~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it..." Song of Songs 8:7~~~~~~~~
My Creator, the Holy Spirit-a mighty rushing wind, our Father God, my guardian angel(s), J.R. Tolkien, CS Lewis, Roger Morneau, John and Staci Eldridge, Rachel Carson, Walt Whitman, King Arthur, Moses, Queen Esther, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, the children on the documentary - Born into Brothels, a kindred spirit who's a faithful friend, and there are many more, yet most of these meetings will have to take place in heaven - may we all reach that destination and dance in joy upon the sea of glass.Psalm 104:1-3 "Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty." "Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters:
who maketh the clouds his chariot:
who walketh
upon the wingsof the wind."
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Psalm 36:5-115 "Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your justice like the great deep.
O LORD, you preserve both man and beast.7 How priceless is your unfailing love!
Both high and low among men
find [a] refuge in the shadow of your wings.8 They feast on the abundance of your house;
you give them drink from your river of delights.9 For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.10 Continue your love to those who know you,
your righteousness to the upright in heart.11 May the foot of the proud not come against me,
nor the hand of the wicked drive me away."Psalm 29:1-41 "Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty,
give unto the LORD glory and strength.
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name;
worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters:
the God of glory thundereth:
the LORD is upon many waters.
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful;
the voice of the LORD is full of majesty."Yes, You are beautiful my sweet sweet Song...Jesus You are, may I gaze into Your heart and share in this sacred romance that You have saved for every person who seeks after You and lets You in...I pray to worship You all my days, may I praise You one day upon Your Holy mountain where angels dance and all living creatures and angelic hosts bow before Your mighty presence...yet, we will be the first to drop to our knees in awe of Your sacrifice...I cannot fathom it all but I praise You for the glimpse into this beautiful mysteryPsalm 27:1
1 "The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
4 One thing I ask of the LORD,
this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and to seek him in his temple.5 For in the day of trouble
he will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle
and set me high upon a rock.".........Take time to think...
it is a source of power. Take time to play...it is the secret of perpetual youth.
Take time to read.... it is the fountain of wisdom.
Take time to pray.... it is the greatest power on earth.
Take time to love and be loved.... it is a God-given privilege.
Take time to be friendly.... it is the road to happiness.
Take time to laugh.... it is the music of the soul.
Take time to give.... it is too short a day to be selfish.
Take time to work.... it is the price of success.
Take time to do charity.... it is the key to heaven.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bloom where you're plantedWe bloom most beautifully when we keep our faces towards the Son.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flowers do not force their way with great strife. Flowers open to perfection slowly in the sun.... Don't be in a hurry about spiritual matters. Go step by step, and be very sure.--White Eagle
~~~Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.--Bernice Johnson Reagon~~~Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself--your strengths and your limitations--in contrast to depending on affirmation from others.--Judith M. Bardwick~~~People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross~~~The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.
Helen Keller~~~Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~~~If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere. ~Vincent Van Gogh ~~~~We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees.
— Qwatsinas (Hereditary Chief Edward Moody), Nuxalk Nation~~~Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike.
~ John Muir~"~~~Treat the earth well.
It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrow it from our Children.Ancient Indian Proverb~~~I do not think the measure of a civilization
is how tall its buildings of concrete are,
But rather how well its people have learned to relate
to their environment and fellow man.Sun Bear of the Chippewa Tribe~~~When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Helen Keller~~~No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen Keller~~~Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. - Ghandi~~~Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain. Ecclesiastes 1:8~~~For wisdom is better than jewels; And all desirable things cannot compare with her. Proverbs 8:11~~~He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good. Proverbs 19:8~~~Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16~~~Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend...Proverbs 7:4~~~I desire to be a woman of wisdom and understanding...in wonder and admiration of an almighty God,to bow in humility to the Source of all wisdom, understanding, and knowledge, the Power behind the cosmosMy ~El Shaddai~ El-Elyon na AdonaiGod AlmightyGod in the highest, oh Lord~~~Then the new earth and sky, the same yet not the sameas these, will rise in us as we have risen in Christ.And once again, after who knows what eons of the silenceand the dark, the birds will sing and the waters flow, andlights and shadows move across the hills, and the faces ofour friends laugh upon us with amazed recognition.-CS Lewis -The Joyful Christian~~~And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down form God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.-Revelation 21:1-4~~~For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.-I Corinthians 13:12~~~For the power Thou hast given me to lay hold of things unseen:For the strong sense I have that this is not my home:For my restless heart which nothing finite can satisfy:I give thanks, O God.-John Baillie~~~The vision that the saved in heaven will have of the loveof Christ will go far beyond even our greatest insight here,as far as the sun's light at noon goes beyondthe light of a flickering candle at midnight.-John BunyanIt is Adonai, my El Shaddai, the great Elohim Who stirs my blood in its passion for creativity, He alone gives breath to expression and I praise Him for His inspiration, for speaking to me through His second book, the book of the natural world...
