Gentle Rain
Sovereign’s steady hand
pours gentle rain of blessing
tastes like coming spring
though chilly gray it’s welcome
singing prayers of gratitude
~ Cale
Sovereign’s steady hand
pours gentle rain of blessing
tastes like coming spring
though chilly gray it’s welcome
singing prayers of gratitude
~ Cale
She bought a hand-vac
red as lipstick hookers wear
but not her, never
Dude said it was powerful
could suck up a good-size cat
she had no cat, so
selling point was lost on her
Home, she plugged it in
pressed it against her temple
praying memories be gone
~ Hagar
The idea of eternal life does not carry with it the idea of length as much as it does the idea of depth.
Grady Nutt
Our castle’s strength will laugh a siege to scorn.
Shakespeare
These scripture verses should have been added to Misky’s post which I reblogged earlier ~ Cale
Proverbs 11:24-25 – One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
Proverbs 19:17 – Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done.
Proverbs 21:13 – Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
Proverbs 22:9 – The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
Malachi 3:10 – “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”

When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, and others build windmills.
Chinese Proverb
Good News Translation
Trust in the LORD with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know. Proverbs 3:5Amplified Bible
Trust in and rely confidently on the LORD with all your heart And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
Pearlescent moonrise
February’s parting gift
of chill remembrance
~ Cale
The torch we hold up for others illuminates our own path.🔦
Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray (9 May 1828 – 18 January 1917) was a South African writer, teacher and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be “the chief end of the church”. Wikipedia
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I’m happy and grateful just to be able to share thankfuls!! I’ve not always been in this place/space…so it merits a LOUD HALLELUJAH just to “selah” (pause/consider/reflect/marvel) that!
Here’s more: I’m very thankful I didn’t have a nervous breakdown this week due to magnifying a mere misunderstanding (as my cousin would say if she were still in Texas, rather than Heaven: “you are SO Dramatic!!”). Yeah well, when God created me I guess he left out the Divine equivalent to Valium.
Seriously, though–in a conflict of whatever size, my best defense is JESUS and the Holy Spirit’s gang unit. A win-win, and no blood spilled!
I’m once again, and always grateful for the few excellent friends I have…as Kermit the frog sang, “it’s not easy being green”–and it’s not easy for reasonably normal folks to inhabit the world of a green person (cousin of Kermit).
I’m thankful we still have NO snow–some days rain, but mostly gorgeous sunshine with the promise of more, since Daylight Savings Time is just around the corner.
Glad and grateful to have a truly caring caregiver–it’s still a miracle to me that she comes back each week…and girl, she folds all my clothes up in neat little squares after doing laundry! The first time, I laughed–but she insisted they’d fit in the bureau drawers better. I feel like a queen–because I was used to quite happily just balling up and smooshing everything into drawers.
I’m thankful for all the Customer Service folks I speak with on the phone when I have a question, or want to make payments…they’re so friendly, ‘specially the guys (who’ve evidently been brought up to be kind to old women), very nice and helpful. I guess that counts for “socializing”, right?
I’m thankful the Scallops Alfredo turned out well last night–it’s even better tonight!
And my nabe and I exchanged dinners again, mid-week: I made turkey vegetable soup, she cooked Mexican. But it’s about to get rough–she has to stop pretending she needn’t follow Dr’s orders to absolutely QUIT sugar…so there go all the yummy desserts…
I’m grateful for a change in perspective about blogging this year–I’m no longer a prisoner on the chain gang of Stats…sweet Freedom indeed!!
And I’m thankful to be fully immersed in this rich Lenten season…so good to feel the depth of the Lord’s love, that He would submit to the agony of His last days on Earth so that I could be with Him forever–washed clean, made new, a Somebody beloved of God. Jesus be the Name I praise!
~ Cale
PS: I think I went over 10–is there a fine for that?😉