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I guess I don't need to announce it but I am. I wouldn't want you to think you were on the wrong blog and go elsewhere! Today I am officially changing the title of my blog to Rena's Pink Roses. Since Ana started out being an anonymous name...well, I'm not really anonymous anymore. Everyone who knows me knows who Rena is! I know, it'll take awhile for you to get used to it, it will for me, too.

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I know that's the beginning of a little children's prayer (which has at least 26 versions, I learned here!) and there is also a network of photographers by that name which has a very touching ministry. But did you know there is a verse in the Psalms which says almost the same thing? "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety." (Psalm 4:8) I have

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Once upon a time in the corner of a little yard there lived a little patch of clovers, a very special little patch of clovers. It was special because it was different. Most patches of clovers come with 3-leaf plants and once in awhile you may be "lucky" enough to find a 4-leaf one in the middle of the patch. If you're lucky. And, oh! you might even find a 5-leaf one! Well, this patch was indeed

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Frosty MorningI've heard that in the halls of old They plated everything with gold- The chandeliers, the pillars, floors With spoils from their latest wars. Yet all this splendor cannot be As rich as what is given me. For every night as soft we sleep Out in the dark, and midnight deep A beauteous miracle is done Before the waking of the sun; And if I wake just at the dawn I catch a

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"For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease." (Job 14:7) "Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD." (Psalm 31:24) "Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance." (

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If it wasn't for seeing spots of beauty in my day, some days would be a bit depressing. That's what being down physically does for one! I've had a cold and cough that is going away so gradually it's barely noticeable by me, much less by others. Anyway, here are a few beauty spots in my life that the Lord has sent my way these days, not in any particular order... Waterdrops that look like ice.

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A grandson eating his lunch at our house. Let me assure you, he found that little bowl of food to be very good! I was noticing my "viewers" number  reaching 5000 this week and thought that I'd like to post something to celebrate that. Well, this doesn't really have much or anything to do with that-but then maybe it does. You can decide... The past few days I've been battling a royal cold (my

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I've been enjoying the birds that come to our back porch. And, yes, that's the seed with which I keep them supplied. Feeding God's creatures, that's my job. And pleasure. Here are a little pair of doves and of cardinals, birds which come now and then, although not near as often as the sparrows and juncos. But they all are a delight to see and I am honored to have them for my daily guests! Now

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Just before we left Brazil in December we attended the wedding of a lovely couple. I was delighted to see the bride's bouquet...Really, the bride was as lovely as her bouquet but, given the generic nature of my blog, I won't post her picture as well. Perhaps I should have given this post the title of "Wordless Wednesday" for no words are really needed. The Lord's blessings are often meant to

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Do you see beauty in your life? Look closely... and yet more closely...If you see no beautythen you are blind. "Come, behold the works of the Lord..."(Psalm 46:8) "The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind,the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down,the Lord loveth the righteous."(Psalm 146:8)

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Someone needs to reward me. I went 20 days without a camera. Not on purpose, mind you! No, I've tried going just a few days without and it just doesn't work. This time it was of necessity because I did not own a working camera. But my DH and kids came to the rescue, they gave me a new camera for Christmas! And so now I am one happy camper as of 6 days ago. Not that I wasn't happy but I am

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"At the heart of the Christmas message is the wonderful truth of God's pursuit of every one of us."      -J. Stowell (Our Daily Bread) "But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,  so that He might redeem those  who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.  Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of

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The blessing of forgiveness from God is beyond description. I was touched this morning by a devotional about this from Spurgeon's writings, part of which I quote here: Can there be a sweeter word in any language than that word "forgiveness", when it sounds in a guilty sinner's ear, like the silver notes of jubilee to the captive Israelite?...For ever blessed be the revelation of atoning love

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I'm sure some of you know the name of this little flower but I don't. However, it has brought me much joy during the past few months and I have been drawn to it many times, just admiring its perfect beauty.  Since I could not decide which photos were my favorites I decided to post several. I played around a bit, editing a couple of them but really prefer them in their natural setting. I'm

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Your goodness to me is abundant, O Lord,Your love is beyond my comprehension,Your power is more than I can fathom,Your patience is...well, amazing,Your salvation is free and beautiful,Your gifts are beyond measure,You are more than I deserve...   But I THANK YOU!From the depths of my heart I lift my song to You,The only One who deserves such praise.

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 With a grandson in 2008, during the first months of chemo.   By the grace, mercy and power of God, I am a five-year suvivor. This month completes five years that I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer and I am happy to report to you that I am still clean 'n clear. Thank you SO much to the many of you who prayed for me during those months and to those of you who are still praying for me.

