Showing posts with label Tuesday's Gift. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Tuesday's Gifts ~ Light


Light.
Here from the very Beginning of time.

For our benefit. So we can become time keepers.

Alpha and Omega

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. ~Genesis 1:14-18

So we remember His Power.

His Protection. His Encompassing, Covering Love.

Trinity Lights

 16 Yours is the day, yours also the night;
    you established the luminaries and the sun. ~Psalm 74:16

Enduring forever. 

Sunrise, Sunset. 

Sunrise, Sunset.

Warm Embrace

 7 who made the great lights,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;
8 the sun to rule over the day,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;
9 the moon and stars to rule over the night,    for his steadfast love endures forever;

~Psalm 136: 7-9


In the End, we will Be Again. 

We will then Shine like the sun.

El Fin
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen! ~Matthew 13:43
 And Our LORD will be all the Light we need.

23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb. ~Revelation 21:23
Always Blessed,
Gretchen :)

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Tuesday's Gift ~ Hope

Hope. 
 
Hope in the Lifting Up.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;
For the Lord upholds him with His hand. ~Psalm 37:24

Survive.

Hope in the Assurance of our God.
 
Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God. ~Psalm 42:11

Turn your face unto the LORD.

Hope in the LORD as my God and My Ultimate Help in all circumstances.
 
Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God, ~ Psalm 146:5
Stretch.

Hope is a gift given by our LORD himself to encourage us on this journey called LIFE.
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word. ~ 2 Thessalonians 2: 16-17
Every Good Work

We must only Seize Hope as we accept Christ as our Savior...
...we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us. We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus, a forerunner on our behalf, has entered, having become a high priest forever... ~Hebrews 6: 18b-20a

Anchored Safely
I am Thankful for the Gift of Hope, an anchor for my soul to rest upon.
Always Blessed,
Gretchen :)

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Tuesday's Gifts~ My Shepherd

Psalm 23

The Divine Shepherd

A Psalm of David.

1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2     He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;

verdant
 
3     he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths
    for his name’s sake.

right of way


4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
    I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff—
    they comfort me.

shadowed


5 You prepare a table before me
    in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.

Overflow
 
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
    my whole life long.

I am Thankful for My Shepherd.....

"The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones."
~Northrop Frye 

.... because I am often a perfectly imperfect sheep.

Always Blessed,
Gretchen :)
 
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Tuesday's Gifts ~ Heart Trusting

I am Thankful for the opportunity to Believe.
To Believe in God's Provision in spite of my questioning Mind.

Who provides for the raven its prey,
    when its young ones cry to God,
    and wander about for lack of food? ~Job 38:41


9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. ~Psalms 147:9


Thankful for my growing Faith.
For Curbing my Will to His. 
 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! ~Luke 12:24
 Even the sparrow finds a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself,
    where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
    my King and my God. ~Psalms 84:3


Thanking Him for His patience.
While I learn to let my heart Trust. 
 
31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; 32 it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” ~Matthew 13: 31-32
Oh! that I would trust with my heart so that I may find rest! Home in those branches with the warm sun-dappled light peeking through those green leafy arms. 
What a promised gift to be thankful for.

Always Blessed,
Gretchen :)


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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Tuesday's Gifts~ Old Things


The Gift of Old Things. 

Unto to Dust

Old Experiences.

No More Weeping

Old Beliefs.

Doctrine

The Blessing of the Old Testament Laws.  
 

Foundation
 51 “Have you understood all this?” They answered, “Yes.” 52 And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”~ Matthew 13:51-52

And the Blessing of  New Testament Grace.


Knock. 


Always Blessed,
Gretchen :)

 
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Tuesday's Gifts~ Wisdom Seeking


Wisdom. A goal to be reaching for. 

A gift God gives.
For the Lord gives wisdom;    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
~ Proverbs 2:6
If I but ask for it.

 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
~ James 1:5
And a promise to cling to.
13 Happy are those who find wisdom,
    and those who get understanding,
14 for her income is better than silver,
    and her revenue better than gold.
15 She is more precious than jewels,
    and nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand;
    in her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
    and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;
    those who hold her fast are called happy.
~ Proverbs 3: 13-18 
Striving.


Seeking.


Sentinel.

Always Blessed,
Gretchen :) 


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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Tuesday's Gifts~ Dust of Snow

 

 'Tis a challenge sometimes to find a gift in the cold and snow here in Minnesota. We are overly compensated most years and about the end of January all I want to think about is spring muddiness and lilacs blooming. Our LORD, though, asks us to be thankful everyday, for everything, because all things good are from Him. So I can choose to look at the beauty of a snowflake, or ten million zillion of them, and be blessed. What a gift.

Dust of Snow

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued. 
 
 
Waiting


xox


Frosty Bits


Fragile Lace 
 
 He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’    and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’ 
~ Job 37:6
 
 
Always Blessed,
Gretchen :)
 
 
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