"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."

Billy - age 4

Praise the Lord.

Glad you enjoyed it Laura.

God bless.

Authority


When mountain walls confront the way.

Why sit and weep? Arise and say

"Be thou removed!" and they shall be

By the power of God cast in the sea.
........

Lovely Laura, and Debs - "Refreshment for our Souls" - He certainly does keep us refreshed.

Bry - yes, we can be thankful that He is always there, and has promised to Never Leave or forsake us.

Good to see you here.

They most certainly are.

Praise the Lord.

Congratulations dear sister.

Amen

Well put!!!

I enjoy poetry as well as literature and Emily Bronte is amongst my favorite authors.

No coward soul

No coward soul is mine,
No trembler in the worlds storm-troubled sphere:
I see Heavens glories shine,
And faith shines equal, arming me from fear.

O God within my breast.
Almighty, ever-present Deity!
Life -- that in me has rest,
As I -- Undying Life -- have power in Thee!

Vain are the thousand creeds
That move mens hearts: unutterably vain;
Worthless as withered weeds,
Or idlest froth amid the boundless main,

To waken doubt in one
Holding so fast by Thine infinity;
So surely anchored on
The steadfast Rock of immortality.

With wide-embracing love
Thy Spirit animates eternal years,
Pervades and broods above,
Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates, and rears.

Though earth and man were gone,
And suns and universes ceased to be,
And Thou wert left alone,
Every existence would exist in Thee.

There is not room for Death,
Nor atom that his might could render void:
Thou -- Thou art Being and Breath,
And what Thou art may never be destroyed.

Autumn Song
Poem by Dante Alighieri

Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the heart feels a languid grief
Laid on it for a covering,
And how sleep seems a goodly thing
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf?

And how the swift beat of the brain
Falters because it is in vain,
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf
Knowest thou not? and how the chief
Of joys seems--not to suffer pain?

Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the soul feels like a dried sheaf
Bound up at length for harvesting,
And how death seems a comely thing
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf?

Love and a Question by Robert Frost

A stranger came to the door at eve,
And he spoke the bridegroom fair.
He bore a green-white stick in his hand,
And, for all burden, care.
He asked with the eyes more than the lips
For a shelter for the night,
And he turned and looked at the road afar
Without a window light.

The bridegroom came forth into the porch
With, 'Let us look at the sky,
And question what of the night to be,
Stranger, you and I.'
The woodbine leaves littered the yard,
The woodbine berries were blue,
Autumn, yes, winter was in the wind;
'Stranger, I wish I knew.'

Within, the bride in the dusk alone
Bent over the open fire,
Her face rose-red with the glowing coal
And the thought of the heart's desire.

The bridegroom looked at the weary road,
Yet saw but her within,
And wished her heart in a case of gold
And pinned with a silver pin.

The bridegroom thought it little to give
A dole of bread, a purse,
A heartfelt prayer for the poor of God,
Or for the rich a curse;

But whether or not a man was asked
To mar the love of two
By harboring woe in the bridal house,
The bridegroom wished he knew.

Fed Upon the Finest of the Wheat
Frederick A. Graves
(1856-1927)
Hungry, Lord, for Thy Word of truth,
Sitting at my Savior’s feet;
Rising, gleaning, just like Ruth,
Feed me on the finest of the wheat.
Chorus:
Bread of life it is now to me,
Honey, milk and meat;
In Thy love I will ever be
Fed upon the finest of the wheat.
Work for the Master I will do,
Trusting in His strength so great;
Living in His pastures new,
Feed me on the finest of the wheat.
Then to the harvest let us go,
Bugles sounding no retreat;
Workers for Jesus, He wants you
Fed upon the finest of the wheat.

Very interesting. thank you for sharing.

Glad you liked those 1-liners Laura.

Here are a few 1-line bible messages:


Don't let your worries get the
best of you; remember, Moses started
out as a basket case.

It is easier to preach ten sermons
than it is to live one.

When you get to your wit's end,
you'll find God lives there.

Opportunity may knock once, but temptation
bangs on your front door forever.

Some minds are like concrete
thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.

Peace starts with a smile.

Be ye fishers of men. You catch
them - He'll clean them.

Coincidence is when God
chooses to remain anonymous.

Don't put a question mark
where God put a period.

Forbidden fruits create many jams.

God doesn't call the qualified,
He qualifies the called.


God grades on the cross, not the curve.

God prefers
'fruit of the spirit' over a 'religious nut!'

God promises a safe landing,
not a calm passage.

He who angers you, controls you!


If God is your Co-pilot - swap seats!

Don't give God instructions -- just report for duty!

The task ahead of us is never as
great as the Power behind us.

The Will of God never takes you to
where the Grace of God will not protect you.

We don't change the message,
the message changes us.

You can tell how big a person is
by what it takes to discourage him.

The best mathematical equation

I have ever seen:
1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given.

yes, Marty I have heard that from others too. It kind of makes sense.

Thank you Tom,

A good thought there Tom (Sharp).

For the benefit of any new folks would you mind sharing a little bit about your faith?

I go to a non-demoninational church which is fortunate to be led by a very well grounded Christian man. His love for the Lord is so apparent in all areas of his life.

I do not feel a Christian has to attend church although I do feel it is to our benefit to fellowship with other believers because God is interested in relationships, with Him and with one another, and it has helped me in my Christian walk; although I have also valued the time I have spent over the years simply with God alone.