past the ping-pong spring
the flowers come back alive
like Christ from the dead
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.”
John 11:25 (NKJV)
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Wishful Thinking
self-deception
kicking the can down the road
clown with no circus
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John 1:8 (NKJV)
the frosty oak limbs
catching the first morning sun
point to rays of hope
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
Isaiah 40:31a (NIV)
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Bloom Where You’re Planted
purple cone flower
in the most unlikely place
sidewalk survivor
Look how the wildflowers grow: they do not work or make clothes. But I tell you that not even King Solomon in all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as one of these flowers.
Matthew 6:28b
defoliated
winter shadows. still more snow.
dormant, not dead.
For you will go out with joy and be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Isaiah 55:12 (NASB)
I turned off the screens
and went for a walk by the wood.
Digital Detox.
Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.
Jesus – Mark 6:31 (NIV)
The bower is gone.
There is nothing to hide her.
Yet she shows no fear.
Sometimes, when it snows
I think about the brave rose
buried half alive.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12
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The Meeting
Just out for a walk.
What good would I have to say
if God stopped to chat?
The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend.
Exodus 33:11a
full moon reflection
with the porch lights on the lake
nature and nurture
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