God’s grace offers us fresh starts

홍시 / 청원 이명희그림자마저 붉은 등가죽에얼음장 같은 저승꽃 하나 둘 피우며고요의 시간 속으로 흐르는 여정 멀리 떨어져 있어도 찾을 수 있는 별 하늘 청살문 열어놓고 떫은 심지 안으로 삭힌 가난한 설원에 눈물 찍어 단청을 입힌다봉두난발로 헤맷던 날들 바늘 되어 무딘 심장을 콕콕 찔러대도 뼈마저 살로 아우러져 허물어진 마음흔들리고 부서지는 삶에 순명하듯삐죽삐죽 솟아나는 마음 절벽 마름질하며마른 가지 얼룩진 옹이를 다듬는 손끝이제 더 녹아야 할 가슴이 없는 봉분 낮은 어머니 무덤처럼 삭풍에 몸을 맡긴 채 햇살을 쪼고 있다.   http://cafe.daum.net/greenfield43/pMEI/11571

Mariners [5 P.M., Saturday, January 11, 2020 - PST] Mariners [2 P.M., Saturday, January 11, 2020 - PST] Mariners [2:30 P.M., Saturday, January 11, 2020 - PST] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfzpfqrPUDo Glorious DayI was buried beneath my shame Who could carry that kind of weight? It was my tomb 'Til I met YouI was breathing, but not alive All my failures I tried to hide It wa..

출처 - https://odb.org/2020/01/12 A Lifestyle of Praise찬양하는 삶[ Psalms 146 ] - hymn 31 I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. PSALM 146:2 Wallace Stegner’s mother died at the age of fifty. When Wallace was eighty, he finally wrote her a note— “Letter, Much Too Late”—in which he praised the virtues of a woman who grew up, married, and raised two so..

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출처 - https://odb.org/2020/01/04/perfectly-placed Perfectly Placed완벽한 위치[ Job 38:4 - 38:11 ] - hymn 79 Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? JOB 38:4 Scientists know our planet is precisely the right distance from the sun to benefit from its heat. A little closer and all the water would evaporate, as on Venus. Only a bit farther and everything would..

Snowy Egret Snowy Egret Snowy Egret Snowy Egret Brown Pelicans Sanderlings 이 두마리의 새는 다리가 하나 뿐이다. These two sanderlings have only one leg. Crystal Cove State Park [Wednesday, January 1, 2020 - PST] https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=644

출처 - https://odb.org/2020/01/01/prompted-to-pray Prompted to Pray기도하라는 신호[ 1 Timothy 2:1 - 2:8 ] - hymn 361 I constantly remember you in my prayers. 2 TIM. 1:3 "Several years ago I was prompted to pray for you often, and I wonder why.” That text message from an old friend came with a photo of a note she’d kept in her Bible: “Pray for James. Cover mind, ..

출처 - https://odb.org/2019/12/31/beautiful-fruit Beautiful Fruit아름다운 열매[ Luke 8:4 - 8:15 ] - hymn 497 The seed is the word of God. LUKE 8:11 "Kids should be able to throw a seed anywhere they want [in the garden] and see what pops up," suggests Rebecca Lemos-Otero, founder of City Blossoms. While this is not a model for careful gardening, it reflects the reality..

SD's son Crystal Cove State Park, Southern California [December 26, 2019 - PST] http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=644 1788년 Robert Burns (1759 – 1796)가 쓴 스코틀랜드 언어시. (제2연) 합창을 이렇게 시작함; "For the sake of old times....." (옛날을 위해서...) https://genius.com/Susan-boyle-auld-lang-syne-lyrics Robert Burns's original Scots verse I Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acq..