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This song has been such a blessing to me for the past several months as I have heard it once in awhile on AbidingRadio.com. I was thrilled to finally come across it online to be able to post it here. Both the music and lyrics (from Psalm 139) are beyond beautiful. You can hear it below...                                                         Oh Lord, You have searched me and known me, You know

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These days are rather busy for us as we prepare to travel to our homeland for a year of furlough. So much to do, so little time. However, I've been amazed (cough, cough) at how I seem to have time for other things. I mean, should I really be taking the time to make a bookmark out of 3 things that I found and couldn't bear to part with? A rectangle of cardboard with rounded corners, a paper with

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Yesterday I was playing the piano and came across this song in a book which I had not played from in several years. Memories of the first time I heard this quickly came back to me...I was sitting in our car with a friend and we were just listening to music on the car cassette tape player (remember those?).  The beauty of it caught me by surprise and I was moved to the depths of my soul. It

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I love the shapes and lines of every flower but recently I have been duly impressed with the lovely, graceful lines of the calla lily. In Portuguese these are called copo de leite or "cup of milk". Very appropriate, yes?Without further ado, I would just like to post several of my favorites photos of these beauties, at different phases and from different angles.        I adore those daring

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I have never posted a recipe here on my blog but I think I need to start. That's what blogs like mine are supposed to do...post recipes. Well, once in awhile. Maybe just once? ANYway, I was sorting through some papers (oh, those mountains of papers!), getting ready for furlough, and found a couple pages of recipes that I'd torn out of a magazine in some distant, foggy past and this one caught my

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I don't normally use this blog for promoting certain agendas (except the spiritual) but I just wanted to give an update about the 180 Movie, for those who are interested. Today the number of viewers reached one million! I'd been waiting for this news, just so I could post it. If you missed the original post, you can see it here. I am trying to keep a running update about it on this page so from

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 Last week my husband discovered this nest of a sabiá (robin) built on top of our water heater outside. Quite the interior decorator, I'd say!                                      Look at the cute greenery circling the top of the nest... And the red trim! Maybe she's getting ready for Christmas, huh? Well, since the day the nest was discovered, we haven't seen any bird in or near the nest. Not

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These flowers in a church window caught my eye recently, I took several pictures of it from different angles. Could hardly choose which one to post. Are you as blessed as I am by looking at the lines, light and colors here? Wowzers...This photo makes me think of this verse..."Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth."(Psalm 46:10) AND..

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                               Thank You, Lord, for your comforting Word to me this day. "For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."  (Romans 8:38,39)

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A recent return plane trip was uneventful (we love "uneventful"!) except for our landing. As we neared our destination, the pilot came on and said the normal, giving the general weather report about where we were about to land..."58 degrees and cloud-covered", not at all unusual for our fair city. As we gradually lost altitude, I could see kind of a whitish glow through the clouds up ahead and

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If I could choose another ministry besides the one I'm in, it would be to fight for the lives of those unborn babies that some mothers don't want. So I am going to do my small part and share this powerful little 33-minute movie with the prayer that it will change someone's heart and mind. Please take time to watch it. "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set

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I took over 400 pictures this week on a trip and this one is my favorite. The not-in-focus look seems to make it even better. My unprofessional opinion. This is a Bolivian Jaminawa Indian lady and her 5-month-old baby girl. Words can't describe how I feel when I look at this... "How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed?And how shall they believe in Him in whom they have not

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Have you ever needed these verses? I sure have! They have been my comfort on different occasions.

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Some of you will remember my post about the "thirty orchids-in-waiting". Well, it's time to show you the result... There were really 31 buds but 2 were deformed (or eaten by bugs) so that left 29. They began to open up just a very few days after I announced them so I have been enjoying them for almost a month! I felt like I was receiving a lovely gift every time one of them opened. I must say

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In the corner of the garden   by the old waterhoseI see lovely callalilies,   orchids, iris and a rose.     No one else pays much attention       to these simple little flowers,    But I come here daily and I       feel that I could stay for hours.     Oh, it's me in this corner       with my flowers and my Lord,    It is here I feel His presence       and I think upon His Word.

