Rejoice and Be Glad

 "This is the day the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."  --Psalm 118:24

Brains or Excelsior

"Do not be deceived:  God is not to be mocked.  Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return."  --Galatians 6:7

Holy Spirit Fire

 John answered them all, "I baptize you with water.  But one who is more powerful than I will come....He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire."  --Luke 3:16

Emmet Fox writes concerning the relationship between God and man:

"One  of the best known and most helpful [similes] is to think of man as a spark from a great fire, which is God.  The spark is not the whole of the fire but it is part of it, and therefore of the same nature, and possesses, potentially, all the characteristics of the parent fire.  It can ignite many things upon which is falls, thus producing another fire essentially of the same nature of the original fire."

Peace of God

 "The Peace of God is more valuable than anything the world has to offer, and we must protect it as consistently as a tender infant."  --Hugh Prather, author

Believe in Jesus

 "I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them."  --Luke 6:48

This boulder is in our woods behind our house.  One does not have to dig very far before you find a shelf of rock up here on our 1,000-foot mountain.  

God's Grace

 "Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.  See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many."  --Hebrews 12:14-15

Reclaiming Our Innocence

 

"We have all covered our light with many layers of armoring in the wake of pain....We can reclaim our innocence."  --Alan Cohen, "Daily Breath of Life"

Innocence of a newborn child

Active Ingredient

 It's allergy season where I live.  I'm not usually bothered in Spring, but this year I find myself sneezing from time to time because of all the pine tree pollen.  My porch is covered with it!  It's not so bad that I need to take something for it, but for some it's the only relief they have from all the symptoms listed below. . .  

The Resurrection Life

"Christ literally lives in you.  You're the evidence of the resurrection.  Your life is evidence that Jesus lives."  --Andrew Farley 

Kindness

 "Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?"  --Romans 2:4

Escape

 "Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires."  --2 Peter 1:4

I like to escape to our woods when I'm feeling unsettled.

Everywhere Church

 "Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching."  --Hebrews 10:25