The Beach ~ By Al Tepe (Linda Black's Father

Winters Silence

There are no singing birds

nor a single chirp chirp heard,

from the stray bird.

There are no frogs a croking

nor the katydids, 

nor cricket.

There are no squirrels a running

nor the rabbits hopping or 

the deer showing their faces.

Even the neighbors water fall

is turned off 

and silent.

O the sounds of winter...silence!

And O how our hearts can grow cold

during these months of winter

unless we use these months wisely 

to read God's Word and restore our souls.

My Yellow Room

MY YELLOW ROOM

I loved my room,

my yellow room,

as it took away

my morning gloom.

The two green swinging doors

that lead into my room

were so cute to me

as they would swish & swoosh.

I would swish into the closet

and out to my front door.

I would swoosh into my room

and outside onto the patio floor.

My room was very nice

for a young teenage girl,

but I took life for granted

not knowing the Creator of my world.

Not thinking of anything

but me, myself and I.

I would lock myself up

in my yellow room and cry.

Then one night, from a far away country,

two missionaries came into my room.

They shared how God's love

could take away my gloom.

As they sat with me on the end of my bed,

we read through the “four spiritual laws”

and they ask if I would bow my head.

“Jesus, will you come into my heart?” I said,

and out of my yellow room,

through those two green doors I swirled,

a brand new teenage girl

trusting in God the Savior of my world!  

by lllbh 2011

Prepared for Heaven?

 

the garden flowers...

The Garden Flowers

 

These flowers were sent to you

in hopes that you will see,

the beauty of the Lord's bounty

throughout eternity.

Just looking at these flowers,

and all their many hues,

reflects God's Glory

that He is certainly due.

The flowers from our garden

and the words of the Bible say,

that the flowers may fade away

but the Words of our God will stay.

These flowers were sent to you

to help us all realize,

that God loves us so much more,

than the flowers may disguise.

 

By Linda Hester

for Aunt Nita's

Birthday

August 6, 2012

sin is like a store bought blueberry muffin

I am sitting here at the pool of a Disney Resort called Port Orleans Riverside, near the '95' building where we are staying and preparing for my first morning at the pool. I just got back from the resort hotel where I purchased a scrumptous looking, mouth watering, blueberry mufin.  After my first bite of this muffin, I realized that the taste wasn't near to what I had expected it to be.  Compared to the looks of the muffin, the taste and the consumtion was no where near what my hopes and desires were wanting it to taste like.  Then I began to realize, that is how sin is. It deceives us! We look at something and think how wonderful it will be if we had it, and the enjoyment that it will give us, but the consequences of our sin far - far - far out weights the enjoyment that it gives us.

written at 10am by nanachacha on July 24, 2005

peace

                            

I look at this picture and it means PEACE to me.

The lady sitting in her beach chair, reading a book

and feeling the ocean breeze blowing on her face.

She is finally getting to relax at the beach on her

vacation from the cares of this world. But after her

vacation, she comes back to the reality of her world,

realizing that her peace did not last very long. Then

she understands that she needs “The Prince of Peace”

living inside of her soul to have an everlasting peace.

Jesus wants us to have His Peace, resting in knowing

that He has taken care of ALL the cares of this world.

From the day we confess that we are sinners and ask

Him to forgive us, and to save our souls. This step

of faith, that He even gives us to start with, will give

us His PEACE that passes ALL understanding.

The peace that we go on vacations for, we can have

everyday of our lives and for eternity.

John 16:33; Is 9:6; Eph 2:8-9; Phil 4:7; John 17:3

foundations

Psalm 11:3 says   ...
If the foundations are destroyed
What can the righteous do?

The foundations are what we
build upon ... the early years
that we teach our young

The foundations are what we
live upon ... the word of God
being number one.

The foundations must not be destroyed
teach upon ... your little ones.

God intrusted to you
Moms and Dads ... you are the ones
and God will equip you to teach
your little ones.

11/11/08
Linda / Mom / Grandma-Nana-Chacha
I remember when I was a little girl,
being taught the foundations of the
Bible, God's Living Words...The Lord's
Prayer, The Ten Commandments, Psalms
23 and 100, I memorized all of these.

she felt alone

She saw the house standing in an unusually rundown way, and
she felt worried, so she cried out to God.

She checked the paper to make sure that she was at the right house, and
she felt the need to close her eyes to pray.

She walked around to the back of the house with no hope, and
she felt her heart skip a beat as she took a deep breath.

She walked up 

the rickety back stairs, and 

she felt her knees tremble.

She was lead to sit down 

on the living room couch to wait, and
she felt God say...

Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10

She felt God's strength as
she got up off of the couch and 

walked out of the living room.

She felt her knees sturdy as
she walked down the rickety back stairs.

She felt her heart beating strong as she took a deep breath, and
she walked around to the front of the house with new hope.

She felt the need to close her eyes to pray, and
she crumbled up the paper that had taken her to the house.