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I know, that's a strange title. But I've been very impressed these days about the importance of what we sometimes think are unimportant, or even useless, parts of our body. Let me tell you, the top left side of the right fourth finger is extremely important! Who would've thought that one little spot would be NEEDED for so many different things?! Like holding a pen, wringing out a rag or, yes, 

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(photo: internet) On that infamous morning of September 11, 2001 we were in Brazil. I was ironing clothes in our living-room and my husband was in a store buying this very computer that I am using as I write this. Then a friend nearby phoned to inform me of what had happened in NYC. We were so far away, geographically, from what was happening but our hearts and minds were right next to them-our

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That's what I'm doing as I try to think of a title for this post of a photo that I took today of a hummer. It was almost sunset time but I didn't realize there was such little light, I should've used the flash. But I love the way it turned out! Light is a beautiful painter. I don't know why the wing turned out pink, maybe she was blushing because I was taking her picture.

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This post will be a bit longer than usual, a bit different, too-not the normal flowers 'n blessings (although it has flowers and has been my blessing!). So please bear with me. I was once told by someone that I needed to be more like Christ. I'd have to agree on that point, I do need to be that. We all need to! But the reason this person said that was because I was publicly bringing it to their

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Let the rain kiss you.Let the rain beat upon your head   with silver liquid drops.Let the rain sing you   a lullaby.The rain makes still pools    on the sidewalk.                     The rain makes running pools    in the gutter.The rain plays a little sleep song    on our roof at night.And I love the rain.   (Langston Hughes, April Rain Song) Last night the rain began, one of those "soft

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What a lovely and very exciting surprise I discovered today! I was watering the plants and went to throw a drink on the "apple orchid" plant. There to my wondering eyes I beheld loads of orchid buds-at least thirty (that's 3-0, thir-ty) of them! Not only does it seem a bit early for these but that is a LOT of orchids on one little plant!  Last year this plant produced around six orchids so thirty

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I have thoughts of SO many things I'd like to post here that sometimes I end up hardly doing any. Not of the main thoughts, anyway. Thus the favorite photos, wordless Wednesdays and such. I just like to post something, even if it's just a picture. Let's see, isn't it said that a picture is worth a thousand words? Well, then I guess I have said something, haven't I?! I take photos like this...

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(Later...I had to add some words to this. But they're not mine, they're God's.) "The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken,and called the earth from the rising of the sununto the going down thereof."(Psalm 50:1)

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...we had a party! We budded and bloomed, we showed off our beauty... and God looked down at us... and admired our beauty and smiled for joy. It was one awesome party!"  "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive honor and glory and power:for Thou hast created all things,and for Thy pleasure they are and were created."(Revelation 4:11)

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A favorite photo from the weekend-A little girl and her new puppy. I love the expressions on their faces and just the way the composition of this photo turned out...especially seeing as how I was holding the camera sideways and just kind of took it in a hurry! Makes me smile...

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                                                                 God created coffee (yes, mine has milk)...  and tea...                                                                                                                                 for thee and me!                Wish you could join me for a cup today....

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"Corner" photos are some of my favorites so I couldn't resist taking this one with it's soft and natural morning light in our "pink rose room" which is also our guest room. It's my normal morning corner where I read, write and pray. I tried editing it to change some of the lighting, color and focus but then decided to leave it just the way it was. Perfect. Except there should be a coffee cup on

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As I prepared some photo cards this week for our music conference, I was blessed to find this beautiful verse in the Psalms (NASB)......which was one of several "pink roses" which the Lord gave me this week.Have a blessed and beautiful weekend!

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It's so amazing how some flowers just merrily bloom, no matter what the weather is like! My red miniature rose, light pink rose and snow-white "cup of milk" flowers have all bloomed out this week while we went through record-breaking low temps this week.   (Click on the pics for a closer look at the raindrop jewels!)   I don't care if the cold winds blow,I don't care if there's

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(click on above picture to enjoy it more!)HUH??Well, this is the first week of winter here,it's the 25th day of the month, the weather is getting colder, foggier and drearier (is that a word?), which often makes my husband build a firein our fireplace...AND the poinsettias (mine) are in full bloom!This all makes me come to the conclusionthat this could be Christmas.At least I can pretend it

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Oh yes, I do love statistics, not sure why....I just know that they make me feel happy and blessed. At least some do, such as are on here that show my visitors. I have not kept a record but, currently, they are from 62 cities in 23 countries. That doesn't  mean much to you but it does to me as I realize the potential I have to be a blessing to others. And especially to "go into all the world" and

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Thank you, Lord, for my father,for the excellence of his godly example, the strength of his love, the inspiration of his life.I love him and can't wait to see him again!As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children.(I Thessalonians 2:11)

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It seems there is so much going on these days, difficult and painful experiencesfor family and friends, near and far, young and old.This is the verse the Lord gave me today.And for you who need it,I also offer it to you.Perfect peace,from Him to you,no matter what is happening in your life.

