minuscule sprout
When I see that first, minuscule, curled, pale green wisp of a sprout
poking up between a couple of grains of vermiculite,
I hear God speaking.
~ June Santon, “Miracle in a Dixie Cup”
dreamy magnolia
And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Sensitive Plant”
mossy brook
Peace I leave with you; My own peace I now give and bequeath to you.
Not as the world gives do I give to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
[Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed;
and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.
~ Jesus, John 14:27 Amplified
daisy love
As soon as I saw you,
I knew a grand adventure was going to happen.
~ A.A. Milne, “Winnie-the-Pooh”
pink petal heart
Love is the beauty of the soul.
~ Saint Augustine
chili pepper heart
Love is a spirit all compact of fire.
~ Shakespeare “Venus and Adonis, 149”
white bleeding heart
For though we have never yet seen God,
when we love each other God lives in us,
and his love within us grows ever stronger.
1 John 4:12
bridge to nowhere
Pay attention to where you are going
because without meaning you might get nowhere.
A.A. Milne
winter whispers
A few trembling leaves still cling
to the bare winter branches
waving and whispering in the chill wind.
adirondack chairs
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful;
for beauty is God’s handwriting – a wayside sacrament.
Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower,
and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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