Easter Blessings

Saturday's Sayings - Grief Scars...

Saturday' Sayings

Grief Scars...

The Gift Of Knowing You

There are gifts of many treasures

For both the young and old,

From the tiniest little trinkets

To great boxes filled with gold.

But, put them all together

And they could not stand in lieu,

Of the greatest gift of all

The gift of knowing you.

When your times are filled with troubles

Sadness, grief, or even doubt,

When all those things you planned on

Just aren't turning out.

Just turn and look behind you

From the place at which you stand,

And look for me through the shadows

And reach out for my hand.

I will lift from you your burden

And cry for you your tears,

Bear the pain of all your sorrows

Though it may be for a thousand years.

For in the end I would be happy

To have helped you start anew,

It's a small price to pay

For the gift of knowing you.

~ Dave Stout

By: Just BE

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”It's a lie to say you've let go of the past. The past is made up of our memories and nobody lets go of memories. Each tear is an unforgettable memory. Each smile is an undeniable mark. Each heartbeat is an un-erasable scar because really, there's no such thing as forgetting. Only acceptance.”

~via Just BE

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When you genuinely love a person, you are willing to learn the song that they carry in their heart. To walk with them, singing, dancing, and sharing the journey...

And if a day should come when they have forgotten the lyrics, the melody, and the song...

That is when you are a real friend to them and you can sing it to them ... to remind them that they are loved...Always. ♥

~via Just BE

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Let the love and light of God's Kingdom radiate through you until all who look upon you shall be illumined by its reflection.

~A. B.

~via Just BE

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‎"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."

~ Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

~via Grieving Mother, F.B.

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Peace in Heaven

You're peacefully

now sleeping

In a world of purest light,

Where angels sing

their sweet refrain

And where everything

shines bright.

Beside the tranquil waters

You walk along each day,

Where the blossoms

are so beautiful

With the colors they display.

You're so very dearly thought of

And every precious memory,

Has left a lovely rainbow

That will last eternally.

~From Grieving Mother, Melody Hill, lovingly sent to me on Merry Katherine's birthday

Thank you, Melody!

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For Fun. . .

~Thanks to Grieving Mother, Melody Hill

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Pictures, thanks to Jill Compton, Darlene Thomas, Just BE, and Melody Hill

Easter Blessings! ~ Love's Sweetest Sacrifice

Easter Blessings!

Love's Sweetest Sacrifice

Jesus, Lord, the blood You shed

Helps me know my child's not dead,

So though, now, I cannot see,

I know my child does live with Thee!

She gathers 'round Your holy throne

With others whom You call Your own;

And one day when You call me Home,

I, too, will join such Joy unknown.

So now I suffer for awhile,

But then I will rejoin my child;

Happy days I'll know again ~

I'll see with eyes of faith till then.

Draw near me Spirit, Comforter,

For now my heart does long for her...

The little one who blessed my life

Whose death now stabs me with a knife~

Bleeding out former happiness,

And yet -these times- You come to bless...

Hold my heart within Your hands,

Those hands, nail-scarred, from Love's demands.

We, like You, must suffer here,

But we, like You, our Lord draws near,

Promising He will catch each tear,

Drops of Love like Your blood drops here.

Lord, what will all these "Love drops" do?

"Multiply Love accorded you."

So Lord, these tears folks wish would cease...?

"Are diamonds Here of Love's release,

Symbols of investments made

In precious souls for whom My Son's blood paid.

For Love is Heav'n's best commodity;

Tears poured out in Love are as gold to Me,

Sweet investments in Eternity

Rendering returns sweetest to Me...

Tears poured out reveal your Love, you see!

Worldly treasures are worthless to Me;

Sacrifices of Love are what I see,

Like the blood of My Son shed for thee...."

Lord, I lay down my life for Thee,

Pour Your love out, and love through me.

You gave Your All; I at least give me;

May I Love as Christ loved me...

Jesus, You died, and now You live,

Conquering Death that my child might live!

Your death purchased our eternal lives;

Thank You for Love's Sweetest Sacrifice!

Saturday's Sayings - Love's Sweetest Sound in Dogwoods Found...

Saturday's Sayings

Love's Sweetest Sound in Dogwoods Found...

And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through His own blood.

~Hebrews 13:12

Easter's coming! Dogwoods abound.

No lovelier tree could e'er be found.

I hold in my hand its pink flow'r,

Illustration of Your Love's pow'r:

In its center ~ Your thorny crown,

Flowing out, Your Love's blood all roun' ~

At each petal's tip lies Death's thorn,

Encircled by Life's halo borne.

The halo formed beyond blood's veins:

Your blood required to end Death's reign.

In its shape, Your torturous cross,

Symbol of God's Ultimate loss.

The dogwood tree, a lovely sign,

In its beauty, God's Love defines:

Love's greatest sacrifice renowned ~

That dreadful day on Calv'ry's mound,

God gave His Son...that we'd be found:

His Loss, our gain ~ Love's sweetest sound.

Easter's coming! Dogwoods abound.

Yes ~ No lovelier tree could e'er be found.

Its pink flower shouts out Love's sound:

God lost His Child, that mine be found...

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

~John 3:16

Picture: http://www.forestwander.com/2009/01/up-close-pink-dogwood-flower/

Poem - Love's Sweetest Sound in Dogwoods Found... - Angie Bennett Prince - 4/22/11