My Light: Psalm 27:1

Illuminate Me:

Dear Lord, Thank you for being my light and my salvation. Let your light illuminate my path. Let my faith shine before others like the sunlit petals of the daisy. Open my heart like a blossom and show me the way. In Jesus name. Amen

Guide: Psalm 32:8

Hydrangea in Bloom – The Lord will guide us, advise us and watch over us.

Psalm 32:7-8 New Living Translation (NLT)
⁷For you are my hiding place;
 you protect me from trouble.
 You surround me with songs of victory.
⁸The Lord says,
“I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.
 I will advise you and watch over you.”

Ask: Matthew 7:7

Butterfly Weed, but really to beautiful to be called a weed. The butterflies love it.

Matthew 7:7-8 (NIV)

⁷“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ⁸For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Faithful in Prayer: Romans 12:12

Romans 12: 12-13

¹²Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

¹³Share with the Lord’s people who are in need.

Practice hospitality.

Counsel: Psalm 32:8

Psalm 32: 7-8 (NIV)

You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. ⁸I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

God is Pleased: Hebrews 13-16

The garden is in its production mode now and the produce is starting to abound. It is a great time for sharing vegetables, compassion, and faith. Remember your neighbors. Thanks to God for plants and the joy and food they provide.

Rest: Psalm 62:5

Psalm 62:5-8

⁵ Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. ⁶ Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. ⁷ My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. ⁸ Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

*Thanks to Jackie for the lovely zinnia and butterfly photo.

Heart: Psalm 28:7

Thanks be to God who is our shield, strength, and refuge. He is our ever-present help in times of trouble and our hope for days to come. Praise His name!

Trust in God: Psalm 56:10

Psalm 56:10 (NIRV) ¹⁰I trust in God. I praise his word.
I trust in the Lord. I praise his word.

Psalm 56:12 (NIV)

¹²I am under vows to you, my God;
    I will present my thank offerings to you.
¹³For you have delivered me from death
    and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.