Blooming in Difficult Places

Posted by Steven Norman on January 20, 2023
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A plant grows and blossoms between a rock and a hard place.

Do you feel like you are in difficult place, a town that has little to offer, a tough job? Take heart! God can make you blossom any where His providence places you. (Acts 17:26) Notice that Joseph named his second son Ephraim because God made him fruitful in the land of his suffering. (Gen. 41:52)

I stopped on I-20 East and took this picture years ago near Leeds, Alabama.

Quietness

Posted by Steven Norman on November 9, 2022
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Tranquil pond at T. W. Briscoe Park.

Isn’t it amazing how many ways water can behave and look! It can quietly reflect, violently thrash rocky shorelines, gurgle while it swirls down the drain, evaporate and reappear as clouds, then drip back down to earth as rain. There are more — fog, mist, ice, steam, drops, etc. How many more can you think of?

Think how many ways we use it. Are there any other elements that are as versatile as water?

Morning Glory

Posted by Steven Norman on November 1, 2022
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Morning Glory at Lenora Park

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love


Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me

Thomas Chisholm (1866–1960)

Sanibel Sunset

Posted by Steven Norman on July 12, 2022
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Sunset from the pier at Punta Rassa, Fl.

Fort Myers and Sanibel Island Florida have become places I enjoy visiting. The gorgeous Gulf and the serene sunsets that seem to swiftly sink behind the tree lined shores of Fisherman Key or Sanibel Island make each sunrise and sunset meaningful to me.