DON’T HATE MONDAY!

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

 

 

 

I APPRECIATE YOU!

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!

 

 

 

YOUR VALUES

 

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

LOOK BEYOND!

The sky is so large

Yet we often see just clouds

He gave so much more

By Martha L Shaw ©2016

 

GIFTS? WHAT GIFTS?

My soul is raining!

Stubborn sun, why must you shine?

Tears refresh the joy.

By Martha L Shaw – ©  2017

 

BE THANKFUL ANYWAY – BE THANKFUL ALWAYS

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

 

Tears of Joy

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

THE GREAT WEAVER

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

GRACE AND GRATITUDE

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

 

 

 

 

DO YOU SEE SILVER LININGS? I DO!

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