Waiting for “the blessed hope”
“Return, O LORD!
How long?
And have compassion on Your servants.”
Psalm 90:13 NKJV
Salem Train Station
Hope
Light Pink Magnolias
Sometimes it’s painful to strip the colors to reduce it to black and white.
“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.”
1 John 1:8 NIV
Little Ones
“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.”
John 17:15 NIV
Spring Flower
“For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.”
Psalm 36:9 NKJV
Song Sparrow
“Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
It may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.”
Zephaniah 2:3 NKJV
Inflation
“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the LORD;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
Psalm 12:5 NKJV
Navigating Through All The Mess
Timely reminder that never gets old especially at this time.
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38-39 NIV
U-Turn
Some will be turned on and some will unfortunately burn out.
“Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
John 8:12 NKJV
Related read: U-Turn
Clinging To Hope
Even when it falls, hopefully some seeds will sow.
“I cling to Your testimonies;
O LORD, do not put me to shame!”
Psalm 119:31 NKJV
Chinese & Canada Geese
“I was sought by those who did not ask for Me;
I was found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’
To a nation that was not called by My name.”
Isaiah 65:1 NKJV