HOWEVER…“they who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength, they will rise up with wings like EAGLES. They will run and not be weary, they will walk and not be faint” Isaiah 40:31 Some days we feel like pigeons, and that’s when we gotta remember how to trust God and be eagles! #Easter #Lent #Journey #Eagles #Isaiah #Strength #Renewal
My birthday gift to myself today: a quiet stroll through this wonderful book – feeling like I have a sister on every page. #Easter #Lent #Journey #Birthday #Sisters #Books
Happy Day After The First Day of Spring! Consider the tulips of the garden – they bloom where they are planted! #Easter #Lent #Spring #Journey #Flowers
If you look hard, there’s a beautiful memory playing hide and seek on the New York subway. #Easter #Lent #Journey #Beauty #Memories #NewYork
I have learned to drive on the freeway or walk through the city while blocking out every man-made visual image that screams “Buy This!” “Watch That!” “Call Us!” “Park Here!” “Stay Here” “Enter Now!” “Big Sale!” But with my overloaded brain sifting out all the meaningless stuff, I’m in danger of throwing out the beauty with the bathwater. So I almost missed these New York blossoms in bloomin’ New York! I think our spirits are starving for a little more beauty. Not the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World kind of beauty. Not the fancy car or expensive house or perfectly-applied eyeliner kind. The real, God-made beauty in the world. The roses that bloom wherever they can kind of beauty. The silent persistence of a barely-noticed snail crossing the sidewalk kind of beauty. The smile on a passing face kind. The sound of an understanding voice on the other end of the line kind. The hold the door for a stranger kind of beauty. It’s all there if you decide to look for it and then take a moment to really see it for what it is: true beauty with only one purpose: to bless, not impress. It takes time to break old habits and start looking for beauty among the weeds. But once I do, it gets easier and suddenly I start seeing it everywhere – even in the darkest of places. Because beauty will always find a way. #Easter2019 #Journey#TrueBeauty#BreakHabits #Lent #Beauty
Today I will stop on my journey to Easter to consider the word “awesome.” How over-used it is. How few things on this earth are truly worthy of genuine, humbling, heart-catching awe. But this day in Alaska was an authentically awesome, “How Great Thou Art,” wipe-the-tears-before-they-freeze day. What do you think deserves to be called “awesome”? #Easter2019 #Journey #Lent #Awesome #Alaska#HowGreatThouArt #Winter
May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine upon your face and rains fall softly on your fields. Until we meet again may the Lord hold you in the palm of His hand today on St. Patrick’s Day and always, Amen artist: #KentonNelson #Journey #Blessings #Journey #Easter2019 #Lent #StPatricksDay
Found this today about Time: “God has set eternity in the human heart.” Hard to imagine the “forever” that we carry in our hearts, maybe because it so often gets overshadowed by the news and noise of a moment. Perhaps eternity is where Hope hides? #Easter2019 #Lent #Journey #Blessings #Eternity #God #Hope
Who says Lent can’t be fun? Thanks to paperproductsdesign.com for the whimsical reminder that the lilies of the field, the birds of the air, even the bunnies of Easter have their purpose in this world. Have you found fun ways to make Lent more meaningful?
#Lent #Easter2019 #journey #blessings #purpose
One of my Lenten promises: to smile instead of gritting my teeth when the perfectly pleasant and forty years younger barista at Starbucks calls me “honey”. #smile #Easter #Lent #journey #gratitude #blessings
