The Lord is my light and my salvation- whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life- of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1
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stronghold
Archive | May 2022
a thought on Memorial Day
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
Quote: Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
Photo: Marge McCoy
May their sacrifices never be forgotten…
spangled
The Star-Spangled Banner
O say, can you see
By the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hail’d
At the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watch’d
Were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free
And the home of the brave?
John Stafford Smith: The National Anthem of the USA
Photo: Marge McCoy
sunshine
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.”
Walt Whitman
Photo by Marge McCoy
peace
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
–Jesus
John 14:27
Photo by Marge McCoy
for the soul
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.”
Luther Burbank
Photo by Marge McCoy
take heart
Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
Psalm 31:24
Photo by Bob McCoy
rescued
For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:13-14 (NIV)
Photo by Aaron Lazar
good weather
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”
John Ruskin
Photo by Bob McCoy
Brighten
Brighten the Corner Where You Are
Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do,
Do not wait to shed your light afar,
To the many duties ever near you now be true,
Brighten the corner where you are.
Brighten the corner where you are!
Brighten the corner where you are!
Someone far from harbor you may guide across the bar;
Brighten the corner where you are!
Just above are clouded skies that you may help to clear,
Let not narrow self your way debar;
Though into one heart alone may fall your song of cheer,
Brighten the corner where you are.
Brighten the corner where you are!
Brighten the corner where you are!
Someone far from harbor you may guide across the bar;
Brighten the corner where you are!
Lyrics: Ina Mae Duley Ogdon (1872-1964)
Music: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1856-1932)
Photo: Bob McCoy
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