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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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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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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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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My soul is raining!
Stubborn sun, why must you shine?
Tears refresh the joy.
By Martha L Shaw – © 2017
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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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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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