His Nature

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~John Muir



Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you. ~Hebrews 13:5 NKJV

Intertwined in the Vine

“What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.” ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning



For more inspiration, visit the Spiritual Sunday's site today.

Be Attentive

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. ~Angela Schwindt

Trust

When we ask Christ, "What next?" we tune in and give Him a chance to pour His ideas through our enkindled imagination. ~Frank Laubach

Sweet Surrender

When I saw others straining toward God, I did not understand it, for though I may have had him less than they did, there was no one blocking the way between him and me, and I could reach his heart easily. It is up to him, after all, to have us, our part consists of almost solely in letting him grasp us. ~Rainer Maria Rilke

Purple Gowns

All the other colors are just colors, but purple seems to have a soul. Purple is not just a noun
and an adjective but also a verb - when you look at it, it's looking back at you. ~Uniek Swain

Ode To October on Mosaic Monday

October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came -
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
~George Cooper



You can visit Mary at the Little Red House today to see many more mosaic's shared.

Every Mom Needs An Extra Hand

This is a "just for fun" post today. Two of my girl-friends and I went out to a local coffee shop one morning, a long overdue gathering for us. While we were resting ourselves in laughter, sharing our thoughts and enjoying the company of one another, one of them pulled this from her purse.



I began to laugh and quickly pulled out my camera...it is the arm from her daughter's dolly that came apart a few days before while they were out.

Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them." ~Psalm 126:2

And she says, Amen.

Whether we are poets or parents or teachers or artists or gardeners, we must start where we are and use what we have. In the process of creation and relationship, what seems mundane and trivial may show itself to be holy, precious, part of a pattern. ~ Luci Shaw

Like The Leaves, Are We

Breeze is the conductor, trees the musicians, leaves the instruments. ~Nathaniel LeTonnerre

Learn and Live

To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach. ~Havelock Ellis

Across The River

May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand. ~Irish Blessing

New Blog Looking for Writers and Photographers :)

Well, I've been a little bummed for everyone since Pictures, Poetry & Prose has needed to break for awhile. I know that so many of us enjoy sharing our writing over there. I've had this thought for almost a year now and I think that it's time to do it.

Not that I need another blog...but I think that we all enjoy a place to share and feel as though someone has appreciated our writing. I really enjoyed sharing at P.P.P. and reading the entries of other writer's...I also enjoyed finding new photographer's in the process.

Spread the word to your friends, because I've begun a new blog for writer's. With P.P.P. gone, I've continued the legacy with a little twist of my own. It's not for the lengthy writer's but may intrigue them to get simple :)

My hope is that this writing blog will share the world of photography with writing and create friendships, create growth and combine talents. If you're a friend who enjoys taking pictures and would like to share your photos over there, just leave me a note with the link to your photo - every photo shared will be linked back to your chosen blog site :)

The new site is named "Write With Pictures" and can be found at http://writewithpictures.blogspot.com.

Lessons from the Geese

We need to make sure our honking is encouraging. In groups where there is encouragement, the production is much greater. The power of encouragement (to stand by one's heart or core values and encourage the heart and core of others) is the quality of honking we seek. ~by Milton Olson adapted by Angeles Arrien, Lessons from Geese 



To see more mosaic's today, visit Mary at the Little Red House.

Grateful In Heart

You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink. ~G.K. Chesterton

The Great Coffee Cup

"Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the LORD, saying, 'The LORD is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.'" ~from 1 Samuel 20:42

Peaceful Expectancies

In these timeless moments, you are enveloped in a watchful, peaceful expectancy. You don't pray because you don't need to. Words would get in the way of this silent communion with the Creator of all. Side by side and heart to heart with the God of the universe, you sense that to speak would profane the holy hush. To move would be a kind of desecration. ~Linda Andersen

A Woman Who Loves Him

In the moment, I find a place where I may rest and create the space
To breath
In the moment, a joy shines in when I allow time for God to tend
My soul
In the moment, peace will remain if I breath deeply just to gain
His life
In the moment, truth does share as I trust willingly and aware of
The Words
In the moment, treasured still nothing matters as I hand over my will
To Him

In the moment
God takes my hands
I'm set free
Of all demands
On me

In the moment


©HLT09

We Can Sing

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away. ~Henry Ward Beecher

El Olam

For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.... Shall we think of the day as a chance to come nearer to our Host, and to find out something of Him who has fed us so long? ~Rebecca Harding Davis



The "Who" Is El Olam (el o-lawm'): The Everlasting God, The God of Eternity, The God of the Universe, The God of Ancient Days

Meaning and Derivation: El is another name that is translated as "God" and can be used in conjunction with other words to designate various aspects of God's character. Olam derives from the root word 'lm (which means "eternity"). Olam literally means "forever," "eternity," or "everlasting". When the two words are combined — El Olam — it can be translated as "The Eternal God."