WAIT

Marcia Norwood, AMERICA'S STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking


Wait.

Wait.

Wait.

I hate to wait.

It makes me feel helpless and weak.

There is HOPE for you and me when we seem to be stuck in situations out of our control.

Isaiah 40:  28-31

King James Version

 28  Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?  There is no searching of his understanding.

29  He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength.

30  Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

31  But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:  28-31

The Message Bible

 
28  Don't you know anything?  Haven't you been listening?  God doesn't come and go.  God lasts.  He's Creator of all you can see or imagine.  He doesn't get tired out, doesn't pause to catch his breath.  And He knows everything, inside and out.

29  He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts.

30  For even young people tire and drop out, young folk in their prime stumble and fall.

31  But those who wait upon God get fresh strength.  They spread their wings and soar like eagles.  They run and don't get tired, they walk and don't lag behind.

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LOOK UP

Marcia Norwood, AMERICA'S STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning,

O LORD;
in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee,

and will look up.

Psalm 5:3

King James Version

"An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches with spire steeples which point as with a silent finger to the sky and stars." Samuel Taylor Coleridge (English Poet and Philosopher, 1772 - 1834) THANKS FOR STOPPING BY! COME BACK AND INVITE A FRIEND. Marcia Website:  http://www.marcianorwoodstoryteller.com/ Marcia's BLOG:  hhttp://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/

RECIPE: Banana Praline Sundaes

Marcia Norwood, AMERICA'S STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Folks in the Midwest are calling The Winter of 2012...The Winter That Never Was.   Here in Missouri, the Heart of America, we had a very mild winter and barely any snow at all. 

The SPRING of 2012  has been beautiful with gentle rains and record-setting warm temperatures.  It's the end of March and this weekend temperatures are heading upwards to 90 degrees.  Our daughter, Kristin, has already turned on the air-conditioner at their house.   

I'm preparing for the warm weather with....ice cream! 

RECIPE:  BANANA PRALINE SUNDAES

Ingredients:
1 Pint Vanilla Ice Cream
1/3 Cup Packed Dark Brown Sugar
3 Tablespoons Butter
1/4 Golden Raisins
2 Medium Bananas, SLICED
1/3 Cup Pecans, CHOPPED

Directions:

1. Remove ice cream from freezer, and let it stand at room temperature to soften slightly...about 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet over low heat, heat brown sugar and butter until mixture is melted, STIRRING frequently.
3. Add raisins and bananas and cook 5 minutes or until fruit is heated through...gently turning fruit.
4. Spoon ice cream into four dessert dishes.
5. Top with banana mixture.
6. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.
7. Serve immediately.

Makes 4 servings. 

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REASONS WHY I LOVE SPRING

Marcia Norwood, AMERICA'S STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

The heat and drought of the Summer of 2011 are long gone.

God has showered us with SPRING RAINS, and the tulip blossoms in our garden are magnificent!

The photos I took this afternoon of the gardens at our home

reveal some of the reasons why I LOVE SPRING!

Be glad then, ye children of Zion,

and rejoice in the LORD your God: 

for He hath given you the former rain moderately,

and He will cause to come down for you the rain,

the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

Joel 2: 23, King James Version

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD:
His going forth is prepared as the morning;
and He shall come unto us as the rain,
as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

Hosea 6: 3, King James Version

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REFLECTIONS

Marcia Norwood, AMERICA'S STORYTELLER

"Reflect upon your present blessings --

of which every man has many --

not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

It's fun to match my photographs with favorite quotations.  Today I'm sharing  photographs of the cement birdbath in my front yard...paired with a Dickens' quote.

Cherry blossoms fell from the Chinese Cherry tree that is reflected in the water of the birdbath.

Isn't it interesting how the reflection of the tree in the water moves in each photograph?  It appears as if the red petunias are a part of the tree.

 "Reflect upon your present blessings --

of which every man has many --

not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

Charles Dickens

 A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

Red Petunias

UNTIL ALL HIS CHILDREN HAVE HOMES!

Marcia

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PLEASE VOTE FOR MY DESIGN!

Marcia Norwood, AMERICA'S STORYTELLER

Marcia's photograph is featured in this T-Shirt Design

 Please help me by voting for my design and tell your friends to vote, too!

If it wins, my design will appear on T-shirts this year at the TULIP TIME FESTIVAL! 

My WINDMILL design was selected as one of three finalists in a contest for TULIP TIME in Pella, Iowa.

You can vote this week (March 21 - 23) for my design in two ways:

 1. Send an email to: pellamill@iowatelecom.net and tell them you choose Finalist #1 the Windmill Design.  

 2. Go to facebook page for Pella Tulip Time and click on "LIKE" for my color windmill design...which is numbered as the #1 Finalist. It's the one with my photograpah of the Vermeer windmill and it has a definition of a windmill.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

UNTIL ALL HIS CHILDREN HAVE HOMES!

Marcia

Website:  http://www.marcianorwoodstoryteller.com/

Marcia's BLOG:  hhttp://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/

Email:  mailto:marcia.norwood@sbcglobal.net

FIRST DAY OF SPRING and the 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF JAPAN'S GIFT TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

Marcia Norwood, AMERICA'S STORYTELLER

Today is the FIRST DAY OF SPRING 2012, and the 100-Year Anniversary of Japan's gift to Washington, D.C. of 3000 cherry trees!

We have two cherry trees in our yard...one with pink and one with white blossoms.

Pink Cherry Blossoms on the tree in our front yard.

White cherry blossoms on the tree in our side yard. 

I cut branches from trees and shrubs make beautiful bouquets.  It brings a bit of the miracle of SPRING indoors. 

Branches from our Peach tree, Chinese Cherry tree, and Forsythia bush. 

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

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Marcia

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