FOCUSING ON THE LORD!!

         When I was driving out to the NW in October, '12, I had taken many, many photos and this one was special to and for me.  I'll put a couple others, too, with the Word of God.  Then, officially, I put my poem on this about 6 months later when I was home.   Anyhow, since I can't read well, write well, speak well, all I can do is share that right now.  AND I'm singing my song day-by-day, night-by-night with the words re: worshiping, glorifying, praising, honoring, and praying.

                                       
                                            THE WORD...

REJOICING AND LAUGHING IN UTAH AND COLORADO!

     Back in the summer of '98, I had taken our Ugandan son, Sam, out there so he'd see another wonderful portion of our nation.  We were in the Utah and Colorado national parks for a few days.  Then, when heading home, we were visiting a special friend in Colorado and staying with him for a couple days. This whole trip was a blessing, and he sure smiled.  

     

 [OH, and BTW, the Word is correct:  the Lord Jehovah is our everlasting strength.   It IS!!  I count on it

 moment-by-moment, day-by-day.  

And I took the picture of this wonderful

 "baby" squirrel-ish right by us.]

 
Anyhow, just showing the two of us together on that trip to Utah at Bryce Canyon right then.  He sure smiled and loved it!

AND ARCHES NP

ISAIAH IS AROUND OUR NATIONS AND OUR HEAVENS!

THIS GRABBED MY HEART TODAY!

I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE

HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS I TOOK

ON THAT TRIP AND THIS JUMPED AT ME.

 IT'S A BLESSING!

REJOICING FOR MY HEAVENLY FATHER!

I DID THEN.  I DO NOW!!

REJOICING IN AND FOR MY HEAVENLY FATHER

IS ALL THAT COUNTS FOREVER AND EVER.

LOVED AND LOVE UGANDA,

LOVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS

HERE OR AROUND AND ABOUT THE WORLD.

FIR TREES AND US...FOREVER

OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AND SPIRITS

ARE ALWAYS HEADING UP!

ALL OF US AND THE TREES AND BIRDS AND FISH

 AND ANYTHING ELSE, TOO.

THAT'S WHAT WE COUNT ON.

I TRULY WILL TRUST!!!

AS I OFTEN SAY, "LIFE GETS COMPLICATED!"

I CAN TRUST HIM IN SPITE OF MY

BODY AND BRAIN [MOVING AND SINGING] SITUATIONS.

HE IS TRULY "IT" 

FOREVER AND EVER.

AMEN!!

WOE TO THEM, WOE TO US!!

THIS PORTION REGARDS THE BATTLING OF 

THE BRITS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS

AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LEADERS

AND WARRIORS AND WORKERS.

IS IT THE SAME IN THE WHOLE WORLD? 

WAY BACK THEN AND NOW AND ABOUT?

YES, IN MANY WAYS.

ALL WE CAN DO IS TURN TO THE LORD,

TRUST HIM FOR THE CONSEQUENCES

AND NOT DO WHAT THIS VERSE INDICATES.

AND, IN THAT PORTION OF ISAIAH IT IS

INDICATING HOW THE PASTORAL LEADERS

HAVE TURNED THEIR LIVES AROUND

TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, WHENEVER THEY WANT IT.

I'M A HEARTFULLY "WOE" PERSON, SIGNIFICANTLY.  

SO LET'S SERVE THE LORD CONSISTENTLY.

 

ARISE AND SHINE!!!

A MOMENT, DAY, WEEK, MONTH, YEAR, 

FILLED WITH REJOICING.

TRUSTING HIM FOR THE LIGHT!  

HIS LIGHT!!

COMFORT, COMFORT...

NOT ONLY "YOUR" GOD, 

BUT OUR GOD!!

ALL WE CAN EVER COUNT ON, FOREVER.

I'M SO BLESSED TO BE FOR NEARLY 4-2/3 YEARS

 WITH MY DEAR BHUTANESE BROTHERS, SISTERS,

GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

ALSO, DEARLY LOVED FAMILIES AND FRIENDS,

ESPECIALLY MARK AND LORI WHO WERE

MISSIONARIES IN NEPAL AND

HELPING MANY IN OUR NATION,

BUT LIVING IN OMAHA.

