

under mountains of fresh snow

the squirrel finds a home


Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord preserve both people and animals.

Psalm 36:6 (NIV)
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Haiku

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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forgiveness Haiku winter

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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Haiku winter

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)
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autumn Haiku

Holding On

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The apples, amazed

by an early autumn snow

still “hanging in there”


It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

1 Corinthians 13:7-8a (NIV)