I know this world is far from perfect.
I am not the type to mistake a streetlight for the moon.
I know our wounds are deep as the Atlantic.
But every ocean has a shoreline
and every shoreline has a tide
that is constantly returning
to wake the songbirds in our hands,
to wake the music in our bones,
to place one fearless kiss on the mouth of that new born river
that has to run through the center of our hearts
to find its way home.”
― Andrea Gibson
Photo by Serena Hagadone
For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.
Philippians 2:13
Photo by Marge McCoy
Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust. As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Psalm 103:13-18
Photo by Roxanne Garrigues
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
Ephesians 1:3
Photo by Cheryl Cook
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.
~ Luther Burbank
Photo: Marge McCoy
I Surrender All
All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.
Refrain:
I surrender all,
I surrender all;
All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.
All to Jesus I surrender,
Humbly at His feet I bow;
Worldly pleasures all forsaken,
Take me, Jesus, take me now.
Refrain
All to Jesus I surrender,
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit,
Truly know that Thou art mine.
Refrain
All to Jesus I surrender,
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power,
Let Thy blessing fall on me.
Refrain
Text: Judson W. VanDeVenter (1896)
Music: Winfield S. Weeden
Audio: Stephen Sollars
Photo: Marge McCoy
Woods are filled with the music of birds, and all nature is laughing under the glorious influence of Summer.
~Charles Lanman
Photo by John Brasley
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Jeremiah 7:23
Photo by Serena Hagadone
Our God will be our guide even to the end.
Psalm 48:14
Photo: Bob McCoy
And since all this loveliness can not be Heaven, I know in my heart it is June.
Abba Woolson
Photo by Jean Pike
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