One Ordinary Day.

I have God's more-than-enough

more joy 

in one ordinary day

than they get in all their shopping sprees.

At day's end

I'm ready for sound sleep,

for You, God,

have put my life back together.

The Message

Psalm 4.

               

Delightful old dishes.

Lovely old, even cracked, crockery or serving dishes with lost or broken lids make great display containers for-pot pourri or a collection of dried leaves, flowers, feathers, pine cones, pebbles, shells, buttons or even sea-smoothed coloured glass from the beach.

A joy

to find a use

for all the lovely things

you have collected

during your life.

After the window sill has been painted!

Cherry trees in Provence..

You made everything glorious.

"My eyes are small

but they have seen

the beauty of enormous things

which leaves me to believe

there's light enough to see."

Everything Glorious

Album Remedy

David Crowder Band

iTunes.

God and People.

          Most of the books of the Bible are names

   Of people-eg Joshua, Ruth, Esther, Daniel

   Joel, Matthew, James, Timothy, Peter,John,

   Jude and so on. Most of the other books are 

   the names of groups of people.

   God and people- that's it. Your name is who you are-valuable and precious.

A Human Child

                                               

                                You make everything glorious and I am yours.

                       

                                                 
                                                 
                     WHAT DOES THAT MAKE ME ?      

                
                      
                      Everything Glorious.
                                              
                                             David Crowder Band
                                             on iTunes.

Sunshine.

Let the sun shine in! Go out in it too. Essential to absorb your daily vitamin D. Research proving we need more. Benefits our  bones, skin, mental heath, prevents  disease and is important for pregnant women.

                                                         


Let the Sonshine in too...Our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as GOD enters our lives and we become like Him
           
                  Corinthians 3.18
                  The Message.

Old Books

             Look in Op shops or Charity shops, they often yield a gem.
              

      
               For $1 or $2 you can discover a fabulous classic.
               An antique beauty will set you back $10 or more.


              Reading Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier - $2!
                     Amazing descriptive writing with a gripping story.

The Unfolding Rose - Song Lyrics

The first roses of the year - English roses from David Austin.

Some song lyrics:
...And what was said here to the rose
to make it unfold
was said to me here
in my chest
So be quiet now
and rest...
The ocean is growing
The tide is coming in...


Here is our King
Song by David Crowder Band
on iTunes

Roses - if only you could smell these...

The Door.

   THE MIND IS THE DOOR

    to

    THE HEART.             

                                          

What is your greatest strength?

                                       
                                                             

                                           

Questionnaires-free to register-www/authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu.Fascinating and revealing,they can enhance your life and your family. These also help the research being done into the well-being of nations. Time to flower.

Forever and a day.

I was alone until you called my name 

I was broken and you mended me 

before I was , You loved me.

                                   
                                                  When I go to bed - You are near
                                                  When I wake up - You are there

                Forever and a Day.
                                                   
       Bethel Music.

Light is the key.

     A photographer told me "Light is the key. Early morning or late afternoon
     are the best times for taking pictures because of this."

  

       Without  The Light of the world our lives are not clear images
                                           of everything they could be.

Grace

                               Some of the most beautiful flowers are simple and hardy.

      

        White, single Japanese Anemones or Windflowers show up at the end of summer

        or early autumn. Astonishing in their gracefulness.

    

                                         If grace is an ocean, we're all sinking...

                                                                                                             John Mark McMillan.

Beauty, Simplicity and Light.

In appreciation of beauty, simplicity and light-in Life, Spirit and Surroundings.

                                Intended to help, bless and inspire.



Signature strengths test from Martin Seligman's book Flourish revealed Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence was a major strength. Having never thought that this could be beneficial to anyone else but the individual possessing that quality, has changed my outlook. You can be blessed by someone else's inner eyes.

Quote " You stop and smell the roses. You appreciate beauty,
excellence and skill in all domains:nature and art, mathematics and science and in everyday things. Appreciation of beauty in art, or in nature or just in living is an ingredient of the good life. When intense, it is accompanied by the old fashioned emotions of awe and wonder"