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Weekly Photo Challenge: Enveloped
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Enveloped.”
The Daily Post has asked us…What does enveloped mean to you?
I suppose to be enveloped means to be covered over….
Like my daughter was covered over by my dog, Mercedes in this photo. It reminds me of a song we used to sing a long time ago in church, ‘I am covered over with the robe of righteousness my Jesus gives to me….” I don’t know how righteous Mercedes is but she is a good dog and she is white.
I suppose to be enveloped could mean to be contained within something….
Like my daughter is contained in the arms of these two school chums.
OR
Like the light of the sun is contained within the branches of this bush. If that is so then maybe to be enveloped is more perception than condition.
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Friday Fictioneers: The Arrival
Photo prompt by: Gail Stratford
Once again we have arrived at Friday Fictioneers, the place where the cost of visiting is a 100 word story based on a photo prompt supplied by the CEO of all things Fictioneer, Rochelle. If you click the link above you can get to the rest of Rochelle’s visitors and virtual story-tellers. If you read on you can read my newest Friday Fiction, THE ARRIVAL.
The Arrival
by JE Lillie
The world is still brown and dead. The grain is all but spent. The fences are broken here and there and so many of our older trees succumbed to the weight of the snow and the voice of the winter wind. My fields lie barren.
Yet there is much to do. The sap has run. The sugar is boiling down. The cattle are restless in the stalls to rout for those first tasty shoots of green grass that will come on the meadows. The apple trees are budding and once again I catch the smell of fresh manure on the fields. Spring is finally here!
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Pain Is Not A Lesson.
A lesson for our Christendom.
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One Word Photo Challenge: Cloudy
This Post is written in response to Jennifer’s One Word Photo Challenge: Cloudy. Click the link to see other people’s clouds.;
Here are mine:
Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
“Yesterday I inhaled a cloud, and immediately my eyes started raining.”
― Jarod Kintz, Whenever You’re Gone, I’m Here For You
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds
“The sky and the sun are always there. It’s the clouds that come and go.”
― Rachel Joyce
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Share Your World 2015 Week #19
Here we are again at SYW! Each week our hostess, Cee asks five questions. As we answer them our worlds collide (gently of course). Read my answers below and then click the Share your world icon above and it will take you to a whole new level of sharing over at Cee’s blog!
Here are the questions!
Would you prefer a one floor house or multiple levels?
My home is a multi-level Edwardian style. I would love it to be a one level ranch.
If you have a TV, would you prefer the TV in the living room or another room?
The Living Room. I used to have one in the bed room and I find I am not a big fan of that.
When you leave a room, do you turn the lights off behind you or keep the lights on throughout your house most of the time? Explain your answer.
I try to turn the lights out except at night when I am making several trips from the living room to the kitchen ( because I am making snacks while I watch television of course). Then I leave the lights on in the kitchen.
What’s your favorite room in your home?
I think my favorite room is my bedroom. I do a lot of thinking, studying and napping there. It is my refuge from the world
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am very grateful to have been able to go to my son’s Masters graduation in PA last week. Here are some photos
Joe and Joe
Joe’s mom and grandparents and Joe at the BBQ
My son, a teacher in South Korea
Joe at Longwood
Next week I am looking forward to our annual church network conference in Connecticut,
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Weeping Over Geometry
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Land of Confusion.”
The Daily Post has asked us,
Which subject in school did you find impossible to master? Did math give you hives? Did English make you scream? Do tell!
I was a pretty good student throughout school. I was one of those kids who did his homework between periods. I studied while walking to school and still got A’s in everything. Then I met geometry and before long I realized that if I didn’t do something radical I could very possibly ruin all my chances at joining the Honor Society (yep I was that kid). So I studied (that didn’t help) and after squeaking through my first semester with a low C (which really alarmed my parents) I got a tutor. I made it through but determined that I would move away from higher math as quickly as I could.
Years later I was hired at a high school as a Special Needs paraprofessional. My mornings were given to a young man with many challenges. I just loved this part of my job and felt called to it by God. However the young man only stayed on half a day as he had a vocational placement in the afternoons. So the school opted to put me in a classroom as an instructional aid. Guess where I landed? You got it! Helping out in geometry class! I was terrified but then the teacher began handing out the lessons and strangely I got it! I guess that part of my brain finally turned on. So tenth graders don’t give up if you don’t get it just yet. You might just be waiting for a part of your brain to come on-line.
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Allow the Spirit of Wisdom Access to Your Heart
Give Him all the room He needs, and He will give you all the answers you need.
Image courtesy of ChristArt.com
And remember this: When people accuse you before everyone and forcefully drag you before the religious leaders and authorities, do not be troubled. Don’t worry about defending yourself or be concerned about how to answer their accusations. Simply be confident and allow the Spirit of Wisdom access to your heart, and he will reveal in that very moment what you are to say to them. – Luke 12a;11-12 TPT
I am really loving the Passion Translation of Luke.
Check out this gem. I quoted two verses above so you would get the context, but I love this thought –
… allow the Spirit of Wisdom access to your heart…
Not sure what to say?
Find yourself at a loss for words?
Always looking for the right answer for your accusers?
Stop.
Take a deep breath.
Open the door of your heart and let the Spirit of…
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Forces Of Nature
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Forces of Nature.”
The Daily post has asked us to show the forces of nature from our little corner of the globe. Having just come through one of the worst winters ever in my life time here is my force of nature
Rough winter 1
Rough winter 2
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found? ~J.B. Priestley
Frozen Ground
I am so glad Spring is finally here!
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Lost in a Dream Come True
What’s the main thing?
The old Yiddish proverb translates as “Man plans, God laughs.” Equally old is the statement by the Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius, “Live not one’s life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.” So, should we live life completely in the moment with no thought for the future? After all, God does say, So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. (Matthew 6:34)
I have a friend who is a great guy who loves his family. But he’s constantly working at his job. He has a flexible starting time, but he almost always works late into the evening. He rarely sees any of his family, except on weekends. And on many of those, he wants to be able to relax or concentrate on his special hobby. He is so concerned with the day-to-day need…
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