God’s goal is not to make you happy. It is to make you His.
From Psalm 119:76: “Let Your steadfast love become my comfort according to Your promise to Your servant.“
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Life’s Open Book
Fragile, yet unbroken
Remaining soft-spoken
Perplexed, yet answers found
Feeling free, homeward bound
Deadlocked, yet finding key
Moving on, let it be
Homeless, yet seeing light
Making nightly campsite
Troubled, yet finding peace
Forging life’s brand new lease
Hidden, yet discovered
Finding future covered
Misplaced, yet always found
Sleeping on softest ground
Wounded, yet walking free
Earning final degree
Useless, yet finding worth
Flying high above earth
Hungry, yet always fed
Tasting life’s daily bread
Shortchanged, yet now fulfilled
Making steps, always thrilled
Forgotten, yet now loved
Sharing days with beloved
From My Journal (7/20)
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Perseverance will crack open a closed door.
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 July 20)
Euripides Quotes
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
Euripides was one the leading ancient tragedians from classical Greek culture in Athens.
Faithful River
From Psalm 65:5: “By awesome deeds You answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation; You are the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.”
Headwaters on mountaintop
Watered from heavens above
Praises from valley below
Earth’s bounty fills with God’s love
Holy temple blooms with peace
Sky, earth, seas breathe with God’s grace
Light proclaims deliverance
Salvation for human race
Faithful river dries each tear
Troubled seas no longer toss
God answers as He promised
Hope fulfilled on darkest cross
Quietness covers each land
Eternity’s Son shall rise
Spirit opens morning sky
God answers with new franchise
From Psalm 65:9: “You visit the earth and water it; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide the people with grain, for so You have prepared it.”
From My Journal (7/19)
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From Big Sky Buckeye
The Holy Spirit brings us answers, sometimes in advance of any questions life brings.
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 July 19)
Oswald Chambers Quote
God will give us touches of inspiration when He sees we are not in danger of being led away by them.
From 2 Corinthians 5:6-7: “So we are always confident, even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord—for we walk by faith, not by sight.“
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.
Writing Spirit (Haiku Series #239)
Intimacy with Words
Notebook always close
Springing forth from anywhere—
Writer’s endless thoughts
Unwavering Journey
Writing with patience
Searching for smallest ember—
Words waken each flame
Source of Joy
Quiet solitude
Stillness primes another page—
Words come, flowing free
From My Journal (7/18)
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From Big Sky Buckeye
A writer shares a bit of himself in most of what he writes.
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 July 18)
Will Self Quotes
I have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don’t, you have no business being a writer.
Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea forever.
Will Self (born 1961) is an English author and journalist. He has written numerous published works, which include novels, shorter fiction collections, novellas, and non-fiction collections.
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