“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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  • Excuse Free Living

    So, what is your excuse? Turn it into a reason! "If you've never failed, you've never lived."Go out today and live. Do not fear failure. Use it!Do not fear criticism. Learn from it.Do not fear discouragement. Let it run off… Continue reading

  • Time Slips By

    . Days pass … weeks, months, years… decades slip away,Accelerating,Jubilating,Re-creating,Innovating life,Invention of our minds,Intention of our hearts,… or something else …. confiding ….Residing in our soul ….Guiding to some goal? Is there a whole in the hole …A purposeful role we… Continue reading

  • How Dare I Ask?

      How dare I ask for such mercy?How dare I be so audacious as to suggest that I be spared?How dare I come as an errant child to a forgiving dad?How dare He so graciously lavish mercy upon me? The… Continue reading

  • Mere Men

    "Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah" - Psalm 9:20 (ESV) Money, pleasure, and power are what nations suppose they possess and they are intoxicated by the vapors that emanate from the… Continue reading

  • Signing Up

    Lately, I've been signing up for things – mostly free, but not always. You have to sign up first; then you can sign-in whenever you like. I have noticed that if I don't sign-in for a while, I sometimes have… Continue reading

  • Do you remember the night and the waltz?

    We’ve all lost some things and we’ve lost them while there was beauty all around, but beauty can come out of it if we choose. Continue reading

  • Morning Prayer

      God of all that is without Whom there is not,God of all that was, without who nothing has been,God of all that can be and should be and might be,God of all that shall be.God of unfolding wonders and… Continue reading

  • IF the Foundations Are Destroyed – IF

    It is a big IF.  I have heard the first part of this often quoted, but It is not an open ended question. It is answered in the next sentence. The statement cries out for context and the context is… Continue reading