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I have been consumed with memories these days as I sort through old slides, look through photo albums, and just...remember. There are memories of when our kids were little (we were a bit smaller, too!), memories of good times and bad, memories of interesting people and rough places and perfect days and...pink roses, lots of them. Yes, blessings and gifts from the Lord. However, I know that I

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I read a book by this title once and recently this phrase, found in some of the translations of Ecclesiastes 3:11, has been coming back to mind. It tells me that God has put into the heart of every human being a hunger for spiritual and eternal things-for Him, His Word, His love, His salvation...those things that only HE can provide. Recently we have entered into some of the grief of people

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Seen on a college campus...

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Our hearts grieve with the family of our friend and former missionary colleague as they have laid her to rest. But we also rejoice as we know she is with her Saviour the Lord Jesus! Lois was known here in Brazil as "Dona Ana". Although we hadn't had too much contact over the past nine years, we are blessed to have many wonderful memories of her and her sweet, gentle and cheerful ways. Isn't it

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Sometimes windows can frame such lovely scenes. I visited a daughter last month when they moved to their new house. One of the joys of the visit was that of looking through the large "picture windows". This was the scene that greeted us on that first morning. The sun was SO bright! I frequently glanced out these windows to see this Brazilian coastal city-sometimes gleaming in the sun, sometimes

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Most of us remember the line from a phone company commercial of several years ago..."Reach out and touch someone". They probably didn't realize how important that line really is... Several years ago I received a gift. My husband brought it back from one of his speaking trips. It has always been our laugh that I'M the one who usually gets a gift for HIS preaching! Well, that hasn't happened in a

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Saturday. This is my day to make bread.            The most-eaten food in all the world is bread. Statistics show that rice, wheat and corn are the three grains most eaten by humans. Bread is made from those grains...which proves my first statement, don't you think?Wheat has the highest amount of vegetable protein of any grain-except for amaranth, which I'd never heard of. You find out

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I don't know much about this singer but I came across this song today. It was a lovely little pink rose to begin my day!

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What is it about mothers? The person that she becomes at the birth of her first child, the emotions that well up within her at the sight, thought or mention of her children, the satisfaction she has when she has "finished" her work of rearing her children...nothing compares to this, no one else experiences this, nowhere will you find its equal. For sure, fathers have their own thoughts and

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Christ's birth, life, death, burial and resurrection (THE Gospel!) has been more outstanding in my heart and mind this year, for some reason. What assurance and joy it brings to those of us who truly know Him as our Savior and Friend! There are no "ifs", "buts" and "maybes" in our faith (or religion as some of you might call it). That's because we base our beliefs on God's Word, the Bible. Why

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                                      He died for you. Oh, praise His Name! He died for you, His love proclaim.He died to save your soul from sin,He died that you a Heaven might win.                                                                     He died for you, His name adore,Go tell His love from shore to shore.Proclaim the message that He gave;Go tell the world that He can save. (photo

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God gives us His creations to make our own creations. Scenes like these make me smile for the beauty in them! I can hear this tree stump talking, can't you?                                     Was there ever a prettier cabbage patch? Flowers like this would make ANY ol' gray picket fence beautiful!                        Stark beauty which needs nothing else. But it doesn't stand alone... It has

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I love to read biographies. Not only do I simply find PEOPLE interesting but I can learn so much from their lives! I just finished a biography about the life of Robert Jaffray, a missionary to China of several decades ago.  The author of this book is one of my favorites. He writes in a way that flows smoothly, looks at things from a different angle and holds the reader's attention. Here is an

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I have heard this expression of "here today, gone tomorrow" more than once recently. Friends or family members of friends pass away.  Tragedies around the world suddenly and unexpectedly snatch people away from their loved ones. These things leave us shaking our heads as we attempt to cope with such sadness...either for ourselves or for our fellow human beings.  It really does seem like "here

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                                                   Look around and thou shalt see Many beauties meant for thee. Thy Creator shows His power                                                                                                         ...in every                                                                       ...single ...little...flower. "O Lord, how manifold are Thy works! in

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My faith has found a resting place,Not in device nor creed;I trust the Ever-living One,His wounds for me shall plead. I need no other argument,I need no other plea;It is enough that Jesus died,And that He died for me. Enough for me that Jesus saves,This ends my fear and doubt;A sinful soul I come to Him,He'll never cast me out.

