The Promise

The promise of Spring is here

buried under the snow of February.

daffodil buds in snow

The earth awakens from sleep.

Just as Jesus can awaken

the frozen darkness

of your soul

Fall, Winter, Spring

and resurrect it

to life

and beauty

and promise.

daffodil bud in snow

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The sky — it fills me with awe — and it fills up my camera roll too.

The electric wire hampers my sunset shots here at the cottage, but I take them anyway.

But sunrise on the other side — there’s nothing but hills and sky and sometimes beautiful color.

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the venerable stump

the stubborn old stump

at the roadside

has resisted removal.

It must have been

a fine, towering tree,

three feet through,

touching the sky…

Once…

i thought it

Unsightly

until it bloomed.

Beauty in old age cheers my heart.