Dale offers the prompt “first hints of spring” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.



Dale offers the prompt “first hints of spring” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.



We sow to the Spirit, not to the flesh.
We reap of the Spirit life everlasting.
Galatians 6:7 KJV – Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Don’t hesitate to do what you
have heard that you’re supposed to do.
Get all that done. The sky’s still blue
and you’re still in His rest.
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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “opportunity” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.
Hebrews 4:9-11 KJV – 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

“When it comes to dragons I’m with Saint George,” Paul said.
“You’d wound or even kill them?”
“With a sword,” Paul affirmed.
“They’ll go extinct!” Paul’s opposition cried.
“Precisely,” Paul said resting on a bunch of obvious assumptions which, since they’re obvious, don’t need to be stated.
At this point I must confess that I don’t know where this story’s going so I’ll just end it by saying, I’m with Paul, or, if you prefer, being more with Paul’s opposition, just pretend I said, Look, squirrel!
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Denise offers the prompt word “wound” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Revelation 12:7-9 KJV –
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Dale offers the prompt “portals” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge. Also linked to Thursday Doors.



The following is a 25 minute video reenacting the journey on the road to Emmaus described in Luke 24.
Luke 24:13-35 KJV – 13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.

The two images below show the opened door of a Miami Beach Lifeguard station at about 72nd Street on North Beach.
Admittedly it might be hard to see the door.
But it’s there.
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Linked to Thursday Doors.

So, if you let the devil run
your mouth and think you’ve won,
with fleeting words you’ve not begun
to walk the narrow way.
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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “fleeting” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted in Poet’s Corner.
James 1:26 KJV –If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