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The Lord delights in sending us sudden, unexpected blessings into our lives, perhaps for no other reason than that He loves us and wants us to enjoy the life that He has given to us. Yesterday we were riding out into the country and suddenly came across some patches of pink flowers, perhaps some sort of day lily, a bit unlike the surrounding vegetation. We could NOT resist stopping to take some

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It was beautiful today...blue sky, clear air, sunshine,and a perfect temperature of 72. It just has that look and feel of Fall coming around the corner,which it certainly is, in just four more days!I might be a tad prejudiced,but some of my plants are perfect, too.Like this one in a hanging basket... Look at the little purple flowers at the end of some of the vines (click on the photo if you're

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In light of the current tragedy of the earthquake and tsunami which hit Japan, I would like to share this touching and powerful prayer by John Piper that I read today...                                                                                                                      A Prayer For Japan Father in heaven, you are the absolute Sovereign over the shaking of the earth, the rising of

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I love to stare at this picture and laugh at the way the water magnified my fingers. Do you like my little flower vase? I do. I found it in the trash...one of those not-needed things my husband was throwing away.*smile*

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To give you a break from flowers... Some of you know that I like to observe the weather. Nothing compared to how a certain brother of mine is, I'll have you know, but the temperature, precipitation, clouds, wind, storms...wow, what a fantastic demonstration of God's creative power! My Dad used to go outside during storms and just admire the wind and lightning and rain...and we were right there

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I love taking pictures that show growth. Remember my post about my white, orange and red roses? I was kept busy for several days, taking picture after picture of these beauties. I think my husband raised his eyebrows a tad at how much of my time was consumed with SO many photo shoots and working with photos on the computer. Oh well. But instead of posting several, I made this one collage of the

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Having the privilege to sing and hear beautiful, God-pleasing and God-glorifying music is a blessing beyond description. That privilege was ours this week as we met for 4 days with our missionary colleagues. The song "His Robes For Mine" was one of the songs we sang.  Here are some of the lyrics, such a rich and beautiful message: His robes for mine: O wonderful exchange!Clothed in my sin,

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"Some of your graces would never be discovered if it were not for your trials. Do you not know that your faith never looks so grand in summer weather as it does in winter? Love is often like a glow-worm, showing but little light unless it is in the midst of surrounding darkness. Hope itself is like a star-not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity and only to be discovered in the night of

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 I love waterdrops... 

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This will complete my posts about friends (click here for the first and here for the second) and I'm sure you aren't surprised to see the title. Without going into detailed explanations of this level of friendship, I believe I can safely say that, while everyone probably has many friends of the road, they may not have any or many friends for life. They are a rare find, a pure joy and worthy of

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(I hope you're not tired of seeing or reading about roses since there WILL be more of these on this blog...guaranteed!)Having said that...I am SO excited about the babies about to be born in my front yard! These photos aren't very clear, I had a difficult time getting close-ups of these still-wrapped-up bundles of potential beauty but I just wanted to announce that they're on their way. This week

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To continue my last post about friends... I first saw this phrase, friends for the road, in a Reader's Digest article a few years ago and it has come to mind many times since then. Indeed, most of our friends are of this quality, from childhood to adulthood. They come into our lives-perhaps for just an hour or maybe for several years. Some leave our side for awhile and later on down the road

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As we go through life God sends us friends...friends of different qualities, on different levels, for different reasons, for different lengths of time... The first one I will call "friends for the moment". These are the people that we normally would not even give the title of friend, but friends they are nonetheless, for they give of themselves to us, even though it be for just a moment in time.

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A granddaughter with her Granddad... (Grand)"Children are an heritage of the Lord..." (Psalm 127:3)

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"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens  Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens  Brown paper packages tied up with strings  These are a few of my favorite things..." I was reminded of this song when I saw my roses this morning, deliciously drenched after last night's heavy rain. For sure, this is one of my favorite things! I've taken many photos of raindrops on roses but I just had to

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        One of the gifts I received for Christmas last week was a beautiful little notebook...just the motivation I needed to try and have a daily journal as I have done off and on during my life.         I've mentioned before that I love new things...especially a new notebook. The unused, clean, empty, white pages are just an irresistible temptation to WRITE...write anything! Whether it's a

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You may wonder what this is that I would pick it to be my favorite photo of the past several days! I really wanted to post some of our grandchildren who visited but since I only wanted one picture I settled for this one. This was at the Christmas Tea that we had at our house several days ago for the ladies from our church. I had made some simple napkin rings from keychain rings and little silk