I MET 2 BHUTANESE IN EARLY MAY, 2010. 

NOW I HAVE ABOUT 200 IN MY LIFE

 AND ARE MUCH LOVED.

DAVE HAS DONE MUCH FOR THEM, TOO, 

ESPECIALLY RE: COMPUTERS, MUSIC, FIXING 

APARTMENTS AND HOMES.  DAVE IS A TREAT, AS USUAL.

MY SPECIAL COMMENT RE: TODAY AS WE PREP

TO GO TO THE NEXT YEAR OF OUR LIVES.

MY FIRST PHOTO, A WEEK AFTER I MET THE FIRST 2. 

 

 WHAT A TREAT!  AND FOREVER. 

BLESS YOU AND YOURS.

OH, AND BTW, THE TOP PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT A GLAD TIDINGS WHEN SOME OF THEM WERE BAPTIZED AND MANY HAD COME FROM THEIR CHURCH LOCATION TO WORSHIP AND REJOICE WITH THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO

 HAD COME TO THE LORD FROM OTHER gods.

 

GRATEFUL FOR FORGIVENESS!

BEASTS OF THE FIELD...

AND THE WATER WAS RIGHT BY THE DRY AREA

AND THE BIRDS WERE REALLY HAPPY!

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Dave and I were just leaving Uganda after our first visit in late February, 1991.  We ended up in the Nairobi area for a couple days.  Our plane should have left immediately, but the Gulf War had just finished.   Strangely, when in mid-January leaving home, a significant portion of the war messed us up in New York City and London.  We arrived in Uganda later than anticipated by at least 3 days.   Then, those weeks later, while leaving Uganda, the warfare event had the same effect.  So many flights around the world were messing things up.  And, amazingly, we were blessed.  While we were spending a couple days in Nairobi a missionary organization took care of us, and one of the main guys drove us around and about at the Nairobi National Park.  It was so filled with some many of our favorite animals and birds.  AND the Word the Lord dropped onto me recently could be fit into these photos.

What a treat THEN...and many treats afterward when in Uganda, Costa Rica, Morocco and the U.S. ... to take photos of animals and wonderful people.

KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD

HE DELIGHTS IN YOU...

PATTI HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR SO MANY 

IN SO MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD.

SHE'S BEEN A BLESSING TO ME,

AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS.

MISS HER MUCH, VERY MUCH.

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HIGHLANDS OF HEAVEN

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY,

THAT FOREVER-AND-EVER TIME.

WATCHMAN, PREPARE!

WAS WALKING INTO A DEAR FRIEND'S MOBILE HOME

AND SHE GLANCED AT THE MOON  AND SAID,

 "OH, TAKE PICTURES." 

 I DID.  AND HERE IT IS.  

AND HERE IS THE WORD OF GOD

 THAT FITS RIGHT IN.

QUARRY AND ROCK AND ME

FANCY?  NO!!!

TRUTHFUL?  YES!!!

 AND YOU AND I PURSUING RIGHTEOUSNESS,

SEEKING THE LORD?  

ANOTHER "YES!!!"

REFUGE FOR POOR

I TRULY UNDERSTAND THIS, 
BOTH PERSONALLY AND REPRESENTATIVELY.

HIS KINDNESS IN DEALING WITH THE STORMS OF LIFE AND THE HEAT OF LIFE THAT SOMETIMES OVERWHELM US 
IS ONE OF THE HUGE BLESSINGS OF LIFE.

HE IS THE KIND ONE! 
I'M A GRATEFUL ONE!

EVERLASTING STRENGTH

A WORD WE MUST RELY UPON AND TRUST IN

WHETHER IN LARGE CITIES,

SMALL TOWNS,

FARM "TOWNS".

HE TRULY IS OUR STRENGTH.

OUR EVERLASTING STRENGTH! 

STAIN, SIN, SNOW

HALLELUJAH!!!

THE WORD OF GOD I CAN COUNT ON FOREVER AND EVER..

AND CAN REJOICE INSTANTLY, DAILY.

HIS SALVATION, BREAKING THROUGH MY SINFULNESS,

TRULY WAS/IS ALL I CAN COUNT ON.

DARKNESS AND LIGHT