“Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.”  ~ Exodus 18:2

“He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. ”  ~ 2 Samuel 23:3

“‘And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.” ~ Mark 12:30

O Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, And a great King above all gods, In whose hand are the depths of the earth; The peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for it was He who made it; And His hands formed the dry land. Come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.  ~ Psalm 95:1-6

A picture on Pinterest caught my eye,

this poem entangled my heart~

1636
Hartwell Homestead

The following was on a panel

behind the door which leads into the house~

" He who loves an old house
will never love in vain;
For how can any old house
Used to sun and rain
To lilac and to Larkspur
And arching trees above,
Fail to give its answer
To the heart that gives it's love."

It has been raining on the coast now for several days. I am loving it, although we are having flooding to occur. Sitting inside and listening to it this afternoon made me wander the web for a rain poem I haven't read. And I found one! By a man known in our state for many good deeds. I hope it touches you as it touched me ~

Souls And Rain-Drops

Light rain-drops fall and wrinkle the sea,

Then vanish, and die utterly.

One would not know that rain-drops fell

If the round sea-wrinkles did not tell.

So souls come down and wrinkle life

And vanish in the flesh-sea strife.

One might not know that souls had place

Weren't not for the wrinkles in life's face.

~ Sidney Lanier

Blessings this joyous weekend~

I love this snapshot.

We were at the beach recently.

Cool, windy, still winter.

Ian walked out and sat down.

I didn't notice it at the time,

but when my daughter posted this

I couldn't help but wonder,

"What is he thinking?"

"How much water there is?"

"How big it looks?"

"How happy he is to be here?"

So many things run through their little minds

and I would love to have asked him,

"Ian, what were you thinking?"

Thank you, Lord, for these little ones

that keep us focused on

how small we are,

how large the world is,

and how magnificent You are.

I love this time of year

Newness of nature

of spirit

and the fact that He arose

He arose from the dead

and He's coming back

for me

for you

Please be ready

What awaits you is what

I cannot wait to return to

"In dreams and in love,

there are no impossiblities."

~ Janos Arnay

"We are all born for love.

It is the principle of existence,

and it's only end."

~ Benjamin Disraeli

Congratulations, Heath & Leslie.

We adore you to pieces.

Retirement has been a discovery of beauty for me.

I never had the time before to notice

the beauty of my grandkids, my wife,

the tree outside my very own front door.

 And, the beauty of time itself.

~Hartman Jule

Congratulations, my sweet Johan ~

Now it's our turn.

love,

Nancy

I like Google.

I like seeing what other's have created.

Here are two of my favorites.

The one below refers to

reflecting God's love~

All changes, even the most longed for,

have their melancholy;

for what we leave behind us

is a part of ourselves;

we must die to one life

before we can enter another.

~Anatole France

And my favorite ~

God grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change,

the courage to change the things I can,

and the wisdom to know the difference.

~Reinhold Niebuhr

Happy Anniversary, my love.

The keeper of my dreams,

the man I pray for.

We have such an exciting time ahead

and I look forward to spending

each and every day of it

with you ~

All my love,

Nancy

"For everything there is a season,

And a time for every matter under heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die;

A time to plant, and a time t

 pluck up what is planted;

A time to kill, and a time to heal;

A time to break down,

and a time to build up;

A time to weep,

and a time to laugh;

A time to mourn,

and a time to dance;

A time to throw away stones,

And a time to gather stones;

A time to embrace,

And a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to seek, and a time to lose;

A time to keep, and a time to throw away;

A time to tear, and a time to sew;

A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate,

A time for war, and a time for peace."

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Soon,

our little ones,

you shall play in the sun,

run from the surf,

and scramble for hermit crabs.

And we, those that love you,

will laugh,

and love,

and linger

in the love.