CONFESSIONS OF A MORNING PERSON…

September 2, 2009 at 5:36 pm (Consistency, Faithfulness)
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Morning Glory

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

                                                            Psalm 121:4

I grew up (at least for several years) on a dairy farm and I think that experience helped set my own personal alarm clock.  To this day I wake up at about the time the cows are ready to be milked.  I must confess however that, though I’m awake, I don’t always get out of bed.  The fact remains though that I enjoy getting up early! 

Like the morning glory pictured here, I’m at my best in the morning but begin to drag as the day goes on.  It makes me glad when I remember that our God doesn’t need rest and is always ready to hear our prayers.

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Consider Now the Lilies (and other unnamed flowers)…

August 12, 2009 at 4:13 pm (Consistency, trust)

R&O York St. Flower

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

                                                                   ISAIAH 40:8 (NIV)

STRATFORD, ONTARIO: God has blessed us with flowers.  We have become accustomed to having them year round whenever we want them.  There was a time that flowers were only available when the seasons changed and they were there but for a brief time.  Fortunately, the fact that florists can provide flowers on demand, the veracity of this passage of scripture is in no way diminished.  The bloom pictured here was part of the multitude of community gardens and flowerbeds in the town of Stratford, Ontario.  I guess that when you have as much winter as they do, you really appreciate the presence of colors like the ones shown in the photo here.

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DAY BY DAY

August 11, 2009 at 5:10 pm (Consistency, Provision, trust)
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BLUE JAYPROVERBS 6:

 5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.  6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! 7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, 8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. 

ST. MARY’S, ONTARIO:  I recently stayed at a bed & breakfast in St. Mary’s, Ontario.  Each morning I had the opportunity to observe the birds and squirrels as they gathered their “daily bread” from the feeders located outside of our dining room windows.  It was a graphic reminder of what Jesus spoke of regarding our reliance on God for what we need.  Pictured here is one of the brilliantly colored Blue Jays that frequented the feeder.

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