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Today’s rain freshens up the landscape as nature prepares for tomorrow’s grace-filled sunrise.
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(Updated May 16)
Morning can always be counted on to bring us back to a more realistic level.
Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was an American playwright and screenwriter. His written contributions to dramatic productions are evident in classics such as “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
From Philippians 2:1-2: “If, then, there is any comfort in Christ, any consolation from love, any partnership in the Spirit, any tender affection and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.”
Living, Messiah breathes
Defeating Calvary’s death
Affirming His Resurrection
Forgiveness fills every breath
Witnessing humbleness
Calling believers to serve
Following Savior’s faithful steps
Grace conquers death we deserve
Praising faith’s light above
Confessing to Christ, our Lord
Finding hope through redemption’s door
Body of One comes aboard
Bending each fearless knee
Grasping depth of Savior’s love
Absorbing His peace through prayer
Spirit descends from above
Sharing joy with others
Pouring out His love through grace
Seeing faith’s home through Father’s eyes
Messiah’s welcoming place
From Philippians 2:17-18: “But even if I am being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice and the service of your faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice together with all of you; in the same way also you should rejoice and rejoice together with me.”
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The warmth of a morning sunrise opens another heart to our heavenly Father’s love.
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(Updated May 15)
When life is not a bed of roses, remember who wore the crown of thorns.
From John 19:1-6: “Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged. And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they dressed Him in a purple robe. They kept coming up to Him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’ and striking Him on the face. Pilate went out again and said to them, ‘Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no case against Him.’ So Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, ‘Behold the man!’ When the chief priests and the police saw Him, they shouted, ‘Crucify Him! Crucify Him!'”
Wilderness visits
Color fills each rendezvous—
Whispers of changes
Every gentle breeze
Landscape’s choreography—
Spirit’s harmony
Day of cloud watching
Imagination’s sketches—
One more masterpiece
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Our Creator took a dark, empty void and set in motion His eternal masterpiece.
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(Updated May 14)
Originality is not doing something no one else has ever done, but doing what has been done countless times with new life, new breath.
You can pursue happiness, or you can create it.
Marie Chapian (born 1938) is an American writer and radio ministry host.
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We have a clear path to choose
Anything else, we definitely lose
A godless enemy brings emptiness
He prowls and waits, eager to strike
His path only leads to unhappiness
Our lives feel like a bursting dike
We see the good life in front of us
But the light comes with false hopes
Glamour and riches without the fuss
Darkness clouds over life’s periscope
Gloomy doom brings promises, so empty
A champion bears our guilt and shame
There is a better way, filled with plenty
Life truly means more than just a game
The Light of Salvation chases away the dark
Christ bears our wounds at a bloody cross
The enemy slithers away, gone is his spark
Jesus’ Holy righteousness reaches across
Our loving Father sacrifices His only Son
His shed blood atones for our sinful ways
An empty tomb declares, Christ has won
Accept me and follow, He proudly says
We have a clear path to choose
Anything else, we definitely lose
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Originally published October, 2019.
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Viewing the heavens above, unfiltered evening moments share tranquility’s path.
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(Updated May 13)
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