why follow?

Daily Prompt: Great or Greatest? What makes a blog great? What makes you follow a blog or “Like” a post? I never really thought about this before.  So I had to think about what I was thinking about when I click that ‘like’ or ‘follow’ button.  Does that make sense? I follow a lot of blogs, … Read more

Blessed Beyond Belief

Daily Prompt: Tagline Often, our blogs have taglines. But what if humans did, too? What would your tagline be? Photographers, artists, poets: show us ADVERTISING.  My Tagline would be and is: BLESSED BEYOND BELIEF As a man thinks in his heart , so he becomes…   When I kept telling myself I was depressed – I … Read more

Fire and Fragrance

Daily Prompt: In Good Faith Describe a memory or encounter in which you considered your faith, religion, spirituality — or lack of — for the first time. FIRE AND FRAGRANCE © 2013 Diana Rasmussen Wounds and scars, leftovers of pain will they stop me from trying again? Can I spend my pain like cash? Letting good … Read more

Normal? What’s that?

  (all images from Pinterest) Daily Prompt: The Normal Is being “normal” — whatever that means to you — a good thing, or a bad thing? Neither? Photographers, artists, poets: show us EVERYDAY. NORMAL  =  a setting on my dryer Have a wonderful Sunday, I love you all just  – how you are!  Thank you Lord, … Read more

Weekly Photo Challenge – Time is Fleeting

  WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: Fleeting “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. ”  ~ M. Scott Peck * He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of … Read more

Lady Wisdom – fight or flight

Daily Prompt: Fight or Flight When faced with confrontation, do you head for the hills or walk straight in? Was there ever a time you wished you’d had the opposite reaction? Honestly, there are times I stay and fight, and times I turn away.  I really don’t like confrontation.  I like peace.  Have you ever had … Read more

Healing Leaves – in the Background

PHOTO CHALLENGE – ln the Background In a new post created for this challenge, share a picture that says In the Background. The River of Life  And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on … Read more

That Old Rocking Chair

Daily Prompt: Unconventional Love Over the weekend, we explored different ways to love. Today, tell us about the most unconventional love in your life. That Old Rocking Chair © 2013 By Diana Rasmussen It was an old farmhouse with a wrap around deck A circle driveway, squeaky front door And oh, the stories Mama told … Read more

Oh no, was I speeding?

Daily Post – The Ghosts in Your Dashboard Your WordPress.com dashboard is the nerve center of your blog: it’s where your ideas come to life, and your creativity gives them shape. As writers, artists, and thinkers, we know inspiration can be sporadic and those moments of genius are fleeting — they come and go, which means … Read more

Secret Visions

Daily Post – Evasive Action What’s the most significant secret you’ve ever kept? Did the truth ever come out? The truth will always come out!  Everything spoken in the dark will be heard in the light. So, lets talk about when someone shares something secret with us.  When someone gives you knowledge or wisdom about … Read more

CHANGED – In the Twinkling of an Eye

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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: CHANGE

I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.  Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:50-52 NIV)

180 degrees

Daily Prompt: Tell us about a time you did a 180 — changed your views on something, reversed a decision, or acted in a way you ordinarily don’t. It’s funny how God can turn things around. The other morning my husband said this to me, “For someone who used to be stalked, you sure do … Read more