Folk...Bluegrass...World...Silence..."My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him." Psalm 62:5 and Worship "Let everything that lives praise the Lord" Psalm 150:6 "Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with stringed instruments and flutes!" Psalm 150:4 Those express the personality of my heart and there are various other genres but you will find no heavy metal or negative messages among my tastes and very little rap, jazz, or blues but there's a little, a little ;)Psalm 66:4All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name.
Lord of the Rings, King Arthur, Tristan and Isolde, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Last of the Mohicans, River Runs Through It, Legends of the Fall, Batman Begins, Tears of the Sun, Last Sammurai, House of Flying Daggers, Hero, The Village, Good Will Hunting, Born into Brothels, Mona Lisa Smile, Man Without a Face, Freedom Writers, Les Miserables, Count of Monte Cristo, Chocolate, Walk in the Clouds, Pride and Prejudice, Anne of Green Gables and Avonlea, Secret Garden, Little Women, The Notebook, Flicka, Pirates of the Carribean, What about Bob?, Sweet Home Alabama, Without a Paddle, Under the Tuscan Sun, Step Up, The Lakehouse, An Inconvenient Truth, One Night With the King~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~We are to be men and women of courage, spirit, compassion, wisdom, and integrity."For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him." Isaiah 64:4"But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal." Matthew 6:20"And if I perish, I perish" I desire to have the faith and leadership of Esther, a princess of God, a queen of a nation."For such a time as this" - we are all called to be women of faith, love, and truth shining the light to those in darkness.I pray to do that as well, even if in my small sphere of influence, to shine His Spirit and to have the humility to admit that my source of strength is always found in my Lord. I am a child of the Most High who stumbles upon this sin stained journey, not perfect, but at least seeking to grow in Him.I hope you will join me for there is strength in numbers. "Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken." Ecclesiastes 4:12"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the mist of them." Matthew 18:20
More often than not,it is a waste of time and mind,a weekly addiction of false company. We cut the cable to the three channels we had and a peace of mind has taken over. Now it is time to read some of those books setting on my shelf, time to learn and to grow...I pray that God pulls upon my heart to make the most of my time...
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path" Psalm 119:105La Biblia, Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, Screwtape Letters, Power of Prayer, The Sense of Wonder, Captivating, the Odyssey, Song of Eve, Desire of Ages, This Present Darkness, Praise Habit, Redeeming Love, A Woman and Her God, The Hand that Paints the Sky
the Trinity, my guardian angel, my awesome husband whom I have watched grow so very much over the past couple years and his patience with me, his giving heart and depth of love never ceases to amaze me and I am forever grateful to God above for leading us together and for our love yes every marriage takes work but it is so worth it, my father and my grandmother with their unconditional love and wisdom, Yona- my little angel dog, forever missed and adored in my heart- I'll see you in heaven little girl, many Indian chiefs of old, Bill Miller, Martin Luther, those who have fought for our freedom, the ones who find ultimate security in Christ alone and last but not least...a loyal friend which are few and far between in these dying days, a true friend wherein lies fellowship, truth, love, laughter,and spiritual growth - who prays for their brothers and sisters- which is the greatest gift of all among friends,I pray to be that kind of friend hero which even then, may all the glory be to God Who alone brings about every good thing...