Hope is the foundation of patience. - John Calvin

We learn to trust, by trusting. - Ron Dunn

It may take an extended period for God to show us
His will about a certain set of circumstances in our life.

'we have to wait... we have to trust in the Lord with all
our heart... lean on Him not with our own understanding,
and allow Him to direct our paths.'
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Thought of the day:
on Xanga - It's a big wide world out there, and it's nice to know that there are
'my kind of people' out there.
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other thoughts of the day:
'I hope we meet again, someday, in God's heaven.' - C.Lynn

"memory is the scribe of the soul" - Aristotle

'write these words of mine upon your hearts, put them on your doorposts,
bind them to your foreheads'
Proverbs 7, Deuteronomy 11

Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly,
Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision,

where I live in the depths but see Thee in the heights;
hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold Thy glory.

Let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up,
that to be low is to be high,
that the broken heart is the healed heart,
that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit,
that the repenting soul is the victorious soul,
that to have nothing is to possess all,
that to bear the cross is to wear the crown,
that to give is to receive,
that the valley is the place of vision.

Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells,
and the deeper the wells the brighter Thy stars shine;
let me find Thy light in my darkness,
Thy life in my death,
Thy joy in my sorrow,
Thy grace in my sin,
Thy riches in my poverty,
Thy glory in my valley.

Taken from The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions, edited by Arthur Bennett

I wonder what it may really mean
(i.e., that is to say, what is going
on in Obama's mind) the fact that
he is not backing Hilary Clinton...

Obama legacy ?
firsts - conversations with Iran
meeting with Cuba

I imagine Obama thinks he is putting things to rights....

Cuba - I think it will be a sad shame to see the unique
character of Cuba, that has developed over the past 50
years, now disappear. In some ways it is better when the
outside world is kept out; at least if you are frozen in time
at a time when things were the best. There is a great
attraction about Cuba just as it is... a unique place in the world.
Of course I want better things for the people... but exactly what should that look like?

I've coined a new phrase... Granny wars

Can anyone relate?

I don't want my daughter to feel that she is subjected
to 'the Granny wars'

'Because we can'...  doesn't mean, 'we should'.

Apparently April is Earth Day month. 

and spring is sprung, and springing along. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4H6Uv7BI7I

and all is well....