"Your hand shall lead me,

and Your right hand shall hold me."

~~Psalm 139:10~~

"Life holds no surprises for God. No path is unknown to Him - no circumstance unsettling. Because the future is perfectly clear to our Father, Christians have the full assurance that we can follow where God leads, whether the way is marked by calm or storm. We can confidently put our hand in God's for He forgives the past, controls the present, and holds the future."

NO ONE IS HOPELESS WHOSE HOPE IS IN GOD.

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Top image: Hope by George Frederick Watts

"Look now toward heaven and count the stars..."
"Genesis 15:5"

When we have trouble believing God for the solution to some pressing problem, we can enter the classroom of creation and observe the wonders of nature. Doing so strengthens our faith in the promises found in the Bible.

Mr. T.C Roddy, Jr. from Rusk, Texas wrote, "In my front yard are six huge oak trees that must be over 100 years old....I ponder as I look at them and realize that the leaves must have barrels of fresh water each day to stay green. As a retired engineer, I know that no pump ever devised or designed by man could force that amount of water through the dense wooden trunk of these trees. Yet God causes their roots to gather all the water these trees need... To do this, these roots must exert a working pressure of more than 3,000 pounds per square foot just to move the water up to the leaves - not considering the resistance of the wood in the tree trunk. That is just another of God's miracles that occur every day unnoticed."

"All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen."
~~Ralph Waldo Emerson~~

"I wanna hold you till I die!
Till we both break down and cry!
I wanna hold you,
Till the fear in me subsides!"


In love, it is the principle I hold that we must remain SEMPER FIDELIS (always faithful) and SEMPER IDEM (always the same)....the keys to everlasting love.

Have a blessed and fruitful weekend bloggers!

I have found the place where I can hide,
It's safe inside Your arms of love.
Like a child who's held throughout the storm
You keep me safe in Your arms of love.
You're always here,
Even when my skies are far from gray.
I can stay, teach me to stay there,
In the place I've found where I can hide.



"Thou are my hiding place; Thou shalt preserve me from trouble;
Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance."
~~Psalm 32:7~~

"Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;
and Thy faithfulness unto the clouds."
~~Psalm 36:5~~

"Thy righteousness is like the great mountains;
Thy judgments are a great deep O Lord,
Thou preservest man and beast."
~~Psalm 36:6~~

"God's promises remain the same no matter how we feel. We should rest in His Word - not in our feelings. Emotions change. The tides of enthusiasm are often controlled by the current of daily happenings. But based on what Christ has done and what the Bible says, we can have a settled assurance about our relationship with God."

"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed. They are new every morning. Great is Thy faithfulness."
~~Lamentations 3:22-26~~

Have fruitful and blessed days ahead bloggers. God bless us all!

"Though earth and man were gone
And suns and universes ceased to be
And thou were left alone
Every existence would exist in thee!"
~~Emily Bronte~~

I am someone who still believe in eternal love if we pray God to bring it to us. Somewhere out there, under the same star with me is someone who was born to love me, born for me and I for him. It's worth the wait. I don't want anybody else but him, him whom God has prepared and chosen for me to share my journey from here till eternity....

"Herbs, scentless in their entire, give off their precious scents when they are bruised."
~~Charlotte Bronte~~

Have a grrrreat and blessed weekend Bloggers!
Sincerely,
Ophelia Jane Julia

"This is my Father's world!

He shines in all that's fair;

In the rustling grass I hear Him pass-

He speaks to me everywhere!"

A white goat.....
and a black one....

our dog sits comfortably among the grass...

take a look at this ....

view from my room's window....

and outside...

view from the terrace...

and another one from the terrace...

Hola bloggers! I had a grand time yesterday at the countryside taking photos of the fresh views of the grassy fields that lay in front of my sister's house and the view of the mountain afar...lovely and serene and the goats that grazed the fields. I felt so refreshed after such an experience. When you feel buffeted by the hustle and bustle of the city, take time to go to the countryside and unwind and relax. Try it.

Have another great and blessed week bloggers!