Tennessee Memories - A February Day

 

The Thousand Word Project - Embers of the Day

Psalm 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep:

for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. 

The Thousand Word Project - Winter Sparkles

The Thousand Word Project - A Bit of Store-bought Cheerfulness

 

Because sometimes you just need it - especially in January.

The Thousand Word Project - Winter Rains

Isaiah 55:10-11 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 

The Thousand Word Project - Chilled Winter Greens

Creatures Great and Small - Holding Down the Doormat

Another Year Drawing to A Close

 
1 Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.

A year of precious blessings
And glorious victories won,
Of earnest work progressing,
Its onward course has run;
To Thee, O God, our refuge,
Whose goodness crowns our days,
Within Thy earthly temple,
We lift our souls in praise.

Fanny J. Crosby

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. 

1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 

The Thousand Word Project - Fast Fades the Day

 

The Daylight Fades

The day­light fades, the ev­en­ing shades

Are ga­ther­ing round my head;

Father above, I praise that love

Which night­ly guards my bed.

While Thou art near, I need not fear,

The gloom of mid­night hour;

Blest Je­sus, still from ev­ery ill

Defend me with Thy pow­er!

Pardon my sin, and en­ter in

To sanc­ti­fy my heart;

Spirit di­vine, O make me Thine,

And fill me, every part!

by Thomas O. Summers
(altered)

Tennessee Memories - Frosting

Texas Memories - Bright Berries

 

China Berry

Nandina
(Heavenly Bamboo)

Thousand Word Project - The End of Autumn

The last bright colors are here,
Lending a bit of cheer
To the darkest days of the year.

MES

The Thousand Word Project - Summer Is Coming, Y'all

Texas Memories - Winter Storms 2021

In February 2021 we had three significant winter storms in central Texas within a couple weeks. We had snow, ice, and snow again, if I remember correctly. It was very cold and a lot more frozen precipitation than we were used to. There was a lot of damage and a lot of people suffering due to power outages and water shortages. However, it was also beautiful. I've posted some photos already over the past few years. Here are some more for your enjoyment.

Psalm 147:16-17 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? 

See, How Rude Winter's Icy Hand

See, how rude winter’s icy hand

Has stripped the trees, and sealed the ground!

But spring shall soon his rage withstand,

And spread new beauties all around.

My soul a sharper winter mourns,

Barren and fruitless I remain;

When will the gentle spring return,

And bid my graces grow again?

Jesus, my glorious sun, arise!

’Tis Thine the frozen heart to move;

Oh! hush these storms and clear my skies,

And let me feel Thy vital love!

Dear Lord, regard my feeble cry,

I faint and droop till Thou appear;

Wilt thou permit Thy plant to die?

Must it be winter all the year?

Be still, my soul, and wait His hour,

With humble prayer, and patient faith;

Till He reveals His gracious power,

Repose on what His promise saith.

He, by whose all commanding word,

Seasons this changing course maintain;

In every change a pledge affords,

That none shall seek His face in vain.

John Newton

The Thousand Word Project - The Lord's Name Is to Be Praised

Psalm 113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised.
 

Texas

Still Whiter than Snow

 Psalm 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 

Still Whiter than Snow

What can be whiter than beautiful snow,
Coming from Heaven to earth below,
Pure and so white as it falleth light
Over this broad world of sin and of woe?

Refrain:

Yes, there is something still whiter;
Hearken ye weary, and know!
Tho’ your sins be as scarlet red,
They shall be whiter than snow.

Jesus has died, and now all men may know
That His rich blood for the world did flow;
Saved we may be, and from sin set free,
Washed and made whiter than beautiful snow.

Beautiful souls of His saints here below,
What but His blood could have made them so?
All who believe shall His grace receive,
And be made purer than Heaven-born snow.

Come to this Savior! He surely doth know
All of your sorrow and sin and woe,
And when you sigh He will hear your cry,
Wash you more white than the beautiful snow.

Miriam Stabler

The Thousand Word Project - Full of Flavor

 

Texas Memories - Richness of Winter Color

 

The Thousand Word Project - In the Teeth of Winter

 Psalm 74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

 

Tennessee Memories - Winter Trees

1 Chronicles 16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth. 

Holly Tree