I had news yesterday that my dear friend Ruth went home to be with the Lord.
She was a faithful saint. She was my friend in some dark hours.

I will miss her.

My friend Elaine wrote:
I wrote your name on a piece of paper, but by accident I threw it away.
I wrote your name on my hand, but it washed away.
I wrote your name in the sand, but the waves whispered it away.
I wrote your name in my heart, and forever it will stay.

That sums it up…

I believe in angels, the kind that heaven sends. I’m surrounded by angels, but I call them my friends.

There’s a special place in heaven where animals go,
Across the bridge we call the rainbow.

Now God the Father loves animals so.
He made their space so very comfortable.

There are tigers, and zebras and elephants to,
All the critters come there, when their lives are thru.

Can you picture this place where the Father just rests?
And pets and heals all manner of ills.

No pain no sorrow, just comfort and soon, your friend
Sees you from the distance and runs happily to you.

You meet the Father the maker of all, while your friend in
Heaven introduces you to all.

Cheyenne is there, Buddy is to, and yesterday Teacup
came to heaven to wait for you.

A steady spring rain is falling outside my window; it reminds me that God’s grace is always supplied to us if we will take hold of it.

Grace is God’s policy in dealing with the human race. In grace God does all the work; there is no room for human works.
1. Grace and works are as mutually exclusive as light and dark.
2. Grace plus works is not grace.
3. Works involve many things, such as motive, intent, and purpose.
4. The attitude behind works is always pride.
5. The attitude that accepts grace is always humility.
6. Grace plus humility equals power.

O.A. Battista once said” God gave us wheat, but we must bake the bread, He gives us cotton, but we must make the clothes, He provides raw materials, but we must make the finished product.”

“Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord;
His going out is sure as the dawn;
He will come to us as the showers,
As the spring rains that water the earth.” Hosea 6:3

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:1-2

White Gaura, the butterfly flower.

Spring Daisies, always a favorite of mine.

Red Rose Bud, from a Black Baccara rose.

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