The Grace of God is sufficient for all our needs, for every problem and for every difficulty, for every broken heart, and for every human sorrow.
From 2 Corinthians 3:4: “Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.”
Peter Marshall (1902-1949) was a Scottish-American pastor who later served as Chaplain of the United States Senate.
Every school year brings challenges to our youngest learners in the classroom. These struggling children find hope in a teacher, administrator, custodian, instructional assistant, or any other type of mentor. This is the hope of this poem.
Fearing tomorrow’s tasks
Dreaming of something more
Probing life’s gloomy path
Failing again to score
Meeting darkness once more
Ignoring teacher’s clues
Bearing sounds of silence
Surrounding failure’s blues
Learning nothing today
Parking in empty space
Sharing with hidden friend
Reaching familiar place
Retreating to safe zone
Boarding life’s empty plane
Watching goals crushed again
Seeing more fire than rain
Entering new classroom
Looking into hope’s eyes
Hearing assuring voice
Launching learning’s sunrise
This informative post will be posted on Saturday along with my usual writing. You are invited to participate with the opening question.
What day follows the day before yesterday if two days from now will be Sunday?
(answer found at the end of this post)
Massachusetts’ own John Adams followed Virginian George Washington as President of the United States in 1797. Despite being a one-term President, he served his country with distinction.
Because of his commitment to establishing and strengthening the country’s navy, Adams is sometimes referred to as the “Father of the Navy.” He was the first President to live in the new Executive Mansion, later called the White House. He was also the father of the sixth American President, John Quincy Adams.
His loving relationship with his wife, Abigail, has been well-researched from the many letters shared between the two of them. Over 1,000 of these letters have been preserved. Together, they witnessed many historical events in the formation of their young nation.
Adams death occurred on July 4, 1826, on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. His political rival, chief writer of the Declaration, and America’s third President, Thomas Jefferson, also died on the same day.
Thursday. The key is to realize that “now” must be Friday.
Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.
We’re not the worst thing we’ve ever done in our lives, and there’s a tendency to think that we are.
Bob (Robert) Kerrey (born 1943) served the state of Nebraska as Governor and later in the United States Senate. He was a decorated veteran who served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1970.
Accepting
God’s plan
Setting aside worries
Walking with His blessings
Obedience
Revealing
Our weaknesses
Relationship with Jesus
Transforming each into strength
Healing
Beholding
Faithful lifeline
With heavenly Father
Anytime, anywhere . . . He’s there!
Prayer
The secret strength of a nation is found in the faith that abides in the hearts and homes of the country.
From Galatians 6:10: “So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all and especially for those of the family of faith.”
Another sunrise stirring
Playful sunbeams wakening
Night’s peaceful slumber fading
Nature’s gift deserves praising
Quiet, gentle breeze breathing
Summer’s garden rejoicing
Big sky’s blue hues revealing
Nature’s paradise smiling
Time searches, never pausing
Mysteries for exploring
Future chapters inviting
Nature’s narrative writing
Landscape’s tune humming
Joy dances, everlasting
Morning flows with each painting
Nature’s canvas, spellbinding
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest man.
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a British author, poet, and screenwriter. He was a prolific storyteller and writer of children’s books.
From John 4:13-14: “Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.'”
Waking up each morning
Running to look outside
Father’s world always waits
His purpose never hides
Listening, nature sings
Filling creation’s peace
Father’s world shares our hope
His labors never cease
Walking in His presence
Feeling trust ever grow
Father’s world honors life
His living water flows
Witnessing earthly wrongs
Perplexing sadness builds
Father’s world reaches out
His hands mold to rebuild
Praising God high above
Renewing faith’s wellspring
Father’s world reigns beyond
His Word forever rings
This poem was influenced by the beloved hymn, “This is My Father’s World.” Inspired by the scenery of upper state New York’s Lake Ontario and Niagara Falls, American pastor and Christian writer, Maltbie D. Babcock, wrote a poem. Following his death, his wife published the poem which later became the lyrics for this well-known hymn.
Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly and unresistingly lets his yoke rest upon Him, finds his burden easy, and under its gentle pressure receives the power to persevere in the right way.
From Philippians 3:13-14: “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have laid hold of it, but one thing I have laid hold of: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal, toward the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.”
German-born Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident. Many of his writings express the role of Christianity in mankind’s daily lives. He paid the ultimate price for his activism against the Nazi regime during World War II.
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