I call to you, God, because I’m sure of an answer. So—answer! bend your ear! listen sharp! Paint grace-graffiti on the fences; take in your frightened children who Are running from the neighborhood bullies straight to you. ~Psalm 17:6-7 (Message)
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: God’s Kingdom is Like . . .
God’s kingdom is like a treasure hidden in a field for years and then accidentally found by a trespasser. The finder is ecstatic—what a find!—and proceeds to sell everything he owns to raise money and buy that field. ~Matthew 13:44 (Message)
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Rain
It is no use to grumble and complain; it’s just as cheap and easy to rejoice. When God sorts out the weather and sends rain – why, rain’s my choice. ~James Whitcomb Riley Listen, you heavens, and I will speak; hear, you earth, the words of my mouth. Let my teaching fall like rain and my […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: William Blake
To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour. ~William Blake May you see a bit of heaven in this Lord’s Day.
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Only One Thing
I’m asking God for one thing, only one thing: To live with him in his house my whole life long. I’ll contemplate his beauty; I’ll study at his feet. ~Psalm 27:4 (Message)
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Mary Todd Lincoln
Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated. ~Mary Todd Lincoln
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Sing Thanks!
Give me your lantern and compass, give me a map, So I can find my way to the sacred mountain, to the place of your presence, To enter the place of worship, meet my exuberant God, Sing my thanks with a harp, magnificent God, my God. ~Psalm 43:3 (Message) Singing thanks,
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Clarissa Pinkola Estes
How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes Quietly, At that point Peter got up the nerve […]
Saturday Snaps: Joy in the Mourning
Sounds of the mourning dove. Mourning is not forgetting… It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable recovered and assimilated from the dust. ~Margery Allingham Not without hope we suffer and we mourn. ~William Wordsworth Snuggle in God’s arms. When you are hurting, when you feel lonely, […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Victor Hugo
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. ~Victor Hugo Peace, Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD […]
