August 27, 2018
Tee shirt vendors got it wrong! God gave us a new day . . . let’s be hopeful . . . thankful even! Attitude matters!

I awakened to a quiet house.
It was very early
and the only noise was
the soft sound of my dog asleep nearby.
Sensing my gaze,
she stumbled out of bed and followed me.
I sit sipping my first cup of coffee
and breathe in the peaceful soft sounds of the new day.
I don’t know what the day brings
but I know who brought it.
That is sufficient.
By Martha L Shaw – ©2018
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January 23, 2018
Please forgive me for being less active here. I am dealing with many health challenges at this time. Your friendship and support are greatly appreciated! I especially appreciate the many reading from my archives, THANK YOU! Invite your friends and to God be the glory!

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January 10, 2018

There is an argument about whether one person’s insulted over $1,000 because another received $1,000,000. As I considered how HUGELY I’d appreciate 1,000 or 100.00 . . . I saw a face light up over the loaf of bread I baked him . . .lives have been changed over a loaf or a fish. – Martha L Shaw ©2018 words and image
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September 22, 2017
The sky is so large
Yet we often see just clouds
He gave so much more
By Martha L Shaw ©2016

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July 31, 2017
My soul is raining!
Stubborn sun, why must you shine?
Tears refresh the joy.
By Martha L Shaw – © 2017
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June 3, 2017
Beyond The Veil

For the Light costumd by darkness,
I thank you, Lord.
For the beauty I know but cannot see,
I thank you, Lord.
For the music I cannot hear yet still I dance
And thank you, Lord.
For your secret healing of my every need,
I thank you, Lord.
For living in this broken human’s heart,
I thank you, Lord.
For using me anyway,
All my love and thanks and praise to you.
Amen
By Martha L Shaw – ©2014
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May 6, 2017
I sit at the water’s edge
hearing the music of the droplets
tumbling over the rocks at the shore . . .
sounds of strength and hope.
By Martha L Shaw – © 2015

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April 12, 2017
Tapestry
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He weaves my dreams
Together with His own
And the result
Is far greater
Than anything I could imagine!
Ny Martha L Shaw – © 2014

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January 24, 2017
It need not take devastation to awaken us to the beauty we’re surrounded with, but sadly that is so often the case! – Martha L Shaw

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January 20, 2017
When I was a child, I loved laying in the grass looking up at the sky . . . I thought of who else, in some distant place, might be sharing it with me. Birds flew about tweeting and I wondered what they said.. When clouds came in, I thought not of potential storms but of the interesting shapes . . . “that one looks like a bear!” Even when it rained, I loved watching the droplets bounce off surfaces looking like tiny mirrors reflecting a world that fascinated me.
Clouds over my head
Whisper opportunity
Gentle wisps of change
By Martha L Shaw – © 2015

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