First Steps

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Experiencing lifetime of first steps

Beginning with toddler’s curious try

Tumbling down to earth from frequent missteps

Inquiring mind looking skyward to fly

 

Growing up quickly, ready for life’s prep

Entering grade school doors, stepping right in

Navigating each year, planting more steps

Looking always forward, career begins

 

Living life, one year follows another

Challenging new steps arriving each day

Recalling advice from caring mother

Stepping out, traveling each new highway

 

Remembering this life’s countless missteps

Smiling at grandchildren’s beginning steps

 

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From My Journal (3/25)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

Someone once said, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”  Make a promise today to take at least one step forward.  Never quit!

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 March 25)

From My Journal (3/24)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

May the Lord continue to bless us with renewed energy as we experience the world through His grace-filled lens.

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 March 24)

Charles Stanley Quote

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God’s generous gifts of relationships, possessions, and meaningful work should never be cherished more than the Giver.

From Matthew 6:24:  “No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and wealth.”

Time So Precious

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Clock’s movements quietly advance

Calendar pages keep turning

Realizing now, time so precious

Yesterday, never returning

 

Today, now galloping away

Each moment quickly discarded

Vanishing minutes tearing up

Uncertain time left unguarded

 

Tomorrow arrives much too soon

Yesterday feeling incomplete

Searching for one more treasured hour

Empty time becomes bittersweet

 

Distant dreams fill with missing days

Harmony’s peacefulness arrives

Pursuing extra, precious time

Delights harvested from archives

 

Morning sunrise gathers on time

Eagerness to explore today

Looking forward, cherished outlook

Every moment planning to stay

 

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From My Journal (3/23)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

Yesterday rests in the past, and tomorrow has yet to arrive.

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 March 23)

Judy Blume Quotes

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Our fingerprints don’t fade from the lives we touch.

Things change . . . things happen . . . things you can’t imagine when you’re young and full of hope.

Judy Blume (born 1938) is an American writer who is best known for her children’s books and young adult novels.

Fullness of Life

From 2 Peter 1:5-6:  “For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with excellence, and excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.”

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Maturing in faith

Together in love

Living more like Christ

Knowledge from above

 

Binding hearts as one

Growth in spirit blooms

Leading faith to choose

Trust fills every room

 

Moving faith forward

Gospel’s truth springs forth

Taking righteous path

Always toward true north

 

Confronting falsehoods

Firmest foundation

Insulating faith

Scripture’s narration

 

Walking in Christ’s steps

Each believer knows

Faith’s transforming Light

Fullness of life grows

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From Colossians 2:6-7:  “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.”

From My Journal (3/22)

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From Big Sky Buckeye

Faith matures with growing trust in the Lord.  His point of view will lead each of us forward.

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 March 22)

Tuesday’s Funnies (Haiku Series #222)

Dad on the Run

Driving, late for work

Checking gas gauge, “On empty!”

Who used this car last?

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Arresting Humor

Under surveillance

Comedian out of work—

Stealing one more joke

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Staying in Shape

Morning exercise

Topped-off coffee cup ready—

Pumping caffeine curls

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