She felt relieved after crying out to God, and she now saw the house standing 

in a totally different way, because...

She felt me, and she was not alone.

You created my inmost being; you knit me toether in my mother's womb.  I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:13-14  Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.  See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.  Psalm 139:23-24

Out of the blue, my mother told me this story, how she had gone to an illegal abortionist in 1948 to take my life and how
she sat on a couch in someone's living room and her mind was miraculously changed by God; she then got up off of the couch and left. She wanted me to know this, that God loved me, and He wanted me to live, and that she loved me too.  I took care of my Mom in the later years of her life.  She passed away at the age of ninety-three.  If out of the blue you read her story, then hopefully you will see as my mother did, that God has a purpose for your life and the life of your little one too.  Close your eyes as my mother did, and pray to God, asking Him to lead you, and to give you new hope, because you are not alone!

~Written by Linda Lee Lance Hester January 2009, Mother of four children and thirteen grandchildren.~

a hole in my soul

I feel a hole in my soul,

Now that my son beholds.

God and Jesus and Holy Spirit are in his sight.

I grieve, but I know that he is allright.

When the hole in my soul is whole again,

I will beholding Jesus.

And I won't feel that hole in my soul.

LLLbH
10/22/2010

filled with kisses

My cousins drew pictures
and put them in their balloons.
And my Momma ask me...
"What are you gonna put in
your balloon, Honey?" and I said...

I'm gonna fill my balloon with kisses
for my Daddy who's in Heaven.
Will you take my kisses to Daddy
and tell him I love YOU!

My cousins were there with me
on that memorial weekend day.
The balloons were blue, my Daddy's
favorite color and sometimes the
way we feel inside when we miss him.

I'll see you again, Daddy,
because I believe in Jesus.
Just like you prayed for me to do.
When you and Momma dedicated me
on that February morn.

And my Daddy said...
Chunky Monkey,
Thank you for your kisses that you
flew up to me today!
It's OK, Gracie, everything is OK!
I'll see you again one Day!
I love you too!

deeds

Deeds

Your heart is full

from God's

"Well Done Indeed"

Not from the

response of

the one to whom

the deed was done.

For what if the

one to whom the deed

was done,

did not exclaim

"well done indeed"!

And if you

counted on them

to make your

heart full,

from your thoughts of

their misdeed

of no response,

you will

indeed fall

into the trap

called,

"Self-Pit-Deed"

(self pity)

7.13.11

LLLH

my daddy's shoes

My Daddy's Shoes

I walked with my Daddy

till I didn't see him one day.

Hand in hand we use to play.

An angel took him away.

He was only forty-two and

I had just started walking.

I'll walk in my Daddy's shoes,

cause my Mommy wants me to.

He ask her to train me up,

to believe in God's promises.

My Daddy believed that

Jesus gave His life for me!

I'll walk in my Daddy's memories,

cause they're kept alive for me,

through lots of pictures and

funny videos to see.

Everybody loved him and they want me

to remember how much he loved me.

I'll walk with my Daddy again,

when I see him on that Day.

We will walk hand and hand to play,

nothing will take us away

from God's promised land,

cause we just started walking.
lllbh
7.8.11

One Red Leaf

I looked at the tree

and thought of me

as only one red leaf

was left at the top, you see.

I thought about my life

as I looked at this tree,

that use to be so full

of caring for my family.

My family is gone now

the nest is termed empty

just like this last leaf

it makes me feel whimsy.

Life cycle is fast

but at first not so,

then fall and winter and

strangely it goes.

Then I was bereaved

bare as a bone

until I realized

I was not all alone.

Spring it started budding

with God’s Grace abounding

each branch is full now

and my family’s astounding!

I looked back at the tree

at the one red leaf so bold,

beyond its barrenness

I realized that God is in control.

November 18, 2009

lllh

son-light of God

The first Son-Light
on the tops of
the trees...
How beautiful are the
pines that sparkle
of Thee...

The first Son-Light
that floates across
the sky...
How beautiful are the
clouds that reflect
Your eyes...

The first-Son-Light
that warms
my skin...
How beautiful is
the Love of God
that comes within...

The first Son-Light
that begins my day...
How beautiful it will be
if I begin it
with Praise...

lllh

you may never know me

summer lee ~ Born 17weeks early 1 pound 3 ounces July 3, 2008

You may never know me
and that will be alright, but
"YOU MAY" know the One who
will always be your Light! John 8:12

You may never meet me
and that may bring you strife, but
"YOU MAY" meet the One who will
give you Eternal Life! Romans 6:23

You may never talk with me
and that's the way life's been, but
"YOU MAY" talk with the Son of God
who died for ALL your sins! John 3:16

You may never walk with me
and that's because I'm old, but
"YOU MAY" walk one day with me
on Heavens streets of Gold! Revelation 21:18

The reason I say "YOU MAY"
is because you must choose, the
gods of this world, or
The Lord God who made YOU! Joshua 24:15

LLLBH 2008