A Favorite Photo

A favorite photo from the weekend-A little girl and her new puppy. I love the expressions on their faces and just the way the composition of this photo turned out...especially seeing as how I was holding the camera sideways and just kind of took it in a hurry! Makes me smile...

Coffee And Tea For Thee And Me

                                                             

   God created coffee (yes, mine has milk)... 

and tea...

                                                                   

                                                            for thee and me!

                Wish you could join me for a cup today....

                                                                               



  

 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock;
if any man hear My voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him, and will sup with him,
and he with Me."
(Revelation 3:20)

Morning Corner

"Corner" photos are some of my favorites so I couldn't resist taking this one with it's soft and natural morning light in our "pink rose room" which is also our guest room. It's my normal morning corner where I read, write and pray. I tried editing it to change some of the lighting, color and focus but then decided to leave it just the way it was. Perfect. Except there should be a coffee cup on that table corner...

              

"Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning:

   for in Thee do I trust.

 Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk;

   for I lift up my soul unto Thee."

           (Psalm 143:8)

                                   

Ivory Palaces

As I prepared some photo cards this week for our music conference, I was blessed to find

this beautiful verse in the Psalms (NASB)...

...which was one of several "pink roses" which the Lord gave me this week.

Have a blessed and beautiful weekend!

I Insist On Blooming!

It's so amazing how some flowers just merrily bloom, no matter what the weather is like! My red miniature rose, light pink rose and snow-white "cup of milk" flowers have all bloomed out this week while we went through record-breaking low temps this week.



(Click on the pics for a closer look at the raindrop jewels!)

 



I don't care if the cold winds blow,

I don't care if there's frost or snow,

I don't care if it's two-below,

I insist on blooming!

Friends around me may wilt and fall,

But I will stand up straight and tall,

My Creator has done it all,

Yes, I insist on blooming!
                             -A. Lenan (c) 2011
                            
    

This all reminds me of these favorite verses of mine...

"Although the fig tree shall not blossom,

 neither shall fruit be in the vines;

the labor of the olive shall fail;

and the fields shall yield no meat;

 the flock shall be cut off from the fold,

and there shall be no herd in the stalls;

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,

I will joy in the God of my salvation."

   (Habakkuk 3: 17,18