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.
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.
As Bret walked to the beach to photograph the sunrise he saw the moon near the horizon and imagined the sun’s approach for the upcoming solar eclipse. His interests had less to do with astronomy, which he knew little about, than the flowing colors of the dawns and dusks across the sky.
As sea birds and tourists came to watch the sun rise seemingly right out of the core of the ocean, Bret saw a very young woman approach along the water’s edge from the south and a very young man come from the north. He figured they would pass each other by, but they stopped and hugged lingering almost directly in front of him.
Not wanting to photograph their display of affection Bret moved a few feet to the side to give his camera a people-free view of the horizon. Just before the sun rose, and likely oblivious to it, they walked on the wave caressed beach to the north while the sun rose from beyond the curve of the earth to brighten his day as it darkened the other side thousands of miles below him with night.
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Denise offers the prompt word “core” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Story.
Dale offers the prompt “set in stone” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
Oblivious to words of fear
that demons whisper in my ear
I follow words I long to hear
which flow from deeper joy.
We’ve sought the Lord so we shall find.
We live and move beyond the mind.
His peace is quite the holy kind
of finally coming home.
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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “oblivious” to be used in this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge.
Neither my brother, Stephen, nor I liked Miss Walters, his old 3rd grade teacher at St. Joseph’s and my new one this year. No one liked the lady not even Mom and Dad who talked about her after they thought we went to sleep.
When Stephen walked up to Communion last Sunday behind Miss Walters and in front of us, he heard Jesus tell him that He loved the way Miss Walters’ heart moves when she sings, whatever that meant. Then Stephen whispered to me back in our pew that he and I had to give that message to Miss Walters because she wouldn’t believe anyone else.
I was hoping we might wait until next Sunday, but Stephen rushed me through the outlet of our pew to hers after Mass and quickly said, “Miss Walters, Jesus told us to tell you that He loves the way your heart moves when you sing.”
Miss Walters looked at us and then her eyes filled with tears and then Stephen’s eyes filled with tears and then Mom and Dad were there and then their eyes filled with tears when they heard the whole story (which I still don’t know) and then we all hugged and then I felt my own heart move and then I felt Miss Walters wipe away my tears.
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Denise offers the prompt word “outlet” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Song of Solomon 5:8
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Dale offers the prompt “inversions” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
I used an “Invert” option on the Color dropdown menu in digiKam to make these. The first is the image before I applied the option. The second is the image after applying it.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 