Category: love

Reflection

April 12, 2026

https://travelwithintent.com/2026/04/11/reflection-3/

Amplified Bible
For now [in this time of imperfection] we see in a mirror dimly [a blurred reflection, a riddle, an enigma], but then [when the time of perfection comes we will see reality] face to face. Now I know in part [just in fragments], but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known [by God].  1 Corinth 13:12

Amplified Bible
As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man. Proverbs 27:19

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Mirror’s reflection

does not cheer me every day

portrait is old, dim

I recall glamorous face

men stared too long, missed green light

~ Cale

HE Knows Me

April 11, 2026

I know that I know that I KNOW Jesus loves me💖  “The Bible tells me so”–and HE shows me everyday in so many blessed ways!  The best part is–HE Knows Me, and loves me anyway!

Here’s an “oldie” from the Contemporary Christian music files, by Dallas Holm. 

God bless you! ~ Cale

Amplified Bible
But if anyone loves God [with awe-filled reverence, obedience and gratitude], he is known by Him [as His very own and is greatly loved]. 1 Corinth 8:3

Acts 13:38-39
Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. / Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

1 John 4:7-8
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. / Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

John 10:14
I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me.

Amplified Bible
Therefore know [without any doubt] and understand that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who is keeping His covenant and His [steadfast] lovingkindness to a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; Deut 7:9

Just Jesus: Abundant Joy (nothing else needed)

April 10, 2026

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JESUS JOY

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EVERYDAY in every season, He’s the One for me!

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SHEPHERD (not just Good, the Best)–He keeps His sheep well; ever watchful, He feeds, leads tenderly…

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UNTIL He returns, His chosen wait eagerly…

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SON of GOD, SAVIOR of the World, SEEKER of the Lost, Light in the darkness, Healer, Truth, Teacher, Counselor, Advocate, God’s Word made flesh… ~ and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Freedom.

He freely gives grace, mercy, wisdom, and more–in abundant supply.  Whatever you need, HE’s got it ~ don’t be shy, He’s approachable, full of Love.  Just ASK, SEEK, KNOCK–He will always answer, His arms are open wide.

How do I know any of this?  Glad you asked, because I’m not making it up!  In 2011, during Holy Week, I was visited by the Trinity: Father, Son, Holy Ghost (Spirit).  I saw them as though from a distance–the way you’d see and recognize someone coming toward you on a foggy day.

They stood together in the northwest corner of my living room, and Father God spoke as clearly as my best friend in IL would.  He said, “you’ve had a difficult time, your years have not been easy–wouldn’t you like to have the Abundant Life My Son died to give you?”

I said YES!  That was my first Best Easter, I will never forget it–and I’ve been beyond-grateful ever since.  I’ve told my story to lots of people and no one has ever expressed disbelief (suggesting I was delusional or spinning a tale from “wild imagination”). 

Every single person has said they felt goosebumps; they knew that my Jesus and the Visitation was the real deal.  HE has forgiven me much, healed me of some things.  He is my strength and courage to face each day…and His Presence fills me with JOY.  Just thought you might like to know😊

~ Cale

Amplified Bible
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty [emancipation from bondage, true freedom]. 2 Corinth 3:17

9“So I say to you, ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who [h]keeps on asking [persistently], receives; and he who keeps on seeking [persistently], finds; and to him who keeps on knocking [persistently], the door will be opened. Luke 11:9-10

Amplified Bible Portions of Book of John

And the Word (Christ) became flesh, and lived among us; and we [actually] saw His glory, glory as belongs to the [One and] only begotten Son of the Father, [the Son who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, who is] full of grace and truth (absolutely free of deception). John 1:14

2 He who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep [the protector and provider]. 3 The [a]doorkeeper opens [the gate] for this man, and the sheep hear his voice and pay attention to it. And [knowing that they listen] he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out [to pasture]. 4 When he has brought all his own sheep outside, he walks on ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice and recognize his call. 5 They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”

7 So Jesus said again, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, I am [b]the Door for the sheep [leading to life]. 8 All who came before Me [as false messiahs and self-appointed leaders] are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the Door; anyone who enters through Me will be saved [and will live forever], and will go in and out [freely], and find pasture (spiritual security). 10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].

11[c] I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd [d] lays down His [own] life for the sheep.   14 I am the Good Shepherd, and I know [without any doubt those who are] My own and My own know Me [and have a deep, personal relationship with Me]– 15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father–and I lay down My [very own] life [sacrificing it] for the benefit of the sheep. 16 I have [e]other sheep [beside these] that are not of this fold. I must bring those also, and they will listen to My voice and pay attention to My call, and they will become [f]one flock with one Shepherd. 

