Sunday Morning Peace: Winter

Cold

Snow

Frozen

Peace

Berries

Sunshine

Winter.

Stay warm!

Sunday Morning Peace: New Beginnings!

Remember not the former things,

neither consider things of the old.

Behold, I will do a new thing;

now it shall spring forth;

shall you not know it?

I will make a way in the wilderness

and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43: 18 & 19

Shall not God lead us in the way we should go?

Don't look back.

Always forward, with eyes fixed on the goal God has given us.

It may be a surprise: a new thing,

but surely God will give it.

a way through the doubts and fears,

and blessings (not a RIVER but RIVERS)!

Looking ahead...

Sunday Morning Peace: Spring has Sprung!

Zechariah 10:1

Ask rain from the LORD at the time of the spring rain-- 

The LORD who makes the storm clouds; 

And He will give them showers of rain, 

vegetation in the field to each man.

Gorgeous Wildflowers

Earliest spring flowers

Snowball bushes and the Dogwoods

Bleeding Hearts

Bradford Pears

Rose of Sharon

Blessings!

Sunday Morning Peace: Mothers

Strength and honor are her clothing;

and she shall rejoice in time to come.

--Proverbs

My mother:

To My Sons:

What it means for me as a mother

One little boy with eyes of blue,

Scuffed up knees, and holes in his shoes,

jumping climbing--running hard,

Laughing, crying--spirit unmarred.

One little boy, still afraid of the dark,

Up at dawn, then out for a lark,

Quiet one minute, tornado, the next.

Expanding his wings, and heavens!

What's next?

One little boy, out to change the world.

Exploring the creek bed, his flag unfurled.

Rocks in his pockets, his shores untied,

Unmindful of dirt, with his dog at his side.

One little boy, yes, that's my son!

Whether he's reading his books

or having some fun,

Asleep in his bed, or awake with some noise,

He's God's gift to me--and

I thank Him for boys!

--Carole Brown

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Sunday Morning Peace: Flowers in my Life

Let the Earth be Glad!--the Psalms

Bradford Pears

My earliest spring flowers

Rose of Sharon


Blessings!

Sunday Mornng Peace: A Word to the Wise

This thing we call failure is not falling down,

but the staying down.

--Mary Pickford

Action is the foundational key to all success.

--Tony Robbins

Don't talk about what you  have done

or what you are going to do.

Do it.

and let it speak for itself.

--Martin Vanbee

Never try to tell everything you know;

It may take too short a time.

--Norman Ford

Blessings!

Sunday Morning Peace: April

The Day Before April

May Carolyn Davis

The day before April,

Alone, alone,

I walked in the woods

and sat on a stone.

I sat on a broad stone

and sang to the birds.

The tune was God's making,

But I made the words.

Quote:
I don't believe the muse visits you. I believe that you visit the muse. --Michael Lewis


Blessings

Sunday Morning Peace: Three Things in Life

THREE THINGS in LIFE:

I read this recently and thought it was good. Think about this:

Three things in life, once gone, never come back:

• Time
• Words
• Opportunity

Three things in life that can destroy a person:

• Anger
• Pride
• Unforgiveness

Three things in life that are never certain:

• Fortune 
• Success'
• Dreams

Three things that make a person:

• Commitment 
• Sincerity
• Hard work

Three things in life that are most valuable:

• Love
• Family and friends
• kindness

Three things in life that you should never lose:

• Hope
• Peace
• Honesty

Three things that are truly constant:

• Father
• Son
• Holy Spirit

Have a wonderful day!

Sunday Morning Peace: April, the Tease

APRIL is such a tease. 

Warm and cold.

Sunny and cloudy.

Rainy and wet.

Budding trees and bursts of color.

Leftover brown leaves and greening grass.

A merry sprite.

A prankster laughing up her sleeve.

Tempting.

Delirious.

Wonderful.

Smile . . .

***

The sun was warm but the wind was chill.

You know how it is with an April day.

When the sun is out and the wind is still,

You're one month on in the middle of May.

But if you so much as dare to speak,

a cloud comes over the sunlit arch,

And wind comes off a frozen peak,

And you're two months back in the middle of March."

-  Robert Frost, Two Tramps in Mud Time, 1926 

Sunday Morning Peace: He is Risen!

He is Risen!

Sunday Morning Peace: Flowers for the Heart

God's beautiful handiwork!

Blessings

Sunday Morning Peace: Glory of God

In the beginning God 

created the heavens and the earth...

And God saw that it was good.

Happy Sunday!

Sunday Morning Peace: Prayerful Spring

A Prayer in Spring

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; 
And give us not to think so far away 
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here 
All simply in the springing of the year. 

Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night; 
And make us happy in the happy bees, 
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees. 

And make us happy in the darting bird 
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill, 
And off a blossom in mid air stands still. 

For this is love and nothing else is love, 
The which it is reserved for God above 
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfil. 

--Robert Frost

Spring Blessings!

Sunday Morning Blessings: Thoughts for the Week

Happiness is made to share with another.

You can't be happy long before you want someone else to know it.

When God made the trees, animals and birds, 

he said they were very good.

The vine is for grapes,

the wheat for bread,

the bee to give us honey,

and the sheep for wool.

Even the cat is good to catch mice.

All God's things are good!

"Go break to the needy sweet charity's bread

For giving is living," the angel said.

"And must I be giving and giving again?"

my peevish and pitiless answer ran.

"Oh, no!" said the angel, piercing me through,

"Just give till the Lord stops giving to you."

In the Bible, there is more that finds me

than I have experienced in all other books together.

--S.T. Coleridge

Have a blessed week!

Sunday Morning Peace: Irish Blessing!

When you are right, no one remembers,

When you are wrong, no one forgets.

--Irish Proverb

You've got to do your own growing

no matter how tall

your grandfather was.

--Irish Proverb

Blessings~!

Sunday Morning Peace: Kindness

One Kind Word

Drop a word of cheer and kindness--

just a flash and it is gone,

But a half a hundred ripples

go circling on and on.

Bearing hope and joy and comfort

on each splashing, dashing wave,

Till you can't conceive the volume

of the one kind word you gave.

Drop a word of Gospel kindness--

in a minute you forget,

But the gladness that it started

swells and circles even yet.

And you've rolled a wave of comfort

whose sweet music can be heard

Over miles and miles of water,

just by dropping one kind word.

--Christian Trails

Sunday Morning Peace: God's Beautiful Creation

Enjoy a Touch of Spring and Beauty 

in February

https://www.facebook.com/wondersotw/videos/1944909078870320/

Blessings!

Sunday Morning Peace: This and That

The Simple Beauty of Winter...

To everything there is a season,

and a time to every purpose under heaven.

--Ecclesiastes 3:1

Reminders:

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Winner will be announced then.

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Blessings!

Sunday Morning Peace: Privileges

Even in the dead of winter,

in the middle of some of the coldest weather

we've had in years--

our hearts can rejoice at the privileges that are ours.

The privilege of freedom, to love the man in my life, to encourage others worse off, to read the Bible or whatever else I wish, to choose to do what I want, to reflect on the good life I have.

Privileges.

Blessings.

Happy winter days to you.

Sunday Morning Peace: The Threshold

...of possiblities for the New Year. What will your choice be?  

Will you allow stress, others' rude and cutting comments,

disappointments, backsets and other negative things

influence your attitude and emotions?

Just say NO!

Allow yourself to be free!

Choose happiness and joy!

Fellowship with positive people!

Enrich your life with good things!

Love even when it's hard!

Hope when it seems impossible!

Rejoice even when you're facing doubt!

Have a Happy New Year!