Frank Hubeny

Autumn’s Golden Gown

Dale offers the prompt “autumn’s golden gown” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge. These photos were taken a year or two ago.

Standing in the middle of the parkway that goes by our house

The Cathedral of Saint Vitus—Thursday Doors

The first four photos are of parts of the entrance doors. The last one is a view of the cathedral from a distance.

You can see the two doors at the bottom and I just noticed there are two more doors

Posted as part of Thursday Doors.

Dare To Speak—Ovi Poetry Challenge

Just dare to speak. That mountain will
be moved and raging winds grow still.
Then praise with thanks the Lord and fill
forever with His love.

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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “dare” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.

Mark 4:39 KJV – And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

Brian made a lot of mistakes which annoyed people who had to put up with him. Although a likeable guy that he annoyed people didn’t bother him so much as his suddenly realizing that what he was doing was actually wrong. Once he understood what he was doing was wrong he had the sense to immediately reject it resolving never to do it again.

However, some of those rejected mistakes would wedge their way back into his life. When that happened he’d have to repent all over again to the annoyance of the perfect ones who had to put up with him.

And that was the story of Brian’s life, a calm and joyful life, but one which annoyed people who for some reason didn’t need repentance.

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Denise offers the prompt word “wedge” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Story.

Matthew 7:1 KJV – Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Matthew 18:21-22 KJV – 21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Reflections

Dale offers the prompt “reflections” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Empty! Hallelujah!—Six Sentence Story

They rolled a stone in front of His tomb. At the request of the religious authorities the stone was sealed and a guard placed by it.

The news was still spreading that He had called forth a man who had been dead for days and that man came out of his tomb. Since He Himself was now dead and lacking any agency to cause trouble, they hoped this would end the resurrection mania that He started.

Twilight darkened into night as the religious authorities wondered how the veil of the temple could have been torn from top to bottom.

Days later when some of His followers went to the tomb they found it opened and empty.

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Denise offers the prompt word “agency” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Matthew 12:40 NKJV – 40 “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

John 11:43-44 NKJV – 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

Matthew 27:51 NKJV – 51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom…

Matthew 27:62-66 NKJV – 62 On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate, 63 saying, “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise.’ 64 “Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.” 65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how.” 66 So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard.

The Door—Ovi Poetry Challenge

Some choose to lick a dirty floor
and dream of crumbs, but we need more.
Abundant life lies through That Door
and He’s the one we hear.

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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “dream” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.

John 10:7-10 KJV – 7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.