A Package of Seeds

After a very cold and snowy week, I needed something to remind me that 

colorful spring flowers will soon bloom again.

I paid a dime for a package of seeds

And the clerk tossed them out with a flip.

“We’ve got ‘em assorted for every man’s needs,”

He said with a smile on his lip.

“Pansies and poppies and asters and peas!

Ten cents a package and pick as you please!”

Now seeds are just dimes to the man in the store

And dimes are the things he needs;

And I’ve been to buy them in seasons before,

But have thought of them merely as seeds.

But it flashed through my mind as I took them this time

“You have purchased a miracle here for a dime!”

"You've a dime's worth of power no man can create.

You’ve a dime’s worth of life in your hand!

You’ve a dime’s worth of mystery, destiny, fate,

Which the wisest cannot understand.

In this bright little package, now isn’t it odd?

You’ve a dime’s worth of something known only to God.

Edgar A.Guest 

Kind Words

Kind words are the music of the world

They have power that seems to be
beyond natural causes 

as if they were some angel's song

that had lost its way

and come to earth.

Frederick William Faber

When I was going through a divorce, I dreaded running into old friends that I had grown up with. Sure enough, I ran into my former neighbor, Janice, who was still happily married to her childhood sweetheart. What would she think of me? 

She asked no questions and gave no advice. She simply said, "We love you."

 Kind words are like honey—

    sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.

Proverbs 16:24 NLT 

Guide Me, Lord

If I climb upward on the rays of the morning sun

or land on the most distant shore of the sea

where the sun sets,

even there Your hand would guide me

and Your right hand would hold on to me.

Psalm 139:9-10 God's Word
If I Flee on Morning Wings
sung by Fernando Orterga
https://youtu.be/7IRQWOq_FNU

Rest

Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; 

My hope comes from Him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation;

He is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

My salvation and my honor depend on God;

He is my mighty rock, my refuge.

Trust in him at all times, O people;

Pour out your hearts to him,

For God is our refuge.

Psalm 62:5-8

Find rest my soul

In Christ alone.

Know His power

In quietness and trust.

When the oceans rise and thunders roar

I will soar with You above the storm.

Father, You are King over the flood.

I will be still and know You are God.

Reuben Morgan

Gentle Shepherd

Jesus is the light of the world

that the darkness can never extinguish.

He is the bread of life

that satisfies our hungry souls.

He is the good shepherd

that will never abandon his sheep.

"He will feed His flock like a shepherd:

He will gather the lambs in His arm,

He will carry them in His bosom

and will gently lead those 

that have their young."

Isaiah 40:11

Gentle Shepherd, come and lead us,

For we need your help to find our way.

Gentle Shepherd come and feed us,

For we need your strength from day to day.

There's no other we can turn to

who can help us face another day.

Gentle Shepherd, come and lead us,

For we need your help to find our way.

Gaither Music