Silence Relays Message (6SS)

April 9, 2026

https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/its-thursdays-six-sentence-story-blog-hop-66/

It’s time for one of my fave days: the 6SS folks gather to reveal the latest product of their writing passion, on the blog-hop.  If you need info about how to participate, just click the link above and our host, Denise, will happily fill you in–Everyone’s welcome!

~♥~

Things were subdued in the Westling home–Judd and Lorelei had ceased parsing which of them bore the bulk of responsibility for the less-than-amiable leave-taking, after the tour of Birchwick Cliff.

“I doubt we can be excommunicated from a non-denominational church, Love”, Judd murmured as his wife sat nearby, watching him paint storm clouds over Puget Sound.

She sighed, “somehow, I think Richard’s schedule will be booked up till Christ returns, if we invite him to dinner again–he didn’t greet us after church, just rushed off–that relays a lack of further interest, don’t you think?”

“I’LL wine you, dine you, and be your dessert,” he teased.

She tenderly worked out the tightness in his shoulders–“what, no scintillating conversation as you pour the wine?”

“Well, I’m fresh out of cliff-side ghost stories, but I can still sing a few bars of a Julio Iglesias song.” 

~ Cale

My Hope, Helper, Happiness

April 8, 2026

I won’t go back, and I won’t quit

I won’t go back, and I won’t quit

I’ll say it again:

I won’t go back, and I won’t quit!

My hope is in The Lord

HE says my best is yet to be

my future’s filled with blessings

Not cancelled by calamity

He’s my helper, hope and happiness

why would I entertain defeat?

that Devil lost the battle already

I won’t fall for his vile deceit!

~ Cale

Amplified Bible
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you will abound in hope and overflow with confidence in His promises.  Romans 15:13

Romans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

New Living Translation
What joy for those you choose to bring near, those who live in your holy courts. What festivities await us inside your holy Temple.  Psalm 5:4

Jeremiah 31:3
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.”

Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness ~

Psalm 16:11
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

Isaiah 35:10
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Psalm 146:5
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God ~

New International Version
The LORD is with me; he is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies.  Psalm 118:7

Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Joshua 1:5
No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Psalm 54:4
Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.

God’s Goodness, Grace, Generosity

April 7, 2026

Dear Readers, you can be “G, as in Grateful” I didn’t copy the entire Bible over here today!  Hope you are blessed by the Lord God’s generous grace. ✝💖✝ ~ Hagar

Psalm 106:1
Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalm 107:8-9
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. / For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

Titus 3:4-7
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, / He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. / This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, / who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Lamentations 3:22-23
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

Your strength comes from God’s grace.  Hebrews 13:8 

1 Chronicles 29:12-14
Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

Psalm 145:7-9
They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness. / The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. / The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

Ephesians 1:6-8
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace / that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

Romans 8:28
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

New Living Translation
Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. 2 Corinth 9:11

John 1:16
From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

Colossians 1:13-14
He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, / in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Faith & Favor

April 7, 2026

~ FAITH ~

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Faith is substance, not shadow

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A daily decision to believe in and trust the True but unseen God

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Is overseeing my life, working Good behind

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The scenes and in surrounding situations

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He’s Always been Present, is In the Here & Now, & will Be my Future~

He is for me, not against me ~

♥♥♥

~ FAVOR ~

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Favor of God shows up in mini- & maxi- miracles:

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A day that’s going south, until He turns it around

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Visits unexpected, His hands hold “just what I wanted” gift

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Or He speaks word of confirmation I desperately need…HIS

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REALITY is defined differently (much better) than mine ~

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Faith might be quiet, or fierce, but it’s my way

to walk the journey, and to fight Life’s battles ~

God rewards our faith (with His favor)♥

~ Cale

Amplified Bible
But without faith it is impossible to [walk with God and] please Him, for whoever comes [near] to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He rewards those who [earnestly and diligently] seek Him. Hebrews 11:6

Mark 11:22-24
“Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them. / “Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him. / Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Berean Standard Bible

Enduring Love of the Father

April 5, 2026

Eternity is both a place

and unfathomable measure

of time that stretches

out to a distance I can’t see

not even in my imagination

And so is my vision

of Eternal God–

soon I’ll see Him face

to face, but for now I

only know Him by

His enduring love

which whispers in breeze

that stirs my windchimes–

Abba’s voice is always near

warm like Summer’s sun

HE is the Voice

of strengthening comfort

to a child who never

felt her father’s love

only his selfish demands–

Father God blesses generously

on good days, and other days

closer than my shadow

He is the One who stays

we will live together

forever… in Eternity

~ Cale