Where does my help come from?

Photo-art credit goes to a friend who sees natureas God's second book...all to His credit.
It is nothing for God to seta rainbow or two across your sky;and the rainbow itself...now that is something, oh my!
Those who see the invisible(...are you lifting up your eyes?)can do the impossible.To God be the glory of this sight.
The greater works of God are yoursto do, not by your mightbut by the Rainbow Maker's. SourceHis power, not your fright.
Poem - Copyright (c) 04.24.10 - Linda L. Brown
The RAINBOW in the BIBLE (click)

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His Freshest of Air

Beautiful afternoon, Sunday. We indulged ourselvesin a rambling drive along Deerfield Road.After a few miles,we passed a stretch of greening slopes.I glanced over just in timeto see several clusters of WILD CROCUSES!!Yaaay!I nearly jumped out of the car (wanting to take pictures)but Sam was driving too fastand couldn't stop right away.I was sure we would see more up the road,so I urged him on.
Alas, miles and miles of no crocuses. :-(Beautiful scenery, but no crocuses.
Later, as we were returning(driving a loop known to locals),Sam expressed an interest intaking our walk-of-the-dayalong a forest road popular with both of us.He was about to pull in to park,but we saw someone else already driving the road.I used that as an excuse to not walk there...
- true confession - my real reason was...I was SURE there were no crocuses on this road(having walked it other springswith no satisfaction in the search).
Sensing, however, that Sam really wantedto walk on this particular road(his hopes being to possibly spot an elk herdthe like of which we had sitedseveral times, previously),I became ok with this walk, this place.
He turned in and pulled up to park...and right there, directly in my line of vision— a beautiful clump of crocuses!The late afternoon sun was shining on themand this gave me some very pretty pictures.
At the height of our serene walk,Sam pointed out another pasque flowerwhich led me to yet anotherclump of the fuzzy little beauties.As you can perhaps imagine,the happiest part of it all was...
GOD had provided where I least expected.
Although we didn't see any actual elk this time,we did see plenty of sign of them,including a nice rubwhich Sam wanted to be photographed by,so he could email the fun to a Florida friend.Sam also found a shed (antler),and was thrilled for it.I halfway tripped,in my vain effort to see the shed (building).
We did, too, see a shed of sorts,an old abandoned miner's cabincrumpled up on the ground (second pic).
The Lord blessed both of uswhile filling our lungs with His freshest of air.

Below is how the cabin may have appearedin its glory days.This cute thing is along a secondary road.It has a name-sign which reads...
Dear LodgeAs a fitting followup to our adventure,here is an expression by an unknown authorof the generosity of God...
We are profoundly impressed with the unlimited resources of the God of the Bible. He never does anything small, When He makes an ocean He makes it so deep that no man can fathom it. When He makes a mountain he makes it so large that no one can measure or weigh it. When He makes flowers, He scatters multiplied millions of them where there is no one to admire them but Himself. When He makes grace, He makes it without sides or bottom and leaves the top off. Instead of giving salvation with a medicine dropper, He pours it forth like a river.
When God sets out to do a thing for us, He does it with a prodigality of love-prompted abundance that fairly staggers one who reckons things by the coldly calculating standards of earth.
Whatever blessing is in our cup it is sure to run over. With Him the calf is always the fatted calf; the robe is always the best robe; the joy is unspeakable; the peace passeth understanding; the grace is so abundant that the recipient has all-sufficiency for all things, and abounds to every good work.
There is no grudging in God's benevolence; He does not measure out His goodness as the apothecary counts his drops and measures his drams, slowly and exactly, drop by drop. God's way is always characterized by multitudinous and overflowing bounty, like that in nature which is so profuse in beauty and life that every drop of the ocean, every square inch of the forest glade, every molecule of water, teems with marvels and defies the research and investigation of man. Well may we cry with the Apostle,"I have all and abound."
GENESIS 15:5


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Birds - February 14, 2010

Can you find the birds?

They were so quiet and plentiful;

they looked like leaves which the wind picked up

and moved from one resting place to another in a sudden gust.

Quietly so quietly

the small birds flutter by

and blend right in with background

turned upon a time...

Young lives are like that, flighting,

jumps and starts, some sky,

yet closest staying to background

as if it a watchful eye.

Up! Those with wings of Spirit!

Go with the Wind as high

as breath of Life will take you

above the lowland's light...

(There is a light to darkness,

seen differently at times;

but in the heavens, shined by Grace

soar those whose background...died.

A background, raw, gives comfort less

than when seemed perfect. Light

is dim under bandages.

But unbound a bird takes flight...)

Take flight!...make visible your Hope

to young lives, and old alike.

The Wind blows here, and over there

fluttering hearts and minds.

Young lives are giving treasures, rare

though plentiful, and quiet...

a card, hand-drawn, a smile, a prance...

rare fleeting chance to lift them higher.

Copyright (c) 02.14.10 - Linda L. Brown

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A Natural Prayer

Copyright (c) 2008-09 - Linda L. Brown

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Finish The Course

Like an old painted fender

rusting in the obscure woods

we may lay crumpled with none

in the end who knows how we stood.

Time passes...

Then one who is younger finds,

and peers at the cracked lines, tender

toward the paint's sunned color,

sensing purpose and treasure there.

Copyright (c) 05.12.09 - Linda L. Brown

A life of Obedience is life well-lived.

- Whom to Obey -

...if anyone is God-fearing and does His will,

He hears him. -John 9:31b NASB

If anyone is willing to do His will,

he will know... -John 7:17a NASB

He answered, "The man who is called Jesus

made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me,

'Go to Siloam and wash';

so I went away and washed, and I received sight."

-John 9:11 NASB

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A Hen Named Patience

-1-

For a while, our bears must wait ...

until Patience delivers what is hoped for.

And then, before they move back into their Den,

they must wait some more;

For the children of Patience must have their time

of growing and careful learning

within the warm security of their Mother's down,

before they may scratch in the yard of yearnings.

-2-To paraphrase a bit of wisdom,we are well-advisedto pray with fervortil that for which we ask has been received,
or we possess with patient vision—without compromiseand not a murmur—the sureness that it will be as believed 
 ... in all due time.
Copyright (c) 05.08.09 - Linda L. Brown
"The thing I ask when God doth bid me pray,Begins in that same act to come my way."Unknown Author
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,the evidence of things not seen.Hebrews 11:1 KJV
But if we hope for that we see not,then do we with patience wait for it.Romans 8:25
But let patience have her perfect work,that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God,that giveth to all men liberally,and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering,For he that wavereth is like a wave of the seadriven with the wind and tossed.James 1:4-6
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,and cometh down from the Father of lights,with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.James 1:17 KJV
Trust in the LORD, and do good;so shalt thou dwell in the land,and verily thou shalt be fed.Delight thyself also in the LORD:and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him;and he shall bring it to pass.And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light,and thy judgment as the noonday.Psalm 37:3-6 KJV
And he spake a parable unto them to this end,that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;Luke 18:1 KJV
But they that wait upon the LORDshall renew their strength;they shall mount up with wings as eagles;they shall run, and not be weary;and they shall walk, and not faint.Isaiah 40:31 KJV
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him;and he will shew them his covenant.Psalm 25:14 KJV
Confess your faults one to another,and pray for one another,that ye may be healed.The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous manavaileth much.James 5:16 KJV
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