Saturday, December 27, 2008

Happy New Year
Celebrate the New Year
broken road... by hope21.
I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you
Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
I think about the years I spent just passing through
I'd like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You've been there you understand
It's all part of a grander plan that is coming true
Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
~~God Bless The Broken Road, Recorded and Sung by Rascall Flatts~~
Ophelia in red frame by you.
Broken lives, broken homes, shattered dreams and broken hearts are but parts of life's journey. But do not fear dear fellow traveler, do not fear at all today: for God has given us His promise that He'll be with us all the way. Let us face the New Year with a renewed faith in God's ability to handle everything that we entrust to Him.
I Wish Everybody A Most Blessed and Prosperous New Year!
Ophelia
Happy New Years
Broken Road Photo by hope21 on FLICKR

Monday, December 8, 2008

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia by Timanthes


Many years ago, a promising Greek artist named Timanthes was under the instruction of a well-known tutor. After several years, the young painter created an exquisite portrait. He was so thrilled with what he had painted that he sat day after day gazing at his work.


One morning, however, he was horrified to discover that his teacher had deliberately ruined his painting. Angry and in tears, Timanthes ran to him and asked why he had destroyed his cherished possession. The wise man replied, "I did it for your own good. That painting was retarding your progress. It was an excellent piece of art, but it was not perfect. Start again and see if you can do even better." The student took his advice and produced a masterpiece called "Sacrifice of Iphigenia," regarded by some as one of the finest paintings of antiquity.





Like the teacher in the story above, God never wants us to be content with our accomplishments. He wants us to reach even higher plateaus of service. My dear friends, let us not be satisfied with our spiritual attainments. In this world decaying with immoralities, let us keep pressing on ....
When you've reached a plateau,
And your strength almost gone,
But the Lord still says, "Go,"
That's the time to press on!
~~Hess~~
I wish you the best of the season Bloggers! Amidst the festive mood and celebration this season, let us not forget that the Babe of Bethlehem is the Savior at Calvary.
Have a blessed day one and all!
Sincerely,
Ophelia















Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Meditative Rose, 1958

Meditative Rose, 1958 by Salvador Dali






Rose Open


THE ROSE



Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love, it is a hunger
An endless aching need
I say love, it is a flower
And you, its only seed
It's the heart, afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It's the dream, afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul, afraid of dying
That never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed
That with the sun's love, in the spring
Becomes the rose


~~Lyrics and Song Music by Amanda Mc Broom~~

Rose Open

HOLA BLOGGERS! The song above, The Rose, is one of my perennial favorites. I love the song, i love the melody. I love the lyrics. It echoes classic emotional upheavals on love, life, hope and inspiration. Yet, there is one thing about the rose which we can ponder upon whenever we see a rosebud.....

Rose Open

Unfolding The Rose

It is only a tiny rosebud,

A flower of God's design;

But I cannot unfold the petals

With these clumsy hands of mine.

The secret of unfolding flowers

Is not known to such as I.

GOD opens this flower so sweetly,

When in my hands they fade and die.

If I cannot unfold a rosebud,

This flower of God's design,

Then how can I think I have wisdom

To unfold this life of mine?

So I'll trust in Him for His leading

Each moment of every day.

I will look to him for His guidance

Each step of the pilgrim way.

The pathway that lies before me,

Only my Heavenly Father knows.

I'll trust Him to unfold the moments,

Just as He unfolds the rose.

~ © Bryan T. Burgess ~



Saturday, November 22, 2008


Hola bloggers! I can still remember once on a flight from London to New York, I was seated next to a nervous passenger. It was his first time to board a plane and he admitted to me that he felt he was keeping our plane airborne by sheer willpower. He couldn't relax for a moment, for fear that gravity would drag us down.
Even though the law of gravity would keep us earthbound, there's a law of aerodynamics that overcomes the pull of gravity. If this passenger had trusted that principle when he boarded the plane, he would have saved himself a lot of needless worry.
In a similar way, many believers, including myself, are trying to reach and maintain spiritual heights by sheer willpower. But by ourselves, we're bound to the downward drag of the law of sin and death. However, in Romans 8:2, Paul wrote about a higher law - the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus, which sets people free from the law of sin and death.
If we are living by sheer willpower, our Christian life hasn't really, "taken off." But the moment we entrust ourselves fully to Christ, we're freed from the body of death, and we begin rising on the wings of His Spirit. And I m Ophelia sharing with you this thought...
"Our spirit fails us unless God's Spirit fills us."

Season's greetings01 by you.
Have a blessed day Bloggers!
Sincerely,
Ophelia

Friday, November 21, 2008

Life's Clock
The clock of life is wound but once,
And no man has the power
To tell just where the hands will stop —
At late or early hour.
To lose one's wealth is sad indeed,
To lose one's health is more,
To lose one's soul is such a loss
As no man can restore.
The present only is our own,
Live for Christ with a will;
Place no faith in tomorrow,
For the clock may then be still.
~~Robert W. Wesley~~
Season's greetings01 by you.

Hola bloggers! It's the start of the Christmas season (at least here on my page....lol). Let me thank all of you who sent messages...it's always a delight to hear from you and I cherish all your shared thoughts. I am happy to blog in the midst of migraine attack ...migraines are my miseries in life lol. Here's something for all of you....A BALLAST FOR MY SOUL!
A Ballast for My Soul

Life is like a stormy sea
That tosses to and fro,
But God's Word will ever be
A ballast for my soul.
By its truth I'll be held fast
Till I reach heaven's shore
Where I will be home at last
And sail life's sea no more!

—Perry Boardman
HAVE A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED WEEKEND BLOGGERS!!!
SINCERELY,
OPHELIA

Friday, November 7, 2008

If Wishes Were Changes




I wish that you loved me
The way that I love you
I wish I had angels
Who sang in my dreams
If wishes were changes
We'd all live in roses
And there wouldn't be children
Who cried in their sleep.

He wishes I loved him
The way that I love you
If wishes were changes
I'd dry all his tears
If wishes were changes
I'd make him my anchor
He'd be my angel
Who sang through the years


I wish that I had your
Wings of desire
I wish I had seen you
As I see you now
I wouldn't feel sorrow
You've left here inside me
But wishing won't change
Right from wrong for you now

So long to the blue days of wishing
If wishes were changes
There'd be no goodbyes
So long to the heart I have given
Coz wishing won't bring back
The love in your eyes.
~~If Wishes Were Changes by Nancie Griffith~~

ophelia (yellow frame) by you.
Hola bloggers! Good day! Yeah, yeah, wishes, wishes, wishes.
What it would be like if wishes really bring changes? Let me see...if wishes were
changes there wouldn't be any sorrow, we'll all be happy right? coz who would want to wish for sorrow anyway? If wishes were changes, there wouldn't be any wars, crimes or atrocities coz
who would want all these horrible things anyway? If wishes were changes, no children go to bed hungry, no wife would be battered by their husbands, no husband would leave their families and families would all be happy....then the whole world would be a happy and safe place to live in...that is...if wishes were changes. Impossible isn't it? But we can turn wishes into changes if we would constantly pray to the Almighty God who is the only One who can make wishes come true for the Hand that holds the universe is the Hand that holds me and you.
Have a great and blessed day bloggers! God bless!
Sincerely,
Ophelia