Beatitudes

Second in a series

Remembering the victims of the earthquakes

in Haiti and Chile.

Lunch!

I made myself a most satisfying lunch

made with homemade Sprouted Wheat Berry Bread,

home canned albacore tuna,

and homemade Sweet Hot Dill Pickles!

Delish! ;~P

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"Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. Jesus therefore lifting up His eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to Him *said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?" And this He was saying to test him; for He Himself know what He was intending to do. Philip answered Him, Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little."

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, *said to Him, "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many people?" Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having given thanks, He distributed to those who were seated; likewise also of the fish as much as they wanted. And when they were filled, He *said to His disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments that nothing may be lost." And so they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten."

John 6: 4-13

See what's sproutin'...

in The Pantry!

"Give us this day our daily bread."

Matthew 6:11

What's cookin'?

See what we had for dinner, tonight ~

in The Pantry.

"She bringeth her food from afar."
Proverbs 31:14

Blessed are the poor in spirit

Part 1 in the series of The Beatitudes

"Blessed are the poor in spirit,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Matthew 5:3

Shiney and Sweet!

Check out The Pantry!

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"The judgments of the LORD are true: they are righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold: Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb."

Psalm 19:9&10

Valentine Countdown Day 14

Happy Valentine's Day!

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You'll look at least on loves remains,

A grave's one violet:

Your look? ~that pays

a thousand pains.

What's death?

You'll love me yet!

R. Browning

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"Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his brother."

John 15:13

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

John 3:16

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A love letter for you!

Valentine Countdown Day 13

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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Tennyson

"The LORD's lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness."

Lamentations 3:22&23

Valentine Countdown Day 12

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I will always have a chair for you in the smallest parlour in the world, to wit, my heart.

Emily Dickinson

"That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God."

Ephesians 3:17-19

Valentine Countdown Day 11

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To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence

Sidney Smith

"We love, because He first loved us."

I John 4:19

Valentine Countdown Day 10

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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

E.B.Browning

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"Love is patient,

love is kind,

and is not jealous;

love does not brag

and is not arrogant,

does not act unbecomingly;

it does not seek its own,

is not provoked,

does not take into account a wrong suffered,

does not rejoice in unrighteousness,

but rejoices with the truth;

bears all things,

believes all things,

hopes all things,

endures all things.

Love never fails"

I Corinthians 13:4-8

Valentine Countdown Day 9

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Love is a flower of which

love is the honey

Victor Hugo

"The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true; they are righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb."

Psalm 19:7-10

Valentine Countdown Day 8

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Unshared joy is an unlighted candle

Old proverb

"In Thy presence is fullness of joy"

Psalm 16:11

Valentine Countdown Day 7

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Love conquers all

Virgil

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?...

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us."

Romans 8: 35 & 37

Valentine Countdown Day 6

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Angels in Heaven know I love you

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoesoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

John 3:16

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"Greater love has no man that this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
John 15:13

Valentine's Countdown Day 5

Love is loves reward

Dryden

"But love your enemies, and do good...

Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."

Luke 6:35a & 38

Valentine Countdown Day 4

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

M. Proust

"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 8: 38 & 39

Valentine Countdown Day 3

White Wednesday post in The Sewing Room.

I hope you will go check it out!

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Where do you think Day Three is located?

A Hint: My love for you is true blue

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On the flowerpot between #1 and #2

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My love is Eternal
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"I have loved you with an everlasting love"
Jeremiah 31:3