"Tell him everything..."

"If you are searching for God and do not know where to begin, learn to pray. Take the trouble to pray every day. You can pray anytime, anywhere. You can pray at work – work doesn’t have to stop prayer and prayer doesn’t have to stop work. Tell him everything; talk to him. He is our father; he is father to us all, whatever religion we are. We are all created by God, we are his children. We have to put our trust in him and love him, believe in him, and work for him. If we pray, we will get all the answers we need."  ~Blessed Mother Teresa

"Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary."  ~Luke 18:1

Abba! Father! Who loves me so much! Thank you for making me Your child!

"Thy face, O Lord, will I still seek." ~Psalm 27:8

"Misty Day" by Ann L. Krumrein

Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear,

It is not night if Thou be near;

O may no earth-born cloud arise

To hide Thee from thy servant's eyes.

~John Keble, 1792-1866

"All the earth is full of His glory." ~Isaiah 6:3

"Lone Shell" by Ann L. Krumrein

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,

we must carry it with us or we find it not.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Through death to life...

Onion Tops Going to Seed by Ann L. Krumrein

"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat

falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone;

but if it dies, it bears much fruit."

~John 12:24

Dancing and Gladness!

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, that my soul may praise Thee and not be silent.  O Lord my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever."  

~Psalm 30:11-12


"Do not fear then, that your past faithlessness must make you unworthy of God’s mercy. Nothing is so worthy of mercy as utter weakness. He came from heaven to earth to seek sinners, not the righteous; to seek that which was lost – as indeed all were lost if it were not for him. The physician seeks the sick, not the healthy. Oh, how God loves those who come boldly to him in their foul, ragged garments and ask, as of a father, for some garment worthy of him!"  

~Archbishop François Fénelon, 1651-1715

"Teach us to reverence..."

"Peony Petals" by Ann L. Krumrein

"Teach us to reverence in this world

not simply the great and impressive,

but all the minute and myriad-sided beauty

of field and flower and tree."

~W.E.B. du Bois

For the beauty of the earth...

"Scallions All-In-A-Row" by Ann L. Krumrein

"Lord, make us mindful of the little things

that grow and blossom in these days 

to make the world beautiful for us."

~W.E.B. du Bois