Dale offers the prompt “look to the skies” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
These were taken in Hallstadt, Germany.
The mountains blocked the sky, but the water reflected it. To see the sky, look both above and below.
Don’t forget the mountains. If they weren’t there, I wouldn’t have any pictures of the sky.
Below are three views of a door at the Český Krumlov castle in the Czech Republic.
Posted as part of Thursday Doors.
Where He may lead is where I’ll go.
As living waters love to flow,
so shall my heart beat on to show
how calm the spice of peace is.
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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “spice” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted at Poet’s Corner.
Psalms 131:2 NKJV
Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul,
Like a weaned child with his mother;
Like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Tim didn’t know the minister, Daniel, nor most of the other people at the small church gathering in his neighbor’s home. He was surprised when a young woman collapsed to her knees in tears and then lay on the floor as Daniel spoke words of blessing over her.
When Daniel asked Tim to tell them how he first met Jesus, he wasn’t sure how that happened, but knowing it must have, he stood, held Daniel’s hands and began telling his story, a type of incoherent, shaky narrative that went from repentance to repentance to finally moving next door to them. While speaking he thought to himself that he so wished his testimony were better.
The next thing Tim knew he was looking up at Daniel apparently from having fallen over backwards to the floor caught on the way down by a man standing behind him, just in case.
An older woman who had attended many of these meetings rushed to Daniel saying Do that to me! even though, or maybe, because, both she and Daniel knew he wasn’t the One who made Tim fall like that.
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Denise offers the prompt word “type” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Dale offers the prompt “three shots from one spot” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
While walking on a trail through the woods I found these orange mushrooms.
Defeated demons walk about.
Resist them. They have no way out.
We live in joy, give thanks and shout:
All praise goes to the Lord.
Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “defeat” to be used in this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.
1 Peter 5:8-9 NKJV – 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.
Steve realized that by giving in to temptations, symptoms of his ailing heart, he invited demonic critters to claw their way in and smother his mind with gooey addictions. Nonetheless, he kept giving in—over and over again—and the critters got so used to being in his head that they took up residence.
Someone asked Steve if he wanted to get rid of the critters. By that time he wasn’t sure if he did, because he didn’t know if he could tolerate life without the excitement the temptations brought even though afterwards they made him feel miserable. Steve’s heart, however, had enough sense left in it to scream, I WANT THEM GONE!
And just like that the critters were gone which Steve found hard to believe, but there wasn’t any other way for them to leave except just like that.
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Denise offers the prompt word “claw” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Mark 5:18-20 NKJV
18 And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him.
19 However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.”
20 And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled.
Dale offers the prompt “light a fire” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 