/blog/HisBeauty2/?pid=f3104 [center][bg border=5 bgcolor=burlywood cellpadding=30][COLOR sienna][SIZE 4]We each are treasure in earthen vessels. We let God in to search us, and are enabled to know ourselves, Him, and others better. From Him we learn to love, to trust, and to spread our wings and be lifted by His breath of Life. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [center][bg border=5 bgcolor=royalblue cellpadding=10] [center] [image] [COLOR burlywood][B]This worship doodle was 18x24"It says "He delights in you and me"[/B] [/COLOR][/bg][COLOR sienna][SIZE 4][center] Thank you for coming by to read [B][COLOR purple]and to comment[/COLOR][/B]. Your thoughts sharpen mine. May His thoughts emerge[/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR sienna][SIZE 3]"Speaking the truth in love, we will in [B]all things [/B]grow up into Him....From Him the whole body...[B]grows[/B] and builds itself up in love as each part does its work." [I]Ephesians 4:15-16[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR][/bg][COLOR skyblue][/COLOR][SIZE 1][/SIZE][COLOR royalblue][/COLOR] /blog/2222/post_138361.html?pid=f3104&m= Banquet smileThe ever-painting skyis just a shadowof its makerLike your smileis just a sliceof a banquet Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:52:53 -0800 /blog/2222/post_138361.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_138359.html?pid=f3104&m= try to chase the sunset with a camera- into the neighbor’s field click. down to the orchard. click find a shot. click. look around whoa! overthere behind Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:36:44 -0800 /blog/2222/post_138359.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_135994.html?pid=f3104&m= So why complicate things with arguments and justifications? Scripture (and experience) is clear: He's alive and the Holy Spirit reveals Him, the Son Himself, to us. Anyone want to add a confirming t Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:48:37 -0800 /blog/2222/post_135994.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_128289.html?pid=f3104&m= I wrote this letter to a friend who would not let us experience her people group because we were associating also with another group. Such songs, heard without a word by the heart, keep the lost from Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:43:50 -0800 /blog/2222/post_128289.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_126704.html?pid=f3104&m= I just wanted you all to know that as I'm browsing around in your blog-thoughts this summer evening, the fragrance of star jasmine is draped over my open front door, intoxicating me with beauty.May Go Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:46:01 -0800 /blog/2222/post_126704.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_113528.html?pid=f3104&m= Sunrise at moonset.In motion along Interstate 5the moon played hide and seek with meamong hillcreststhat infinitely layer the distance,silhouetting pine. fir, oak and madronein its giant orbYou ran zi Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:10:11 -0800 /blog/2222/post_113528.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_103342.html?pid=f3104&m= [image] "Normal"May you stand before Him face to faceJust as you and I are at this moment.And because He is in you and He is in meand we are in Him,We experience Himin both a realand a mystical Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:07:02 -0800 /blog/2222/post_103342.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_101854.html?pid=f3104&m= Hash and rehashHearse and rehearseLet dead dogs lieAnd learn to fly Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:10:15 -0800 /blog/2222/post_101854.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_91467.html?pid=f3104&m= Self-Pruning, Less than Best [image] There was only a little rain, and hardly any breeze. It was just time. The foot-thick branch splintered and broke away from the trunk. It was a third of th Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:19:40 -0800 /blog/2222/post_91467.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_90051.html?pid=f3104&m= I can't lick 'em! They keep popping into my blog post responses without permission... and they often don't relate to what has been said. They are totally random. They think that because I like to Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:56:55 -0800 /blog/2222/post_90051.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_89924.html?pid=f3104&m= Chairs [image] I collect them. I like when folks sit in them and spend time with each other. I photographed some of my favorites. I’ve been asking God about why I am this way. What thing in Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:31:27 -0800 /blog/2222/post_89924.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_89325.html?pid=f3104&m= There are so many ways (mental, emotional, spiritual, physical) that we go along some paths, not knowing why. Please share any revelations in your life that helped you blaze a new trail. The poem b Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:11:27 -0800 /blog/2222/post_89325.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_88869.html?pid=f3104&m= Pure Fantasy [image]Come, my friend. See my good land.We’ll fly up the Columbia Gorge to wash our faces in waterfalls’ mists andsteep our souls in river music.The coast is nearby Wave Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:01:18 -0800 /blog/2222/post_88869.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_88291.html?pid=f3104&m= I am jealous of Meow's artwork. [image] I must learn how to play with boxes of color. Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:19:25 -0800 /blog/2222/post_88291.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_88281.html?pid=f3104&m= [image] Water into WineI do not seewhat the water will becomeI am told to pourinto the vesselsbut I'll carry itto the Master of the feast.He'll know what it isand how to use it The brush and ink Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:55:33 -0800 /blog/2222/post_88281.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_87130.html?pid=f3104&m= Whispers to the BridePrecious one,Where does your song end, and my ear begin?Where does My Spirit start and your walk stir?Where does the River stop and the ocean start?Does a living stone end where Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:55:39 -0800 /blog/2222/post_87130.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_87126.html?pid=f3104&m= Sea Song [image] There's a place on every coastbalanced between birdsongs and wavesroar moving like a random metronomea pulse ever-moving, rushing, ebbing a living ring, a meeting place,lan Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:34:32 -0800 /blog/2222/post_87126.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_87124.html?pid=f3104&m= Integrity [image] Behold Him.Be whole.Be held.Be healed.Believe.Be loved.Be alive, Beloved.click on the painting, find the two talking with each other and the roar of the water Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:24:55 -0800 /blog/2222/post_87124.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_86667.html?pid=f3104&m= [image]this worship doodle reads,O, God, please no more "business as usual", WE NEED YOUR HEARTclick on the picture to see it a bit bigger Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:59:43 -0800 /blog/2222/post_86667.html?pid=f3104&m= /blog/2222/post_86449.html?pid=f3104&m= O, the family campout! My four adult kids all in one place is rare enough to celebrate with that extra effort. All their local friends are invited, too, so I pack for 20. It’s only 30 miles, s Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:26:00 -0800 /blog/2222/post_86449.html?pid=f3104&m=