smile

“It is a smile of a baby that makes life worth living.”
Debasish Mridha
Photo by Erika Adams

things above

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:1 (NIV)
Photo by Cheryl Cook

rosebud

Like a rosebud I tenderly formed you;
Each petal I touched with My grace.
In colors of infinite beauty,
Your spirit reflecting My face.

A rosebud is sought for a season,
While beauty and fragrance remain,
But unfading beauty adorns you,
Who trust and abide in My Name.

Come, walk with Me closely, My child,
Your heart with My heart intertwine;
Come, bask in the fragrance of Jesus,
Till all the world knows you are Mine.

“. . . . the fragrance of the knowledge of Him”
(2 Corinthians 2:14 NIV)
Poem by Connie Faust
Photo by Marge McCoy

sufficient

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)

Photo by Aaron Lazar
http://www.aaronlazar.blogspot.com

kisses

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.'”
– Lewis Carroll
Photo by Marge McCoy

Give Me Oil In My Lamp

Give Me Oil In My Lamp

Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning
Give me oil in my lamp, I pray
Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning
Keep me burning till the break of day

Sing hosanna, sing hosanna
Sing hosanna to the King of Kings
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna
Sing hosanna, to the King!

Words and Music: Traditonal
Photo: Marge McCoy

earnestly

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek You; I thirst for You, my whole being longs for You, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1 (NIV)
Photo by Josie Rader

lessons

“How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!”
–Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Photo by Diane Domigan

among us

So the Word became human and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
1 John 1:14 (NIV)

Photo by Cheryl Cook

one kind word

“One kind word can warm three winter months. ”
–Japanese Proverb

Photo by Jean Pike