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All over the world today many people are celebrating Christmas. Sadly, very sadly, only a small percentage of those are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, which we know is the real reason for this season of joy. Very often over the past few weeks I have thought of the reason that Jesus was sent to earth: TO DIE. Yes, He was born to die! That does not bring us sadness but, rather, great joy

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I love the Bible story (Mark 14:3-9) of the woman who broke her alabaster box and poured out her expensive perfume on Jesus. Whether it was Mary of Bethany, Mary Magdalene or some other woman doesn't matter.  The change that Jesus brought about in her life was worthy of the love and worship she unabandonly gave to Him. I have a little alabaster box that a friend once gave to me and every time I

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It will only be Thursday by the time I post this but...close enough, I say, to Friday. This pink Christmas decoration was in the house where we spent the weekend in the state to the north of us and I admired it every time I walked by it. The Christmas greeting photo to the right is a close-up of this one. The lady of the house was a fellow lover of roses...even PINK ones! Here's another of the

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I can't type as well these days because of a hand injury so I'll just post photos of these little flowers that suddenly bloomed in the corner of our front yard this week...a new one each day for 3 days. Reminds me of the verse which I put below. I had forgotten that I had planted these bulbs from plants that I found at the side of the road last month, growing wild. What a special delight! Don't

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From the front of our house a few days ago, not long before sunset, this cloud was all lit up. Beautiful! (Just ignore the wires...)

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Eight years ago I said good-by to my older sister.  Doing that on the phone from over 2000 miles away was one of the most painful experiences of my life. Two days later she was home with her Lord...because she believed in Him, and Him alone, to save her.  Her life was an example and inspiration to me-from way back when we were growing up together til the last moment of her life. She supported us

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Since I missed doing this last week I think it gives me the right to post two pictures today! Yes, that's right, whether you agree or not. I've had fun using a colleague's fancy (in comparison to mine) camera the past several days. Here's one of my favorites from the many "test" photos I took, a little finch that comes to sit on the fence every morning, only a few meters outside the window. It

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I love the simple and beautiful truth of God's Word! We don't like it when people lie. We like to know what the truth is even if it hurts. It makes our life safe and secure, it gives us hope and joy, it gives meaning, structure and reality to our own little private world and to the wide world around us. Where do we find truth? In God's Word. He is the only One who is incapable of lying. He is

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Our celebration of Thanksgiving is this week. But who says we have to stick to one day each year to thank the Lord for His goodness to us? Hopefully we do that every single day! "O  give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever. To Him alone who doeth wonders..." (Psalm 136: 1and 4)

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A morning sky scene... The camera never captures the full beauty of such moments! "Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in Thee do I trust..." (Psalm 143:8)

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Over the past few days I have been impressed and stirred once again by the importance, power and beauty of Christ's death on the cross. What mercy, grace and love was shown there on that day long ago...for everyone, but also (and this boggles my mind) just for me!Because of His death and resurrection we have all we need for salvation. We are complete in Him! He has promised this and His

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At this beautiful Spring time of the year, Brazil's national flower, the ipê (of the tabebuia family), is in full bloom, gracing the land with its exquisite blooms. There are different colors, mainly yellow, white, pink and purple. This young yellow one is on our Bible college campus and I couldn't resist giving it a photo session as I saw it brightly shining in the sunlight! A closer look at the

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A daylily seen yesterday as I walked in the city park.

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I know. It's Saturday, not Friday. But I was going to do this yesterday and it didn't happen so I'm posting it today. It might be any day of the week when you see this anyway so it doesn't matter, does it?! This is something I want to do every week, if possible, but I promise it won't always be about flowers. Seeing as how I've only taken about 300 pictures during the past couple of weeks (not

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Answers to prayers are sometimes like a fulfilled dream. I am rejoicing today over the victory experienced in the life of a dear Brazilian pastor's wife who is also a sister and friend. It centers around her sister who was discovered NOT to have cancer although everything pointed to it as being just that. Our God is amazing and still does miracles! In her written testimony, Lídia referred to some

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It has been one year since I began this blog, a year of many enjoyable (and a few frustrating) moments as I have written and posted about God's many gifts and blessings to me. If you, my readers, are being blessed even just half as much as I am through these, then I consider it well-worth my time. Honest! You currently come from 74 cities in 25 countries. I am amazed, overwhelmed and humbled and

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This is my imagination...of me painting a pink rose. [smile}

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