Stories From My Garden

Thursday, March 12, 2015

All Things!

... all things are possible with God.

Mark 10:27

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

From the Fullness of His Grace

From the fullness of His grace
we have all received one blessing after another.
John 1:16

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Before the day starts, remember that in God you are blessed, chosen, pursued, LOVED, defended, accepted, free, FORGIVEN, valuable, delightful, strong, victorious, irreplaceable, redeemed, secure, carried and known!
So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.

Monday, March 9, 2015

Love Never Fails

Love - it always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
I Corinthians 13:7

Sunday, March 8, 2015

King of Kings

...which He will bring about at the proper time — He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,... 1 Timothy 6:15

Saturday, March 7, 2015

God is With Us

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6

Friday, March 6, 2015

Praise the Lord

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD! Psalm 150:6

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Perfectly Loved

We don't have to be perfect
because we're Perfectly Loved.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:8

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

God is Always On Our Side

I will be your God throughout your lifetime...
I made you, and I will care for you,
I will carry you along and save you.
Isaiah 46:4

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Love One Another

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John 13:34-35

Monday, March 2, 2015

God's Joy

God's Joy... My Strength.
Day after day, year after year.
Nehemiah 8:10

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Hope

The LORD delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in His unfailing love.

Psalm 147:11

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Beautiful in its Time

He has made everything beautiful in its time.
Ecclesiastes 3:11

Friday, February 27, 2015

Every Blessing You Pour Out

I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30

God's Bouquet

You must bloom where you are planted,
In the garden we call life,
And bring some special beauty,
To each corner where there's strife.
Perhaps you're but a dandelion,
Wishing you were a rose,
Yet in this place of growingthings,
You're the one God chose.
It's up to you to finish,
What the good Lord has begun,
By growing just the way youshould,
And face each day's new rising sun.
There's room for you if you choose,
To be in a glorious array,
Of beauty from God's garden,
That He'll add to His bouquet.

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:--
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed -- and gazed -- but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

William Wordsworth (1815)