A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....06-29 thru 07-01-07...TGIF at the Finest

June 29, 2007 | Billie

[OESY]

--"Diana's Cat" (© 1996-2007 by Cheryl Robertson)


THE CAT AND THE MOON

-by William Butler Yeats

The cat went here and there
And the moon spun round like a top,
And the nearest kin of the moon,
The creeping cat, looked up.
Black Minnaloushe stared at the moon,
For, wander and wail as he would,
The pure cold light in the sky
Troubled his animal blood.
Minnaloushe runs in the grass
Lifting his delicate feet.
Do you dance, Minnaloushe, do you dance?
When two close kindred meet.
What better than call a dance?
Maybe the moon may learn,
Tired of that courtly fashion,
A new dance turn.
Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
From moonlit place to place,
The sacred moon overhead
Has taken a new phase.
Does Minnaloushe know that his pupils
Will pass from change to change,
And that from round to crescent,
From crescent to round they range?
Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
Alone, important and wise,
And lifts to the changing moon
His changing eyes.




--David Delamare


The Crescent-Moon, The Star of Love
by Wordsworth, William (1842)

The Crescent-moon, the Star of Love,
Glories of evening, as ye there are seen
With but a span of sky between—
Speak one of you, my doubts remove,
Which is the attendant Page and which the Queen?

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[DollyCali]

aw those are great.. LOVE both pictures osey. Thank you.

May all here have a great Lord's Day!

[MEG33]

Philippians 4 19
But my God shall supply all your need
according to his riches in glory by
Christ Jesus.
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~May Your Sunday Be Blessing Filled~

[Kitty Mittens]

Your Lord's Day Post is Beautiful, Dear Meg! I Pray Everyone's Day is a Wonderful One.

~Flower from my Shepherd's Ranch~ The Lord is King Forever and Ever! (Ps.10:16)

[The Mayor]

July 1, 2007

Whitewater Experiences

READ: 1 Chronicles 28:9-20

Do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God—my God—will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. —1 Chronicles 28:20

I was enjoying the start of my first whitewater rafting experience—until I heard the roar of the rapids up ahead. My emotions were flooded with feelings of uncertainty, fear, and insecurity at the same time. Riding through the whitewater was a first-rate, white-knuckle experience! And then, suddenly, it was over. The guide in the back of the raft had navigated us through. I was safe—at least until the next set of rapids.

Transitions in our lives are like whitewater. The inevitable leaps from one season of life to the next—college to career, singleness to marriage, career to retirement, marriage to widowhood—are all marked by uncertainty and insecurity.

In one of the most significant transitions recorded in Old Testament history, Solomon assumed the throne from his father David. I’m sure he was filled with “white-knuckle” uncertainty about the future. His father’s advice? “Be strong and of good courage, and do it; . . . for the LORD God—my God—will be with you” (1 Chronicles 28:20).

You’ll have your fair share of tough transitions in life. But with God in your raft you’re not alone. Keep your eyes on the One who is navigating the rapids. He’s taken lots of others through before. Smooth waters are just ahead. —Joe Stowell

I am safe when danger threatens,
For I’m trusting Christ the Lord;
Since He promised He’ll be with me,
Though I fear, my faith’s restored. —Hess

God will guide you through the rapids of change.

Bible in One Year:   Job 20-21; Acts 10:24-48

[Billie]

Oh, my goodness! It is almost unreal how much alike your table posts/colors are! Kitty, you have arrived when yours can be compared to Meg's. A compliment to both of you - this is absolutely, positively, without question, simply breathtaking!

Meg's always are, and I'm in awe at how quickly yours are becoming just as!

[Billie]

Well, Megsie, I would say you've been outside my backyard - except for this fence is stucco instead of brick, and except that I don't have huge flowering, colorful trees like that. :) I guess it's not my backyard at all. LOL

[Mama_Bear]

[Lady Jag]

Good Sunday! Have a divine one.

[MEG33]

Thank you, Kitty.

What a beautiful Sunday post!

I think the student is no longer a student, Billie! Isn’t it wonderful!

LOL..My picture was taken in South Africa. California has both beautiful Jacaranda trees and bougainvilleas I recall.

[MEG33]

Thank you, Mayor..Wonderful message.

[.30Carbine]

Thank you all for the pings to your posts which have blessed me with beauty, love, and wisdom today. Thank you for sharing of the riches you have been given - here, and with me. May you receive them back multiplied from His hand, amen.

[Billie]

[Majie Purple]

Jim Ed Brown w/ his sisters singing “”All The Chappel Bells Were Ringing” aka “Jimmy Brown”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiUXMyaHz8g

Thanks so very much to those whom have thus far pinged me to all those lovely Bible verses and pic pings/& greetings this Sunday!(Mamabear;Billie;Kitty Mittens;Meg;33;Just Amy;Lady Jag;The Mayor... + one pic & poem ping on Sat. from Jack that I hadn’t gotten to thank him for yet...

HUGGLEDEEWUGGLEDEES(My Spin on HUGS) Y’all!

[luvie]

[click on picture]
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"Heaven Opened Up Its Doors"
by Jeff Russell
aka Texas Songwriter

[luvie]

Thank you for our beautiful lesson from God’s Word.

Hope you and your family are having a wonderful weekend!

[JustAmy]

Happy Sunday, Finest FRiends.

[JustAmy]

Holidays that we can celebrate today are:
1. Build A Scarecrow Day
2. Canada Day
3. Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day
4. International Joke Day
5. Postal Worker Day



Happy Build A Scarecrow Day!!

[JustAmy]

Thank you for playing my Holiday Game. :)

The graphics you chose are wonderful and the poems are great.

Have a Beautiful, Blessed Sunday.

[jaycee]

So gorgeous, Billie~~~