“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.” Psalm 24:1
Some of us are blooming, some wilting. Some of us are sowing, others are harvesting. Together, in the garden. I crave our Creator and love HIM. And you.
Have faith, my friends. 🙏🌍💛
“With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.” Ephesians 1:8-10
National Park Week!
“There is nothing so American as our national parks … the fundamental idea behind the parks … is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.”–President Franklin D. Roosevelt; 32nd president of the United States who signed Executive Order 6166, which created the National Park Service we know today
“If you drive to, say, Shenandoah National Park, or the Great Smoky Mountains, you’ll get some appreciation for the scale and beauty of the outdoors. When you walk into it, then you see it in a completely different way. You discover it in a much slower, more majestic sort of way.”–Bill Bryson; American-British travel author/journalist
“The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.” Psalm 95:5
“A national park is not a playground. It’s a sanctuary for nature and for humans who will accept nature on nature’s own terms.”–Michael Frome; writer, educator, and conservationist
Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature’s darlings. Climb the mountains and get their good tidings, Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature’s sources never fail.”
John Muir; Scottish-American naturalist, environmental philosopher, conservationist, and author known as “Father of the National Parks”
“Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’”-Genesis 1:26
“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” Genesis 2:15
Honking horns, warmhearted waves, and lively laughter crowded the highway headed south. Sunbeams followed suit. Camaraderie and coffee, lingering laughter, and abiding agreement. Soon, the air cooled, goosebumps grew, birds chirped, and pups were perplexed. From a sunset glow to dimness-cheers than tears. Complete silence. Utter awe. “Thank you, God, for your miracles.”
Pic by K.L. Hale, 4/08/24, NW AR
A perfect alignment, moon’s orbit and distance, The degree of the tilt, determined its existence.
Darkness diminished rapidly, as it eclipsed the light A few seconds to minutes, the day seemed like night.
Do you seek shelter, in a time of the unknown? Or embrace it unflinching, witnessing the miracles shown?
The pathway is riddled with shadows and light, Which way do you travel, the left or the right?
LOOK UP, witness rare, a new moon, the sun’s rays “Don’t eclipse possibilities, and stay grateful,” I pray. K.L. Hale
Light obscured by darkness. A rare event, a rare cancer, obscured definitions and explanations. Obscurity.
Miracles in-the-making. Pain to progress. Tears to laughter. Helplessness to hope.
A rare day in AR-pics by K.L. Hale–Canon PowerShot SC740 HS
Has hope been obscured by helplessness? Is life double-downed in darkness or are you standing in the light? Do you know how RARE and uniquely made YOU ARE? Do you REALLY know how loved you are?
I know a MAN WHO CAN love you when you feel unlovable, provide light in the darkness, and replace human impossibilities and obscurities with evolutionary eternity!
“For once, you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!” Ephesians 5:8
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”-Brene Brown
God rescued me from the grave, and now my life is filled with light. Job 33:28
But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7
“Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you.” ― Rumi
Jesus replied, “My light will shine for you just a little longer. Walk in the light while you can so the darkness will not overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness cannot see where they are going.” John 12:35
“Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.”-Walt Whitman
As the world keeps spinning, the opposition may orbit.
My joy is unobscured. In HIM my hope always stays. For faith and my Master turned my night into day.
Softened pain and a soothed spirit suited my celebration. The Farmer’s Market was the perfect stomping ground for a rejoiceful return to my “roots”. Seeing a former student and my children’s book illustrator, Gage, was the “full circle” I sought. Without him, Faith and Finley Tour Missouri, wouldn’t exist. A hug, hello, and a handful of his Missouri Artheaped my heart with hope!
Barefoot and strumming, a fabulous magician sang about the “Ozark’s Grounds”. My soul took solace. Memories of family, childhood, the river, travel, and this current “bend” in the water rushed my mind.
Feeling rooted, thankful tears trailed my cheeks as I hiked to my car.
It seemed fitting to “plant” myself at Roots Coffee shop. It was seventh heaven as I sowed my Savior’s sonshine. Music and the chatter of coffee connoisseurs chimed in with my cheerfulness.
Weary, with wonderstruck, I thought, “I’m grounded. It is well with my soul.”
Stay true to your roots.
Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
Colossians 2:7
Have faith 💚
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