Thursday, July 28, 2016

PSALMS 62: 8-12

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

Link: http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2016/07/psalms-62-8-12.html

I photographed a beautiful pitcher that was

sitting on a ledge at a local tea room in 2006.

The simple beauty

of the blue and white pitcher

captured my attention

amid all the other decorations on the porch.

I played with the editing tools

with the original photograph, and the result was this image.

I matched the photograph

with a Bible verse: Psalms 62: 8 - 12.

Trust in Him at all times...

Pour out your heart before Him:

GOD is a refuge for us.

I designed a greeting card featuring the photograph.

I send this card more than any other card I designed.

I am sending this card to you today.

It won't arrive in your mail box,
but you are receiving it through this blog.

I pray that its message will encourage and uplift you.
Trust in GOD at all times.

Pour out your heart before Him.

GOD is a refuge for you.

CLICK on image to enlarge. Copyright 2006 Marcia Norwood

Psalm 62

King James Version (KJV)

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

²He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

³How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

⁴They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

⁵My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

⁶He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

⁷In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

⁸Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

⁹Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

¹⁰Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

¹¹God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

¹²Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

King James Version (KJV) Public Domain

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

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS

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

Link: http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2016/07/language-of-flowers.html

I found a love letter written in pink chalk on cement stairs at the Sunken Gardens in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The sunken gardens in Lincoln are take-your-breath-away beautiful.

What a wonderful place for lovers.

The language of flowers developed in the 1600's, in Constantinople and in the poetry of Persia.

Charles II introduced the Persian poetry to Europe. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu brought the flower language from Turkey to England in 1716.

It spread to France and became a handbook of 800 floral messages known as the Book Le Language des Fleurs.

Lovers exchanged messages as they gave each other selected flowers or bouquets.

A full red rose meant beauty.

Red and white roses meant unity.

Crocus said "abuse not."

White rosebud warns one is too young for love.

Yellow roses were for jealousy.

Yellow iris was for passion.

Filbert was for reconciliation

and

ivy for marriage.

When my daughter, Faith, along with some of her teammates on the Kansas City Blazers, had the opportunity to train with Coach Pablo Morales at the University of Nebraska: I explored Lincoln.

Read more about Pablo Morales, Olympian, and one of the greatest male swimmers in USA history: http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=3250

I discovered an amazing sunken garden in Lincoln, located at 27th and Capital Parkway.

This 1.5 acre lot was first developed in 1930, and recently renovated in 2004. It's the only Nebraska garden listed in the “300 Best Gardens to Visit

in the United States and Canada”

by National Geographic Guide to Public Gardens.

"Let us be grateful to people

who make us happy;

they are the charming gardeners

who make our souls blossom."

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic, and essayist

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

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