COMPASSION @ WORK: Jun 1, 2012

June 01, 2012

FLOWERS WHISPER BEAUTY

I want to link this post to Laura's blog over at The Wellspring. She has a very beautiful post entitled,

Playdates With God: The Flower Remembers.

She wrote this beautiful line about the flower,

"She holds her secrets in closed up petals—clasped tight like prayers. Until the appointed time. And then she opens to great applause."

Her analogies of the time spent conversing with

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I AM A RECIPIENT OF GOD'S COMPASSION AND DAILY MERCIES
Lamentations 3:22-23
“It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”

Psalms 73:26
"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."

Hebrews 10:23

"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful."

Psalm 131:2

"I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me."

..... find gold in grit.

"If words could only speak, they'd mean even less." (English proverb)

"Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves." (Native American proverb, Assiniboine)

"If a wind blows, ride it!" (Arabic proverb)

"Do not hide your light under a bushel" (Danish proverb)

“You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.”
― Max Lucado, The Christmas Candle

“God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus. ”
― Max Lucado

“Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will.”
― Max Lucado, Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear

“If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning... Face it, friend. He is crazy about you! ”
― Max Lucado

“When grace moves in... guilt moves out”
― Max Lucado, Max on Life: Answers and Insights to Your Most Important Questions

I know, dear God, I am a glimpse away from the pearly gates. I'd like the last league of my journey home to be one worthy of your promises. You have been with me, ahead of me, often times You had to carry me, or pick me up from a muddy patch, or gently guide me back on track. Your hand is always there, your love the strongest force in my character. With anticipation I take every step to my eternal home, a legacy you gave me paid for in full on the cross, just as you want me to. My cup will surely overflow........ and I will dwell in your house forever, Lord.