Friday, March 18, 2016

Lent Photo-a-Day Challenge Week 4

I'm finding this photo-a-day challenge to be a real blessing during this season of Lent. I'm so grateful I saw it posted on someone's page on the first day of Lent.

Here are my photos from week 4:

3/4/16: HELP...
God is our refuge and strength, a help always near in times of great trouble. Psalm 46:1
Emergency Response Team training, to provide help through UMCOR for those who have experienced a disaster.

3/5/16: ENDURE...
Love puts up with all things, trusts in all things, hopes for all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7
Almost 43 years ago... we're lucky that it really hasn't been much of an endurance test. Love you, Davey.

3/6/16: CELEBRATE...
Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30
Happy 80th birthday to Terry Davis, who was delighted to have two sons and a daughter-in-law in church with her today. God's blessings on the whole family.

3/7/16: SPIRIT...
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Galatians 22-23

3/8/16: SILENCE...
God of Zion, to you even silence is praise. Promises made to you are kept—you listen to prayer—and all living things come to you. Psalm 65:1-2 CEB

3/9/16: FAITHFUL...
Someone might claim, “You have faith and I have action.” But how can I see your faith apart from your actions? Instead, I’ll show you my faith by putting it into practice in faithful action. James 2:18
Our United Methodist Women have been putting faith into action for almost 50 years, and have a "Five-Star" award to prove it.

3/10/16: SURROUND...
Lord, let your faithful love surround us because we wait for you. Psalm 33:22

3/11/16: WORLD...
John 1:9 The true light that shines on all people was coming into the world.
Christmas Eve at St. Paul's, a few years ago.
Thanks for sharing my journey!


Saturday, March 5, 2016

Lent Photo-a-day Challenge Week 3

Here are my photos from the third week of the Lenten challenge. Search #rethinkphoto for some other people's pictures. It's interesting to see the many different interpretations of each day's word.

2/25/16: JOY...
The joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10

2/26/16: SEE...
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12

2/27/16: HEAL...
There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole,
there is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul.

2/28/16: CELEBRATE...
Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.... Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky. Psalm 85:9,11

2/29/16: THIRST...
Whoever believes in me shall never thirst. John 6:35

3/1/16: WITNESS...
Come close and listen, all you who honor God; I will tell you what God has done for me. Psalm 66:16

3/2/16: Found...
"I once was lost but now am found." John Newton.
With GPS on our phones, we rarely get lost on the road these days. But it's easy to get lost in the web of the world. Maybe we should think of Jesus as our spiritual GPS.

3/3/16: POWER...
Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea— the Lord on high is mighty. Psalm 93:4

Watch for more pictures next week!