Rest and Wait Patiently in the LORD

-a friend's beautiful quilt 

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If God says no to our prayer, dear heart,

And the clouds hang heavy and dull and gray;

If the rough rocks hinder and block the way,

While the sharp winds pierce us and sting with cold;

Yet, dear, there is home at the journey's end,

And these are the trials the Father does send

To draw us as sheep to His Heavenly fold,

If God says no to our prayers, dear heart.

-unknown

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Psalm 37:7-11

..."Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;

Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,

Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

Cease from anger and forsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

For evildoers will be cut off,

But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.

Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;

And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.

But the humble will inherit the land

And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity."...

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My One Power Tool

 -internet T-shirt

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Blessed are you if you trust the LORD

-on the northern Mississippi

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When the frosts are in the valley,

   And the mountaintops are gray,

And the choicest blooms are blighted,

   And the blossoms die away,

A loving Father whispers,

   "This all comes from my hand";

Blessed are you if you trust

   When you cannot understand.

If, after years of toiling,

   Your wealth should fly away

And leave your hands all empty,

   And your hair is turning gray,

Remember then your Father

   Owns all the sea and land;

Blessed are you if you trust

   When you cannot understand.

-Unknown

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He was in the Beginning with God

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John 1

..."The Light shines in the darkness"...
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Pumpkin Kitties!

-Meme

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Sad will be the Day

-Meme

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Yes, from my Precious Scottish Grandmother, Milly, and from my Sweet Mary Nell.

-PLUGGERS

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..."Why must I go about mourning?"...

-Rural Skyscraper hidden in the Woods

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" Why..." Psalm 42:9

"Dear Believer, can you answer the above question? 

Can you find any reason why you are so often mourning instead of rejoicing? 

Why do you allow your mind to dwell on gloomy thoughts? 

Who told you that night will never end in day?

Who told you that the winter of your discontent 

would continue from frost to frost and from snow, ice, and hail to even deeper snow and stronger storms of despair?

Don't you know that day dawns after night, showers displace drought, and spring and summer follow winter?

Then, have hope!

Hope forever, for God will not fail you!

-Charles H. Spurgeon

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Psalm 8

O Lord, our Lord,


How majestic is Your name in all the earth,


Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!


From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,


The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;


What is man that You take thought of him,


And the son of man that You care for him?


Yet You have made him a little lower than God,


And You crown him with glory and majesty!


You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;


You have put all things under his feet,


All sheep and oxen,


And also the beasts of the field,


The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,


Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

O Lord, our Lord,


How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

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Christian, you are not alone!

"When God places a burden upon you, 

He places His arms underneath you." 

-unknown

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"Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them."

 -T-shirt on line

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Ephesians 5:1-16

"Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.

Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.

Therefore do not be partners with them.

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. 

Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord.

11. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.

This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,
    

rise from the dead,
    

and Christ will shine on you.”

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil."...

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Quote from my father: "Spiders are my friends!"

-meme

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Now remember...spiders of all kinds were created by the Lord...so respect them as you "remove" them from your house.

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"We live by faith, not be sight."

-Beautiful Garden in N. IA.

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When darkness veils His lovely face

I rest on His unchanging grace;

In every strong and stormy gale,

My anchor holds within the veil.

*-Edward Mote: My Hope is Built on Nothing Else

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

"For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked.

For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.

Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge.

Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—for we walk by faith, not by sight—we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad."...

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My Choicest Wreaths are Always Wet with Tears

-Rural Iowa

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 Come with Me by yourselves and rest awhile,

   I know you're weary of the stress and throng,

Wipe from your brow the sweat and dust of toil,

   And in My quiet strength again be strong.

Come now aside from all the world holds dear,

   For fellowship the world has never known,

Alone with Me, and with My Father here,

With Me and with My Father, not alone.

Come, tell Me all that you have said and done.

   Your victories and failures, hopes, and fears.

I know how hardened hearts are wooed and won;

   My choicest wreaths are always wet with tears.

Come now and rest; the journey is too great,

   And you will faint beside the way and sink;

The Bread of Life is here for you to eat,

   And here for you the wine of love to drink.

Then from fellowship with your Lord return,

   And work till daylight softens into even:

Those brief hours are not lost in which you learn

   More of your Master and His rest in Heaven.

-unknown

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Life is full of "Why"?

A Gem of a Jewel

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-meme

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A Republic Government

"In a republic, representatives are democratically elected, but then, those who are elected are expected to exercise their governing authority according to the established rule of law. 

Yet, many representatives are under the impression that they are supposed to test the current mood of the people and represent accordingly.

This mentality reduces the republican form of government to a virtual democracy. 

*The popular opinion of the people is unstable because the mood of the mob can be easily manipulated and can change from day to day, especially in our age of instant mass communication.*

In contrast, the rule of established law is not easily changed and provides stability.

This is why the founders chose a republic instead of a democracy as the American form of Government.

-Brad Sherman, Iowa Republican candidate for Governor, “Libation #114” 7/19/25 email. 

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Rural Sky Scraper: Grain Elevator

-midwest

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Reality in Real Life Strikes!

-non sequitur

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