If a tree were to resist
shedding her colorful autumn leaves,
when would come spring?
When would come summer?
If we resist change
we cannot question why
we do not grow.
Do not choose death – choose life!
By Martha L Shaw – © 2015 Words and Image
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A wee one picked a pretty flower
and gave it to her Mom.
Everyone around her smiled with joy.
She grew older and was taught
a dandelion was “just a weed”
but did the flower really change
when the eyes of her heart
were closed?
She grew up
and made them into
such delicious wine!
How eye opening!
By Martha L Shaw – © 2015
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Life in black and white.
Weeds grow in Eden’s Garden.
Original sin.
God’s compassion . . . Jesus Christ.
Garden blooms, living color!
by Martha L Shaw Copyright July 27, 2012
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“ALL of my senses listen, see, and appreciate the love of God in His amazing gifts such as these and so many more!! ” –Martha Shaw
“There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story” – Linda Hogan –
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When I was a wee one
I always wanted to visit Nana
and bring her flowers.
Seemed to me she never got any.
As I saw things,
she was always alone, too.
I picked beautiful dandylions for her
and she put them in a water glass on her dining table!
I didn’t know it was a water glass
nor did I know the “flowers” were just weeds.
Nana must not have known what they were either
because she kissed me
and said they were beautiful
just like ME!
By Martha L Shaw © 2019
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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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Clouds over my head
Whisper opportunity
Gentle wisps of change
By Martha L Shaw – © 2015
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