Veiled Glory
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Judge not, by outer countenance the merit of the goal... The above picture from The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes was my first introduction as a child, to the sorrowful images of the Greatest Love Story! John 12:27-28 Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say?  ‘Father, save Me from this hour’?  No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.   Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven:  “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” Glorify Thy Name Judge not, by outer countenance the merit of the goal One facet of a circum ..read more
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I Like (or, So Much to Love)
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1d ago
A riot of snowflakes tumbling from welkin reservoirs...  It feels SO good to get up and want to stay in the upright position  after a few mornings of lying down again as soon as I was up... thankfully the worst of the bug only lasted a few days!  Still in slow motion, but at least I'm in motion!? There really is no end to a poem like this... I began this poem after reading Brenda's post on Friday morning, HERE before I was 'under the weather'. The first line inspired by these little guys... Thatch matted metamorphosis of finches turning gold... Icicle-brickled eaves ..read more
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Heaven, Upside Down or Such Is Love
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6d ago
Such is life, we often say, as plans change  and carefully arranged schedules run awry! Sometimes love pours a cup of tea, ‘with milk and honey, dear?’... As I finished this poem I returned and traded the word 'life' for 'love';  it was originally going to be a 'such is life' poem because  this was a week rife with changed plans...but as the poem evolved so did the realization the 'such is life'  is often more aptly expressed  'such is love!' The ultimate plan of Love, for man's redemption God fulfilled at Calvary! Love appeared in that hour, to have lost! Heb ..read more
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Of (Fleeting) Time and Place
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1w ago
I'm currently working at painting and preparing a vacant bedroom as a spare bedroom (aka grandchildren's sleepover room???) Two coats of primer later, Matt's old room colour,  the colour of a basketball, is simply a memory! painted during the boyhood basketball phase of his life;  a phase long overtaken by more pressing matters, (like mortgages,?) Proof of the fleeting POOF!!  of stages and ages, interests and passions! Reminding us to build on the eternal  rather than the temporal because...  ...the things which are seen are temporary,   the th ..read more
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Why We (Believers) May Go Forth With Joy Each Day
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1w ago
 Because only the blood of Christ can wash us white as snow... Isa.1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord:  though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;  though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. May we, believers, rejoice every day as we reflect on God's goodness and mercy, but all the more as we approach Easter season, and meditate on what it cost God to purchase  the gift of salvation, and what it means for all who believe and receive it! Hallelujah! Praise the name of Jesus!  ...and you are to give him th ..read more
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The Wonderful Season of Spring
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1w ago
 Happy First Day of Spring!☔?⛅? You wouldn't know it from looking outside today, in southern Ontario, but... ...(For) lo, the winter is past, The rain(or snow?) is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing has come, And the voice of the turtledove Is heard in our land. Song of Solomon 2:11-12 This 'turtledove' is thinking...'shoulda brought my skates!' This is the season of birth; earth awaking Of somber landscapes donning garb of green Of seed-sized hope renewed; of undertaking Sowing’s rush hour, stoking dusty sheen Of barren bowers clothed by nat ..read more
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A Love Beyond Compare
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1w ago
One of my Sunday School students presented this artwork to me yesterday; a picture she drew (with permission?) while listening to the lesson! I love my class of smart, beautiful, eager, full-of-potential school-girls! Thank-you K.S. My earnest prayer for all our Sunday School students, is that the Holy Spirit would begin to waken and nurture, as we gather weekly, (and as weeks turn into years,) not just a belief in God but a love for God. That they would get more than an education in Bible stories and facts, but that the plan and gift of salvation would begin to unfold a lifelong awe, reve ..read more
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Monday Medley of Meditations
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1w ago
There's nothing quite like love's heartaches to remind us of the Living Hope found in the Healer of the human heart and rouse reflections on how our own lives reflect  The Greatest Love of All! Saturday night awed hearts with art only God can orchestrate/accomplish! So did Sunday morning!!! (after a 'sheepish' snowfall overnight. It was a bit like walking on fleece; soft and soundless) 1 Corinthians 3:10 By the grace God has given me,  I laid a foundation as an expert builder,  and someone else is building on it.  But each one must be careful how he bu ..read more
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Oh My God, Since Thou Art With Me
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1w ago
When I am tempted to despair God bids me lean on Him in prayer There He tramples the enemy As He whispers His peace to Me The world may sometimes seem like a different place  than in 'the good, old days'  but it isn't really. Evil has always been evil  and God has always been faithful and good! 1 John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them:  because greater is he that is in you,  than he that is in the world. Greater is He Ps.18:2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;  My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;  My ..read more
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Through the Means of Today
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2w ago
"That our sanctification did not depend upon changing our works, but, in doing that for God's sake which we commonly do for our own. That it was lamentable to see how many people mistook the means for the end, addicting themselves to certain works which they performed very imperfectly, by reason of their human or selfish regards...." Above excerpt from The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence We ought to pay close heed To dawn’s gift on display Because of where its moments lead Through the means of Today... Some folk I have outlived And some will outlive me Through ..read more
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