God intends for faithfulness to be firmly planted alongside His living waters.
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(Updated October 14)
The lost are in need of spiritual surgery. They need to meet the Great Physician and allow Him to restore them to spiritual health and vitality.
From Matthew 9:11-12: “When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ But when he heard this, he said, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.'”
David Jeremiah (born 1941) is an American pastor and Christian author.
Patience Delivers
Creator’s spirit
Coloring breathless landscape—
One more falling leaf
Postcard Sent
October’s colors
Timeless, never forgotten—
Fall’s welcome parade
Top of World
Autumn sinking in
Kaleidoscope of color—
Taking breath away
One of nature’s most treasured expectations is wrapped up in autumn’s annual arrival.
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(Updated October 13)
What value does ethnicity have to do with one’s universal creative consciousness. Nature is constantly reinventing itself, and that is how I relate to ethnicity.
What I do with landscapes is internalize my emotional interpretation of desire, hope, fear, and love. So, instead of a landscape, it’s a mindscape.
Richard Mayhew (1924-2024) was an American artist. His abstract landscapes convey inner states and feelings.
From Psalm 31:1-2: “In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me. Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me.”
Life struggles with loneliness
Days without human contact
Isolation grows, lights go dim
Time without purpose, sidetracked
Scorned, rejected, forgotten
Christ also feels all alone
Where have His disciples gone?
Taunted, tortured, overthrown
Holy God always at work
Cries of loneliness, He heeds
Our needs, never glossed over
Spirit moves others to lead
Alone, never life’s last word
Visits from others arrive
Blessed comfort sealed with love
Sustaining light will survive
Darkest loneliness leaving
Empty hearts fill with courage
Father’s love touching each soul
His blessings shall encourage
God’s love remaining steadfast
At death’s cross, Christ not alone
Darkened, empty tomb proclaims
God’s triumph, faith’s cornerstone
From Psalm 31:14-16: “But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, ‘You are my God.’ My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors. Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love.”
Originally published March, 2021.
When life’s circumstances thrust another Goliath in front of us, we can trust the comforting Word of God, just as young David did.
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(Updated October 12)
God loves people because of who God is, not because of who we are.
From Ephesians 2:4-5: “God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which He loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.”
Phillip Yancey (born 1949) is an American Christian author.
From Psalm 57:1-2: “Be merciful to me, O God; be merciful to me, for in You my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge, until the destroying storms pass by. I cry to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.”
Surrounded with His mercy
God offers refuge for thee
Praises of assurance
Shadows of darkness flee
Fulfilled through Savior’s actions
God sends glory’s salvation
Praises of steadfast love
Truth builds faith’s foundation
Awakened at dawn’s sunrise
Grace fed from Christ’s inner heart
Praises of what’s to come
Blessed with journey’s restart
Wounded at Calvary’s cross
Not even death shall suppress
Praises of sacrifice
Christ conquers sin’s distress
Encouraged to follow Christ
Resurrection’s scripted peace
Praises of surrender
Forgiveness crafts faith’s lease
From Psalm 57:10-11: “For Your steadfast love is as high as the heavens; Your faithfulness extends to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let Your glory be over all the earth.”
God’s glory is very much perpetual in nature. Eternity’s light of grace burns forever bright.
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(Updated October 11)
