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

God Never Slumbers

The older I get, the more I seem to remember scenes from early childhood. I can picture Daddy taking me to downtown Atlanta one night to visit his Mother in the hospital. I was amazed to see all the lights of the city, busy sidewalks, and all the traffic. He explained that there are people working at all hours, bus drivers, nurses, policemen, etc. Because we lived in a very small quiet town, this was something I had never thought about.

I was thinking this morning how our Heavenly Father, never sleeps. He works even in the dark. I should keep that in mind when I don't see an immediate answer to my prayers. God is accomplishing His will in places and at times that I never see, in ways I cannot imagine.

 Jesus said: "My Father has been working until now, and I too am working." John 5:17


HE NEVER SLEEPS - DON MOEN I love this song:
https://www.google.com/search?q=he+never+sleeps+don+moen&rlz=1C1TSNF_enUS673US673&oq=He+Never+Sleeps+Don+Moen&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i60j69i61j0l3.8168j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Wrestle or Nestle

I heard a news commentator asking a minister the hard question that is on many people's minds. How could God let tragedies and injustice happen?

The minister answered that every generation since the beginning of time has had to wrestle with the same question. At some point in our Christian walk, we will come up against a situation that will cause us to WRESTLE with our image of God. Then, by His grace, He will reveal even more of His love to us, and we will finally surrender our "right" to understand everything, and simply NESTLE in His strong arms.

John Newton, who wrote "Amazing Grace", also wrote  "Though Troubles Assail Us":

No strength of our own

And no goodness we claim

Yet since we have known

Of the Savior's great name

In this our strong tower

For safety we hide

The Lord is our power

The Lord will provide

Endure as seeing Him who is unseen

By faith Moses left Egypt, being unafraid of the wrath of the king, for he endured as seeing Him who is unseen. Hebrews 11:27

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Streams of Living Water

I stand on the footbridge 

Listening to the gurgling brook

Rippling over rocks, then

Disappearing around the bend.

Not knowing where it began 

Or where it ends

Or all the gaps

It fills along its way

Sometimes a trickle

Sometimes overflowing its banks.

Thirsty ones along life's way 
See the flow of the Spirit in your life,

In the storms and in the droughts

Whether you feel empowered

Or stuck in the mud.

Amazing!

How God can turn things around for good.

You can't yet see all those you're reaching,
Refreshing, reviving,

Because of His river of life.

Karen Rice

Jesus said: "Whoever believes in Me, 

as the Scripture has said, 

Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."

John 7:38

Don't Give Up

Even though hard times come until the Lord's return, we remember that from before the foundation of the world, there was always God's plan to bring glory to His Son, the LAMB OF GOD. And His glory will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.

Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 HCSB

Faithful Father, Enduring Friend

My faithful Father, enduring friend,

Your tender mercy's like a river with no end.

It overwhelms me; covers my sin.

Each time I come into your presence

I stand in wonder once again.

Your grace still amazes me.

Your love is still a mystery..

Each day I fall on my knees.

Your grace still amazes me.

Phillips, Craig and Dean

Goodness

How great is Your goodness
that You have stored up for those who fear You
and accomplished in the sight of everyone
for those who take refuge in You.
You hide them in the protection of Your presence;

Psalm 31:19-20a HCSB

Forget Me Not

I will not forget thee or leave thee.

In My hands I'll hold thee.

In My arms enfold thee.

I will not forget thee nor leave thee.

I am thy Redeemer

I will care for thee.

Charles Gabriel

I will not forget you.

I have engraved you

on the palms of my hand.

Isaiah 49:15