January Kindness Month
Kind words are like honey, sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. Proverbs 16:24 Kindness towards someone else, helps them feel seen, appreciated, and valued.
Kindness is like a ripple.
Each little thing we do goes out into the world touching more and more people. Each thing we do can be kind, mean, or just a missed opportunity. The one certainty is that kindness can rip through meanness. Kindness interjected at any moment diminishes the ripple of negativity.
Every act of KINDNESS creates a ripple.
Each little thing we do goes out into the world touching more and more people.
What will you do to start a ripple of kindness today?
He hath showed thee, O man, what is good;
and what doth the Lord require of thee,
but to do justly, and to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8
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Others books:
Mixed by Arree Chung
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott
I intend to develop lesson plans for these two, but I can't keep the books long enough to do so--good books never get returned.
The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig (lessons on TpT)
Eyes that Kiss in the Corner by Joanna Ho
One by Kathryn Otoshi
All poems are by RL Brown and cannot be published without permission.
Wintry winds
whistling ceaseless
threnodies
Vermillion cardinal
resplendent and showy
pulchritudinous
It was not an easy door to open my creativity- a vain impression of my imagination, real or not, I see. #FromOneLine
Piquancy of passion
wrapped in zeal
radiates earnestly
Owl Nest zeal, zone, zest
Psalm 34:18
The Lord is always near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
My pastor preached on Philippines 4. Rejoice always, and in everything by prayer, and supplication with thanksgiving, let your heart (request) be made known to God. God knows your heart but do we? Paul was able to face persecution because Paul knew his own heart and the heart of God
God established Time
Knowing God-
Time is a fixed entity that is set for a season and is always moving forward. God cannot undo time. God's purposes are unchangeable and set for a season of salvation as a test to man's free will. (Hebrews 6:17-18) There is no variation or shifting of shadows for God's unchangeable plan. All things being possible for God ( Phil 4:13, Matt 19:26) is predicated on a few impossibilities concerning His nature. God cannot lie and therefore He is the plumb-line for the truth to be measured. God exists outside of time. He is the Alpha and Omega. Imagine God holding the ribbon of time, the beginning in one hand to the end in the other. He surveys all of time, simultaneously.
(NOTE: Moses convinced God not to destroy Israel for their unbelief and events were change when David prayed and ask God what would happen if he remained in the city. So David left and Saul did not attack.)
The Power of God's Word We have entered an age where everyone is right in their own eyes. Each version is at odds with the other. God's Word is the plumb line by which all truth is measured. A plumb line is a weight suspended from a string used as a vertical reference line to ensure a structure is centered. God cannot lie; it is impossible for him to do so; therein lies the power of His Word. Hebrews 4:12, For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Psalm 119:105, Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.
God loves your soul like the soil loves the tree.
God's Word is the soil where we firmly root our faith.
The soil gives the tree all the space it needs to grow.
God's will is His Word.
It is not a roadmap but a relationship.
God is more interested in what you become than what you do.
Colossians 1:9.
Having received Christ Jesus as Lord, you are:
firmly rooted,
grounded,
built up in Him, and
overflowing with gratitude-
one faith, one hope, one Lord.
Comfort comes by knowing that you are firmly rooted.
Love your God-given soul like the soil loves the tree.
Jabbering gibberish,
over the tongue,
slipping, tripping, skipping.
Seamless syllables
of streaming sound,
the words whisper- don’t give up.
or
Short version:
streaming sounds whisper,
don't give up.
first snow
falling softly
warm thoughts
Still, cold,
frozen white
icicle glistening.
Droplets drip
amid a frozen field,
nature's water fountain
Vivacious verve
Distinctively brilliant
Swoon-worthy
vivid, verve, valued-Dimash
Piquancy of passion
wrapped in zeal
radiates earnestly
zeal, zest, zone
not forget, less it be repeated
hide your love in my heart
hide in love my heart
hide in your love my heart
whiptail journal challenge
Costal charmers adorned in titivated lace
Memories of a lissome dance
Gene transfer evolution, clueless aftermath
a buccolic field jaded by time
Iridescent threads woven in the heart.
If rain no longer fell, would tears cease to flow?
If longing is understood, would yearing fade?
wonder, whisper, whim.
wondering aimlessly
a nefarious wind
sent with ill-content.
whispers of inspiration,
a notion under wonderment- writing again.
Practical application from Arree in a haiku format. Or the last line might say: write it down
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #amwriting
A whisper of inspiration,
a notion under wonderment-
I'm writing again.
@Bleu_Owl wonder, whisper, whim.
whispers of inspiration
a notion under wonderment
writing again.
inspiration whispers
a notion under wonderment,
writing again
inspiration
wonderment
writing
On gradient winds,
matching a clarion call
Eagles hitch a ride.
words packaged
neat and tidy
a haiku
Packaged neat and tidy,
a haiku
Pacing a playful beat by tapping your feet or Tappin' your feet to a playful beat (drums, cymbals, chimes, tambourines) Razzmatazz of New Orlins jazz (horns, Naw Orlins.) Soulful swing played on horsehair string.(fiddler)
a scurrying squirrel
pivot hiding or (privet hiding)
seen
response to:
William Vlach
@vbvlach
a hawk listens for scurrying feet, winter park
whispers of inspiration,
a notion under wonderment-
writing again
Memories lay curled.
Inner balance skewed
thick, dark, tumbled.
Real life
see others as they are
familiar and strange
clean water smells
rest in the moonless dark
tomorrow is today
I want a big one
the size of my shoes,labeled
Harry Suitcase Simpson
Route 66
Lightening fast
McQueen's Porsche
one takes a journey
the other stays home
renunited, stories to tell
My thoughts trail behind
as I pass through the doorway,
forgotten.
January NaHaiWriMo
Tenacious trekkers
journey through a rarely-seen
ribbon of time.
Patterned pathways of speckled sunlight
guiding avid adventurers.
Dangling treasure
for avid adventurers,
hidden in nature.
Wedding Blessing: A verse in Colossians speaks of being rooted in faith, growing in
knowledge and overflowing with gratitude- one faith, hope, and Lord.
The cord of faith in Jesus binds you, and dreams for your future begin with God’s guiding hand of love. Your faith in Jesus, the fullness of hope, and love for each other tie you together. You become one as you blend your lives to complement each other. Love each other like the soil loves the tree and gives it all the space it needs.
Lesser long nose bat flies through the night.
Hunting Agave plants by smell and sight.
Agave is sweeter than honey.
Its nectar is thin and runny.
For this night flier, it’s a great delight.
Limerick Sunday
National Geographic Picture https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/lesser-long-nosed-bat
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