If I was passed a glass of poison to drink, I would destroy it – not drink it. God would urge me to. He loves me.
Oh, the hug He gives!
Why then, when anxiety plagues me in so many painful ways, do I hold onto it and make myself sick? Lose my joy? Perhaps cause others to follow this wrong path with me?
Turn to Him, ask for help, turn it over!
DO NOT PICK IT BACK UP!
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A lovely late spring day
promises a bit of refreshment
from sniffing and sneezing.
As I smile with unspoken joy
reflecting heavenward
from my appreciative smile
I feel a gentle breeze tickle me!
I find that a leaf laden branch from my tree
happily waves its many new leaves to its Maker
as it shares my joy
and springs into new life!
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Mom, dressed for her first date with Dad!
When someone so close to us and whom we love so much is near the end, we feel their pain as they age and we would do whatever we could to see the Mom (or other loved one) as we remember them . . . even one more time. This week marks another anniversary of her passing. She felt no pain in passing while asleep and just didn’t awaken this side of heaven. She died holding hands with Jesus with a big smile on her face, just like my Grampy did. If your morning quiet place seems to have a larger angel choir, that’s Mom. No matter how many things she could no longer do toward the end, she was always singing and I am sure she still is! Likely, the angels in your life are singing with her!
The last thing she and I said to each other was to smile and say “I love you!” it was a sunny spring afternoon and the birds were singing!
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Crickets and rain drops outside my window,
Quiet my distracted soul
And not unlike a lullaby,
I feel my spirit finding rest
In You.
By Martha L Shaw © 2014
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I look out my window
Yet see nothing.
Darkness has consumed . . .
but, wait!
Have things really changed?
Is the grass no longer green?
. . . the trees no longer tall?
Will the sun I cannot see
Truly never shine again?
My soul,
Though wrestling fear’s attempt to overtake
Is opting instead for some needed rest.
Day has gone
And night indeed has fallen.
Morning’s sun will
Like my spirit rise
And I restored,
Once again will follow
and reflect the Light!
By Martha L Shaw ©2013
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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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NOT AS HARD AS YOU THINK!
I get stressed, especially when I multitask and demand too much from myself! The Lord doesn’t give us more than we can handle – we do!
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Tapers on the sofa table
Gently lit the room
For it was night.
While mother slept,
Father and I enjoyed the gentle candle light
And stories from another time and place.
We needed no warmth
From those candles, though.
That came from father’s heart.
He knew I’d be waiing.
I knew he’d come.
Sleep didn’t come easily to him.
We spent hours together
He shared so many stories
Oa life as a boy,family,the farm…
Tales of many generations
Retold in the gently lit room
Well into the night.
Tears come as I share this
But not of sadness,
All of joy!
As we retired for the night,
I waited for his sounds of sleep
Before taking to my bed.
He is gone now,
But my memories still bring
Love, peace, and rest!
By Martha L Shaw – © 2017
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Too often I focus on the fallen leaves
Scattered on my weed covered bit of earth.
Signs of death and decay?
Perhaps, and yet . . .
A rake,
A hoe,
A change of focus,
And new buds and blossoms appear . . .
Or perhaps they lay in wait all along.
Beyond the shadows shines the blazing sun!
By Martha L Shaw – © 2014
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Crickets and rain drops outside my window,
Quiet my distracted soul
And not unlike a lullaby,
I feel my spirit finding rest
In You.
By Martha L Shaw © 2014
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