Finding Hope in This Crazy World
Daily Prompt: Name that… You! Do you know the meaning of your name, and why your parents chose it? Do you think it suits you? What about your children’s names? Photographers, artists, poets: show us IDENTITY. Today I am no longer who I thought I was. I used to put all sorts of labels on myself.... Continue Reading →
Daily Prompt: Everything Changes Walking down the street, you encounter a folded piece of paper on the sidewalk. You pick it up and read it and immediately, your life has changed. Describe this experience. Photographers, artists, poets: show us TRANSFORMATION. Father's Love Letter An Intimate Message From God To You. My Child, You may not know... Continue Reading →
Blog-land, a public place to share your private thoughts...who coulda thunk it? I started Prayers and Promises as a place to share prayers and promises, and to testify about the goodness of God. I have to say I have learned more from by brothers and sisters here than in many relationships I have had. There... Continue Reading →
God is higher than anything and anyone, outshining everything you can see in the skies. Who can compare with God, our God, so majestically enthroned, Surveying his magnificent heavens and earth? He picks up the poor from out of the dirt, rescues the wretched who’ve been thrown out with the trash, Seats them among the... Continue Reading →
Daily Prompt: There’s No Place Like Home If you had the opportunity to live a nomadic life, traveling from place to place, would you do it? Do you need a home base? What makes a place “home” to you? Photographers, artists, poets: show us MOVING. Oh yeah, sign me up. I love travelling and exploring. My... Continue Reading →
Daily Prompt: Stranger in a Strange Land What’s your favorite part about visiting a new place — the food? The architecture? The people watching?Photographers, artists, poets: show us NEW. I love the changes architecture, the difference in vegetation, trees, flowers, animals, etc. I am in Wisconsin. We don't have any palm trees here! How can a... Continue Reading →
Daily Prompt: Dream Home You win a contest to build your dream home. Draft the plans. Photographers, artists, poets: show us DREAMS. What a beautiful picture - thanksgiving pouring out the windows, and laughter spilling through the doorways. God is restoring our health and healing our wounds. Sign me up - I'm in! “Again, God’s Message: “‘I’ll... Continue Reading →
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: NOSTALGIC Nostalgic. Sometimes, we long for the past: for moments we want to remember or recapture. The good times. The golden years. Or perhaps we’re homesick, or longing for something — or someone — that might have been. Remember these? My mom used to buy them and hide them in between the couch... Continue Reading →
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: NOSTALGIC Nostalgic. Sometimes, we long for the past: for moments we want to remember or recapture. The good times. The golden years. Or perhaps we’re homesick, or longing for something — or someone — that might have been. Remember these? My mom used to buy them and hide them in between the couch... Continue Reading →
Daily Prompt: Your Life, the Book From a famous writer or celebrity, to a WordPress.com blogger or someone close to you — who would you like to be your biographer? Photographers, artists, poets: show us WORDS. I would have my kids write my story. And my husband. They have been there for the whole story, the... Continue Reading →
Weekly Photo Challenge: The Golden Hour The Golden Hour. In photography, the “golden hour” is the first and last hour of sunlight of the day. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great are His mercy and loving-kindness toward those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far... Continue Reading →
Daily Prompt: From the Gut Tell us about the last time you had a real, deep, crying-from-laughing belly laugh. Photographers, artists, poets: show us JOYFUL. I have to admit, I am rolling on the floor almost every night - with Pinterest Humor. I usually wait until around 9 or 10 pm, then I'm ready! Here are... Continue Reading →
