take time

“Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.”
– Elizabeth Lawrence

Photo by Marge McCoy

Fill My Cup, Lord

Fill My Cup, Lord

Like the woman at the well, I was seeking
For things that could not satisfy.
And then I heard my Savior speaking—
“Draw from My well that never shall run dry.”

Refrain
Fill my cup, Lord;
I lift it up Lord;
Come and quench this thirsting of my soul.
Bread of Heaven, feed me till I want no more.
Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole.

There are millions in this world who are seeking
For pleasures earthly goods afford.
But none can match the wondrous treasure
That I find in Jesus Christ my Lord.
Refrain

So my brother if the things that this world gives you
Leave hungers that won’t pass away,
My blessed Lord will come and save you
If you kneel to Him and humbly pray
Refrain

Lyrics and Music:Richard Blanchard
Photo:Marge McCoy

Word of God

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)
Photo by Diane Domigan

sensation

“Nothing beats the sensation of picking the first apple of the season.”
-Charles Pratt
Photo by Marge McCoy

keeping

Autumn. . . makes a double demand. It asks that we prepare
for the future–that we be wise in the ways of garnering and keeping.
But it also asks that we learn to let go–to acknowledge
the beauty of sparseness.
Bonaro W. Overstreet

Photo by Marge McCoy

teach us to be thankful

“Smoke hangs like haze over harvested fields,
The gold of stubble, the brown of turned earth
And you walk under the red light of fall
The scent of fallen apples, the dust of threshed grain
The sharp, gentle chill of fall.
Here as we move into the shadows of autumn
The night that brings the morning of spring
Come to us, Lord of Harvest
Teach us to be thankful for the gifts you bring us …”

Autumn Equinox Ritual
Photo by Marge McCoy

mosaic

“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.”
– Stanley Horowitz

Photo by Elizabeth Parsons

to every child

To every child – I dream of a world where you can laugh, dance, sing, learn, live in peace and be happy.
Malala Yousafzai

Photo by Erika Adams

God’s Wondrous Grace

I Know Not Why God’s Wondrous Grace

I know not why God’s wondrous grace
To me He hath made known,
Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love
Redeemed me for His own.

Refrain:
But “I know Whom I have believed
And am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I’ve committed
Unto Him against that day.”

I know not how this saving faith
To me He did impart,
Nor how believing in His word
Wrought peace within my heart.
Refrain

I know not when my Lord may come,
At night or noon-day fair,
Nor if I’ll walk the vale with Him,
Or “meet Him in the air.”
Refrain

Lyrics:Daniel Webster Whittle
Music:James McGranahan
Photo:Leslie Leach

renewal

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
Titus 3:4-5 (NIV)
Photo by Sherry Cook