Psalm 91:4

Psalm 91:4
He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.

(Got this from a friend in Florida. She didn't tell who the photographer is so I don't know either. If you recognize it please tell and I will credit the rightful owner)

"A bruised reed He will not break and a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish" (Isa. 42:3).

There Is A Balm In Gilead

Dear Reader,
I got a letter from a dear friend yesterday and her words brought this song to my mind.
Her answer was like "balm" to my soul. I'm blessed with a friend who is a wise woman, a trustworthy woman and a woman of God who believes in Jesus /Yeshua/ as her savior and in a moment of need for help she always has a word of comfort and encouragement. So I praise God for her friendship and share the song with you

Sincerely yours, Ida

"The Paradoxical Commandments"

"The Paradoxical Commandments" were written by Kent M. Keith in 1968 as part of a booklet for student leaders. It has also a second version credited to Mother Teresa.

1.The Original Version:

The Paradoxical Commandments

by Dr. Kent M. Keith

1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
   Love them anyway.
2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
   Do good anyway.
3. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies.
   Succeed anyway.
4. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
   Do good anyway.
5. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
   Be honest and frank anyway.
6. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
   Think big anyway.
7. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
   Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
8. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
   Build anyway.
9. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
   Help people anyway.
10. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
    Give the world the best you have anyway.

© 1968, 2001 Kent M. Keith

2. This version found written on the wall in Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta:

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

Sincerely yours, Ida

FAll ... and the need to care

Dear Reader,
September is here; with mornings filled with chill in the air and fog covering the fields like a loosely knitted blanket and the geese are going south. The young geese are trying to perfect their formation with various results. They cry out to each other to keep the v-line and to keep the formation because that is the only way they will succeed in reaching their destiny.

How we need each other as human beings. Being alone can be fatal. A human touch can bring a sad heart to recover and a kind word heals wounds.

"Security is always another person" is a quote from another blogger "Harpasione". When everything is said and done it is the people we have known that counts. Some in a formal way; some as close to us as our hearts but they all matter one way or the other.

Sincerely yours
Ida