February 11, 2019
When The Storm Passes . . .

The threat of a storm lasted long, but now that the storm is over it seems as though it was quite brief. How often do we find this to be true? After it has gone, the beauty in its wake seems brighter than ever before . . .
Here are some photographs taken after other storms have gone. It seems there is a message in their beauty.
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper;
the waves of the sea[a] were hushed. – Psalm 107:29
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Posted by Martha L Shaw
January 2, 2019
Clouds over my head
Whisper opportunity
Gentle wisps of change
By Martha L Shaw – © 2015

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July 31, 2018
It began . . .
An ordinary day.
Then
I heard the sounds of peace and passion.
A duet that at once caught my breath
while also wrapping me in streams of gold.
My heart . ..my soul
Were fed as never before.
Should I dance or cry or laugh
Or indulge
In a banquet
Of all three
and more.
Music so sweet and gentle
Then suddenly it grew in magnitude
And repainted the landscape.
A love
Indescribable
Wrapped in a bow.
By Martha L Shaw – © 2018

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November 13, 2017
Such beauty
in a faded lily
still smiling in the sun!
By Martha L Shaw – © 2016

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August 12, 2017
If the rose
Knew only its thorns
Would it still be sweet?
By Martha L Shaw ©8-24-2015
Words and Image

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Posted by Martha L Shaw
June 20, 2017

OH, those meddlesome weeds,
she said.
But to the child
all was beauty!
As the breeze
blew through my soul
I picked a yellow dandelion
and smiled!
By Martha L Shaw – © 2017

And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:2-4 ESV)
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March 24, 2017

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