Elizabeth

March Gratitude

This is the day which Adonai has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. ~ Psalm 118.24 the lingering chill of winter and the warmth of a Spring afternoon daffodils and wood violets, mountains views and the new moon a Tuesday in which the curtains hang askew and the oxalis decides to bloom the smell of an old book well read and loved the silky texture and golden gilded pages of my Bible prayer...

Elizabeth

An Open Letter to the World…

The grass withers, the flower fades,When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;Surely the people are grass.The grass withers, the flower fades,But the word of our God stands forever. ~ Isaiah 40.7-8 a winter storm approaching……Sea of Galilee Dear Depraved World, When I was a child, I would visit my grandparents in the summer. We would sit on the front porch with...

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February’s Gratitude

This is the day which Adonai has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. ~ Psalm 118.24 a list of a few things I am grateful for and that brought me joy this month… snowflakes Nicole date night movie theatre popcorn in all its thirst inducing saltiness snowstorms spring weather days in mid-February shadows that stretch long like a daydream in the fading afternoon winter melting into slush mud puddle...

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January’s Gratitude

This is the day which Adonai has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. ~ Psalm 118.24 a list of a few things I am grateful for and that brought me joy this month… coffee new books Randy’s job remains when so many have lost theirs a new roof new gutters that do not leak Yeshua Tobias’ soft velvety fur journals for writing and drawing mom brings me plants Shabbat the sound of thunder rumbling and...

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Writing Words

Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men,  knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is Yeshua Messiah whom you serve. ~ Colossians 3.23-24 I fear my writing as much as I love it. Most days all I want to do is write and yet I find myself in a pattern of pushing it to the fringes of time in exchange for mundane daily chores, that while...

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Rhythms

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. ~ Genesis 2.1-3 NASB sunset view from the Mount of...

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Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever, Amen. ~ 1 Timothy 1.17 NASB Immortal, invisible, God only wise,In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,Most blessèd, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,Almighty, victorious, thy great Name we praise.Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;Thy justice like...