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When we allow our heart’s dreams to have an honored seat at life’s table, our fears take a backseat.
Do you write a daily journal? This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts. Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.
(Updated February 25)
This informative post will be posted on Saturday along with my usual writing. You are invited to participate with the opening question.
At noon and at midnight, the long and short hands of a clock are together. Between noon and midnight, how many times does the long hand pass the short hand?
(answer found at the end of this post)
The black bear is the smallest of all North American bears. However, they are probably the most well known.
Here are some interesting facts about the black bear:
From the forests of New Mexico comes a real story about a very famous black bear.
During the spring of 1950, an intense forest fire burned hundreds of acres in the Capitan Mountains. Exhausted firefighters found a young bear cub, who had taken refuge in a tree. He was badly burned, but alive. Moved by his bravery, the firefighters named him Smokey (later to become Smokey Bear).
Later, Smokey Bear was transferred to the National Zoo in Washington, DC, where he remained a living symbol for wildfire prevention. Upon his death in 1976, his remains were transported back to New Mexico for burial.
Left: A vet cares of Smokey Bear’s wounds from the fire. Right: Smokey Bear appears with his namesake poster about preventing forest fires. (courtesy of Pinterest)
Only 11 times.
The long hand passes the short hand at 12:00 noon, and between the times of 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. (a total of 11 times). Note that the long hand does not pass the short hand between 11 p.m. and 12 a.m. (it just meets the short hand at 12 a.m.).
Baseball: It follows the seasons, beginning each year with the fond expectancy of springtime and ending with the hard facts of autumn.
It is the great arrogance of the present to forget the intelligence of the past.
Ken Burns (born 1953) is an American filmmaker who specializes in documentaries about American history and culture. Many of his works have been presented in PBS.
Daily
Upholding grace
Never forsaking man
Firm and loving hands
Blessings
Daily
Building hope
Strength and endurance
Standing as man’s Rock
Faith
Daily
Witnessing mercy
Quenching every thirst
Grace of Living Water
Hope
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When facing life’s inevitable challenges, we need to turn outward to God.
Do you write a daily journal? This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts. Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.
(Updated February 24)
Never support an experience which does not have God as its source, and faith in God as its result.
From Matthew 11:28-30: “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”
Earth’s natural powers perform
Displaying every treasured gift
Creation’s wonders will transform
Watching from every dream’s chairlift
Niagara’s powerful falls
Feeling nature’s surrounding beat
Creation’s wonders never stall
Hosting another front row seat
Peaks reach upward to thinnest air
Looking upward, each heart plummets
Creation’s wonders declare
Scaling Himalayan summits
Oceans join briefly as one
Surging together at Cape Horn
Creation’s wonders never done
Pacific-Atlantic’s firstborn
Volcanic eruptions thunder
Witnessing eternal duty
Creation’s wonders from under
Adding to Hawaii’s beauty
Arctic’s dancing fills clearest sky
Illuminating heaven’s light
Creation’s wonders dare to fly
Enthralling Northern Lights at night
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When we spend time surrounded by nature’s melody, our journey sings with blessed harmony.
Do you write a daily journal? This inspiring thought comes from my journal, and much of what is written in my journal comes from reading and commenting on other bloggers’ posts. Thanks to many of you for adding so much to my journal.
(Updated February 23)
Each day means a anew twenty-four hours. Each day means everything’s possible again.
Without emotion, what’s the point of being human.
Marie Lu (born 1984) is a Chinese-born author. Many of her novels appeal to young adult readers. She has lived in the United States since 1989 when her family left China during the Tiananmen Square Protest.
From James 1:2-4: “My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance complete its work, so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing.”
Single stone slows march of time
Needing release from ocean’s waves
Reaching beneath, faith clearly climbs
Mercy of Christ always saves
Patience fills time, every hour
Following brightest light of Christ
Ringing from Heaven’s bell tower
Grace flows from blood sacrificed
Nature’s lasting, treasured gifts
Offering wellspring of Christ’s peace
Awakening from sinful drift
Hope renews from Spirit’s lease
Empty heart fills with Christ’s love
Overflowing confidence shines
Bestowing His Word from above
Trust in following each sign
From Galatians 5:22-24: “By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.”
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