Hope Remains

Me and My Niece Gabrielle M. Armstrong

"..... But regarding the past, present and future, it is my hope that you will always be able to live life looking forward, not backward. Look backward long enough to remember the good times, but not so long that you cannot move forward to what your future may be, for we live not in the past, and not in the future, but in the present. It is in the moving forward every day that we live. You already know from experience that hard times will come, times you won't want to keep on going. Hold on to hope. Faith, hope and love exist together as the best things of this life, but when the times come that you lose faith, and when you feel completely unlovable, hope remains. There is a silver lining to be found in every situation...."
     -Marla Williams Murrah, Meek High School Principal, Commencement Speech, May 22, 2014

Life Is Short

                                          Life is short so open all the presents that you can.
                                                                       Jasmine, Age 9

Make Your Words Sweet

                             Make your words sweet.......for tomorrow you may have to eat them.

      "Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body."
                                                                                                  Proverbs 16:24                                      

Fear No Evil

       "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:..."
                                                                                         Psalm 23:4

Is There Anything Too Hard For Me?

          "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh:
                                                                       is there anything too hard for Me?"

Every Good Gift

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."    
                                                                     James 1:17

I Am Persuaded

  "For I am persuaded beyond doubt that neither death nor life,
    nor angels
        nor principalities,
              nor things impending and threatening
                    nor things to come,
                         nor powers,
                               nor height
                                     nor depth,
                                           nor anything else
                                               in all of creation
                                                     will be able to separate us
                                                          from the love of God
                                                                 which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

                                                                                      Romans 8:38,39                              

To Live Quietly And Peacefully

  "To make it your ambition and definitely endeavor to live quietly and peacefully, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you,"
                                                      I Thessalonians 4:11

What Eye Has Not Seen

Mark Rikard Photography using Lensbaby Photography

 "What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man,
                                           God has prepared for those who love Him."  I Corinthians 2:9

All Things Are Possible

"With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26

Donald Robinson Robertson, My Cousin

I had to publish this goofy picture of my cousin because he insists on not taking a serious one. Here's his quote:

"Tears are a sign that we have loved-
they help us let go-
they help us grow
---and
to repair."

Dave Owens, Basketmaker

Patience is something you live with.

April Cave, Tie-Dye Artist

"Sometimes when God tells you to move a mountain, He gives you a shovel."