It is easier to endure than to change. But once one has changed, what was endured is hard to recall.
One can never ask anyone to change a feeling.
Susan Sontag Quotes
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New Hope
From 1 Corinthians 6:11: “And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.”
Witnessing renewing birth
Receiving Gospel’s new hope
Living through Christ on this earth
Grace flows down slippery slope
Leaving former sinful ways
Washing us clean with new hope
Walking in God’s trust each day
Resurrection’s firm tightrope
Raising up Christ, sin’s payoff
Blessings of faith fill new hope
Anchoring light, hell casts off
Holy Spirit, life’s tow rope
Sharing His goodness and grace
Sensing Christ fueling new hope
Grasping life’s new, righteous place
God justifies Glory’s scope
From 1 Peter 1:3: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
Charles Swindoll Quote
Few acts have a greater impact on those who mistrust us and abuse us than our telling them we forgive them, and we are asking God to forgive them too.
From 1 Peter 4:8: “Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.”
Big Sky Buckeye Returns
On January 19, my wife and I headed to Montana to help with home care for my Mom. We had little idea what we would experience over the next two months.
Shortly before Christmas, she fell in her home and fractured her left hip. Following surgery, her initial care moved from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility. When we arrived, she had just returned to her home of 30+ years.
One of my brothers had been helping out during our Mom’s hospitalization, rehabilitation, and return back home. We intended to give him a respite to spend time with his family.
We are so thankful for the many warm wishes and prayers that we have read and heard. God’s presence has been with our family and our Mom during these many weeks of home care and rehabilitation.
Mom’s recovery has been a blessing. She still has more physical therapy to work through, and she cannot live alone at this time. Her progress has been an inspiration to many others.
Having returned back to my home in Ohio, I will resume my regular writing on Big Sky Buckeye. While I didn’t have much time to write while I was away, there are many posts waiting in the wings. I look forward to reading your blogs and catching up with each of you.
On the Road Again (Special Bulletin)
Greetings Big Sky Buckeye readers! As you read this post, I am heading to my native state of Montana with arrival today (January 21), and I will not return back to my home in Ohio for about a month.
My mother is recovering from surgery to repair a broken hip, and she needs help from my wife and I. I will not be publishing anything until I return home.
While I am away, I will be turning off my comments until I return. Since my mother doesn’t have an Internet connection, it would be challenging to keep up any type of blogging schedule.
My mother will need our care pretty much around the clock. Your prayers are welcome and appreciated.
I apologize for not being very active in reading other blogs the past several days. My plate has been pretty full, and our travel plans changed from our original dates.
In case you are looking for me (but I’m not Waldo), you can check out the highway map at the top of this post. A few of you may know which city is my hometown from previous posts or in sharing comments.
Thank you for your patience and please take care.
Midnight Walk
Nightly dream
Taking midnight walk
Quiet time
Whispering thoughts talk
Nightly peace
Wakening clouds part
Moon shining
Warming lonely heart
Nightly quest
Peeling away soul
Light traces
Filling spirit whole
Nightly view
Crossing distant bridge
Darkness looms
Scaling lofty ridge
Nightly dream
Finishing each ride
Silence tames
Rising sunrise hides
E. E. Cummings Quotes
Tomorrow is our permanent address.
An intelligent person fights for lost causes, realizing that others are merely effects.
E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894-1962) was a gifted American poet, writer, playwright, and essayist. Many regard him as one of the most influential poets of the 20th century.
Scripture’s Truth
From 1 Corinthians 2:4-5: “My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.”
World full of deception
Most lack understanding
Man lives with blind spirit
God’s Word seeks soft landing
Father’s knowledge revealed
Prepared with divine love
Shared through Holy Spirit
From heaven’s depths above
Man’s spirit lacks vision
Missing truth of God’s Word
Pride hinders man’s access
Spirit’s teachings transferred
Filling man’s hungry mind
Scripture’s truth, Spirit brings
Living in mind of Christ
God’s wisdom always clings
From 1 Corinthians 2:12-13: “Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.”
Oswald Chambers Quote
Faith is not in what Jesus says but in Himself; if we only look at what He says we shall never believe.
From Luke 18:41-43: “‘What do you want me to do for you?’ He said, ‘Lord, let me see again.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Receive your sight; your faith has saved you.’ Immediately he regained his sight and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it, praised God.”
Stepping Forward (Haiku Series #170)
Halting Steps
Worries and fears grow
Never-ending appetite—
Consuming spirit
Courageous Steps
In darkest of times
Winning race with final push—
Running with boldness
Harmony’s Steps
Day’s delightful pause
Joyous memories drop in—
Dancing in one’s heart
