His voice is all I truly know.
His holy wind through fire will blow
and where He goes my seasons go
in faith as Spirit-led.
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Ronovan Hester offers “season” as inspiration for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.
John 3:7-8 KJV
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Steve’s faith was the only tonic he needed.
When times were peaceful, he harvested peace. When times were less than peaceful, he sowed the choicest seeds of peace he had hoping for a hundred-fold harvest. When times were joyful he laughed with gratitude. Indeed, some thought he laughed too much, because—face it—nothing was all that good.
When all hell broke loose, as most everyone believed it would sooner or later, Steve didn’t notice.
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Denise offers the prompt word “tonic” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Dale offers the prompt “in the canopy” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
Some of these are from the fall rather than the spring, except for the palm trees which could be either season as far as I know.
But I know little about palm trees.
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The Lord’s strong favor brings relief
and guards against wild unbelief.
The devil is a wily thief
who’d snatch the way side seed.
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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “relief” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.
Matthew 13:19
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Linda G. Hill’s One Liner Wednesday.
Sam received inspiration for how to proceed, but at present he had only half an hour to get it done. He decided to write everything down so he could complete it when he got back from Tampa, but he heard the voice say, Do it now.
In the next fifteen minutes he finished more than he anticipated he could have done in a day’s time. He decided to stop, because he had reached a particularly difficult part and the taxi would be there any moment.
He heard the voice say, Do it now.
In the next fifteen minutes he completed another day’s worth of work just as—just as—the taxi arrived, on time, to pick him up for the airport.
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Denise offers the prompt word “present” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Story.
Joshua 10:13
13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
1 Kings 18:46
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Acts 8:39
And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
Dale offers the prompt “street photography” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
When stuff breaks down as stuff will do
recall the joy the Lord brings to
the heart that beats inside of you.
Then praise Him all the more.
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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “maintenance” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posed on Poet’s Corner.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 