Thursday, June 30, 2011

Forever

Author unknown. Forever

I learn as the years roll forward

And leave the past behind,

That much I have counted sorrow

But proves our God is kind;

That many a flower I longed for

Had a hidden thorn of pain,

And many a rugged by-path

Led to fields of grain.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

My Favorite Quotes

The best way to waste your life, ... is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don't participate.

My Favorite Quotes

"“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.”
Oneway
C.S. Lewis quotes"

Isaiah 49:13 - Passage Lookup - King James Version - BibleGateway.com

Isaiah 49:13 - Passage Lookup - King James Version - BibleGateway.com: "Isaiah 49:13
King James Version (KJV)
13Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted."

Sunday, June 26, 2011

My Favorite Bible Verses

 Psalm 119:102-105---102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
 103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
 104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
 105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.


 Psalm 119:162, 163--I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
 163I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

I'd Like [ by Mary Wray ]

I'd like to be the sort of friend,
You folk have been to me.
I'd like to be the help to you,
That you were glad to be.
I'd like to mean the much to souls,
Each moment of the day
And do the things that you have done,
As you walk God's own way.

I'd like to do bigger things,
The splendid things for you,
To brush the gray from out your skies
And have there only blue.
I'd like to say the kindly things,
That I so oft have heard,
And feel that I could bless you good
The way my hearts been stirred.

I'd like to give you folk the joy
That you have given me,
By praying and instructing one
Unworthy though I be.
And could I have a wish this year,
This only would it be
I' like to be the sort of friend
That you have been to me.
 

Friday, June 17, 2011

Worship

Worship

Today I went to worship,
on the old woods road,
and to enjoy His creation,
it’s beauty to behold.
As I drove slowly,
on my old A.T.V.,
what wonders of beauty,
my wandering eyes did see.
The evergreens,
their forty shades of green,
the black birds and lady slippers,
beside that old beaver pond,
made my eyes wander,
to the hills and beyond.
Then my mind thought,
of the words,
in Psalms 121;
Look unto the hills,
where thy help comes from.
– Winston Staples –

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

wint'swords: Thankful

wint'swords: Thankful: "It is a beautiful morning, the sun peaks through a cloud, to be a part of God's creation, almost makes one proud. I will look to Him and..."

Thankful

It is a beautiful morning,
the sun peaks through a cloud,
to be a part of God's creation,
almost makes one proud.
I will look to Him and say thank you,
and bow on humble knees,
that He made all these things,
for us to see,
and that He Loved us,
and sent His only Son,
from sin to set us free!

-- Winston Staples --

Monday, June 6, 2011

The View

 It is 7:30 AM, I am gazing through my window pane,
 it is cloudy and looks like it will rain.
 Everything is so beautiful, lush and green,
 the lawn is sprinkled with yellow flowers,
 oh, what a beautiful scene.
 There are two bald eagles,
 flying and then gliding so gracefully high;
 my soul absorbs all this view,
 and releases a thankful and joyful sigh.

  -- Winston Staples --

Dark Shadows!

 When my brother and I were young, We were blessed with a great older brother, And a loving mom and dad; We would get home from school, And ...