Tell Me A Story: March 2015

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

EARTH LAUGHS IN FLOWERS

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/

"Earth laughs in flowers."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Spring!

The tulips in the heart of America,

have sprung up from the ground,

and are almost ready to bloom.

Until then - let's enjoy some of my favorite

tulip photographs I have taken in recent years.

These photographs will make the most beautiful

STORYTELLER greeting cards,

posters, and murals!

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

LIFE'S INTERRUPTIONS

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blospot.com/

GOD puts thoughts in my mind while I sleep.

I woke up this morning with a desire to read the gospel of Mark.

I read from my old worn Bible that was given to me in 1975.

The cover is off, and the pages are torn and tattered.

My handwritten notes are in the margins of many pages: my thoughts as I studied the Word of GOD, and also key phrases from sermon notes over the years.

At the top of the page by Mark 2, I had written:

"Life's Interruptions.

(We are like sheep.)

Sheep on back -

can't get up w/o (without) assistance."

Jesus' life on earth was filled with interruptions from sheep: (hurting people) who needed his assistance.

The first chapters of the book of Mark tell stories of Jesus' ministry in Galilee.

"And in the morning,

rising up a great while before day,

he went out, and departed into a solitary place,

and there prayed.

And Simon and they that were with him

followed after him.

And when they had found him,

they said unto him, All men seek for thee.

And He said unto them,

Let us go into the next towns,

that I may preach there also:

for therefore came I forth.

And He preached in their synagogues

throughout all Galilee

and cast out devils.

And their came a leper to Him,

beseeching Him, and kneeling down to Him,

and saying unto Him,

If though wilt,

thou canst make me clean.

And Jesus, moved with compassion,

put forth His hand,

and touched him,

and saith unto him,

I will; be clean.

As soon as He had spoken,

immediately the leprosy departed from him,

and he was cleansed."

Mark 2: 35-42

Jesus was interrupted constantly by people who needed His healing touch.

Jesus stopped what He was doing, and healed all who believed: lepers, demon-possessed, deaf, paralyzed, and blind.

The biggest miracle of all was - and still is --the forgiveness of sins.

Life's Interruptions.

We have them, too.

We have interruptions in our plans every day.

Prayer

Help me, GOD, to follow Jesus' example, and stop what I am doing to help another sheep...in Jesus' name.

Watch

Watch for Life's Interruptions.

They are opportunities for GOD to use you in unexpected ways... to help others in Jesus' Name.

JESUS is the Good Shepherd.

John 10:10-11

"The thief comes only to steal ad kill and destroy; I came that they may have life,

and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd;

the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep."

IMAGES:

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Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Mary Marcia

America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blospot.com/

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

EMPTY

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Are you hurting today?

I want to share words of encouragement
that fit the empty places in your heart.

Empty

vacant
blank
vacuous
having nothing inside
void
containing nothing

Do you have empty places in your heart like I do?

I'm grateful for those people who have shared words of love that fit that empty places in my heart.

Thank you

for your loving words.

Sometimes you say something...

and it just fits in this empty place

in my heart.

I hope the messages and photos in my
STORYTELLER greeting cards touch a special place in your heart.

HOPE

is grief's best music.

May your heart always be filled

with the joys of simple things.

"Man cannot discover new oceans

unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."

Lord Chesterfield

"Life is like riding a bicycle -

in order to keep your balance,

you must keep moving."

Albert Einstein

Do you feel forgotten?

Remember, GOD knows your name.

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Let me wish you a Happy Birthday.