Silhouette of an Angel.
I will meditate on all your work and muse on your mighty deeds.
~Psalm 77:12
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Silhouette of an Angel.
I will meditate on all your work and muse on your mighty deeds.
~Psalm 77:12
#dailyverses
#epiphanyseason
#protectimmigrants
#protectindigenouspeople
#GodIsLove❤️
Snow on a wintered-over Rose of Sharon bush.
I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord; I will remember your wonders of old.
~Psalm 77:11
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Bright winter sun, hovering over the hills, seen through winter-bare trees, with patches of snow on the ground. Otsiningo Park, Binghamton NY
If you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday.
~Isaiah 58:10
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Dark-stained wood bedside table with a burning Dark Hedges candle (#Mythologie) in front, a pottery star, painted blue, reading “Grace” (#ConsecrateBox) and a used match in the metal lid of the candle container. In the back, the bottom of a water glass.
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.”
~Isaiah 58:9a
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Bowl of snow on decorative “pine branches” in a window box, with decorative holly berries peeking through. Snow on the ground.
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
~Isaiah 58:8
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Two fresh-baked loaves of bread, on a black cooking rack, on a black-speckled countertop. The left loaf is larger than the right, fuller; both loaves have diagonal pre-baking cuts in the dough. There is a purple and white striped dish towel at the upper right corner of the frame. Try, and you can almost smell the fragrance of fresh baked loaves.
Is [the fast I choose] not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them and not to hide yourself from your own kin?
~Isaiah 58:7
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Five purple tulips in front of an exposed brick wall; a mobile of angular metal just behind the flowers on the left side.
Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
~Isaiah 58:6
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View of and through a window: outside, trees, woods, snowy landscape. Inside: the window is lit by a tiny lamp at the lower right containing a neon tube hand making the peace sign, glowing hot pink. The wooden frame of the window glows pink. Hanging from the top of the frame, left to right: a delicate mobile hung with gem-like rocks; a blown-glass globe with purple-pink swirls at the top; an upside-down blown-glass tear, smaller than the globe, with speckles of sea-blue at the top. All three ornaments reflect the hot pink of the lamp. At the bottom of the window frame, a carved wooden ornament spelling out PEACE. Don’t forget: all this looks out on a cool bluish early evening woody snowscape.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
~Matthew 5:9
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The full Snow Moon in a cloudy sky over Binghamton, NY. In the lower righthand corner, a statue of Lady Justice lifts her arms, holding the scales of Justice, to the sky. In the lower lefthand corner, the top corner of a downtown building is flooded with reddish-purple light.
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”
~Matthew 5:8
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Black and white photo of a cherry tree in winter: bare branches, in front of a house, snow on the ground with small footprints leading up to and away from the tree in otherwise untouched snow.
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.”
~Matthew 5:7
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Inspirational quote reading Sometimes the best way to speak truthfully about God is to stop speaking altogether set against a golden sunset with a person sitting quietly on a cliff silhouette.
For the 5th Sunday after Epiphany Rev Dalton Rushing reflects on 1 Corinthians 2 and the wisdom of sacred silence. When might the truest way to speak about God be to stop speaking
Listen https:/day1.fm/4220
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John August Swanson, “Festival of Lights.” Bright and colorful painting of a countless number of people processing towards the viewer, candles in hand, through a green hilly landscape. I share this in honor of the brave people of Minneapolis, who refuse to cede their home to forces of violence and chaos. I share it in solidarity with all those in the crosshairs of ICE, including and especially immigrants and indigenous people.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”
~Matthew 5:6
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“Festival of Lights” by John August Swanson
Tiny orange and yellow kalanchoe blossoms, up close.
“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.”
~Matthew 5:5
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Rising full moon over a mountain sloping downward, left to right; in front of clouds against a purple/blue sky. Lights from shopping center at the bottom of the frame.
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
~Matthew 5:4
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Sunset seen through the branches of evergreens, looking across to a low mountain and a layer of snow.
And he began to speak and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
~Matthew 5:2-3
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A nighttime city street during the snowstorm: two bare trees in the foreground, a snowy street behind them, and a parking garage bathed in lavender light.
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
~Psalm 27:14
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A row of bare-branches trees on a snow-covered hillside, with a just-risen sun blazing through on the far right side of the image.
I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
~Psalm 27:13
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Can we put someone in power Who plants seeds and not fear Makes sure every single person At the table has a chair Can we put someone in power Who leads with their heart Who builds bridges not walls To keep families apart Can we put someone in power Who knows the weight of a cry That shatters your soul That breaks you inside Can we put someone in power Who will mend and not break Doesn’t lead to feel big Who can give and not take Can we put someone in power Who is still willing to learn Uses their fire for warmth Not to tear down and burn Who cares about people And the smallest voice Not just profit and power Who gives people a choice A person who feels The grief of another Maybe the world Should be ruled by a mother. ~Jess Urlichs
Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!
~Psalm 27:7
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St. Titus, Pastor and Bishop open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #StTitus #PastoralMinistry #ApostolicChurch #PaulAndTitus #EpiphanySeason #LutheranTradition #LCMS #Lutheran
Stained glass window depicting a lyre on a cream background, with a band of green glass on either side, created 1906-7. Union Presbyterian Church, Endicott, NY. Upcendicott.org.
I will sing and make melody to the Lord.
~Psalm 27:6b
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The Conversion of St. Paul open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #ConversionOfStPaul #DamascusRoad #ApostleToTheGentiles #StPaul #EarlyChurch #EpiphanySeason #LCMS #Lutheran
Robin’s nest atop a front-porch pillar, 4 hatchlings in the nest, necks stretched upward, beaks open, dad Robin to the right, in profile, standing on the pillar, surveying his domain. Pink lilacs behind the pillar to the left of babies. May at my house.
For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.
~Psalm 27:5
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St. Timothy, Pastor, Bishop, Friend of St. Paul open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #StTimothy #Pastors #PastoralMinistry #PaulAndTimothy #EpiphanySeason #LutheranTradition #LCMS #Lutheran
Neo-gothic church with a square bell-tower, at night, light shining from the tower and stained glass windows.
One thing I asked of the Lord; this I seek: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.
~Psalm 27:4
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Photo: Shannon Bennett Quaranta
Winter scene: old-fashioned lamppost to the right of a large conifer; mountains in the distance, bare trees and conifers in front of the mountains; sunset sky streaked with orange clouds.
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
~Psalm 27:1
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Quote graphic from Day1 episode 4218 featuring a reflection by Rev. Dr. Aimee Moiso over child in silhouette holding a cross at dusk. The Day1 80th anniversary logo is in the bottom left.
“In Christ, how we came to belong is less important than the fact that we did.” A reflection on grace, unity, and Christian identity by Rev. Dr. Aimee Moiso of @pcusa.bsky.social.
Listen > https://day1.fm/4218
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Glass vase filled with orange and yellow tulips, in front of a wall of red bricks.
I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.
~Psalm 40:8
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Two tulips, orange with yellow pointed tips, with one long green lead pointing upward to the right and one falling over the side of the slim glass vase to the left.
O continue your steadfast love to those who know you and your salvation to the upright of heart!
~Psalm 36:10
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Jesus Rejected in Nazareth open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Nazareth #Synagogue #Isaiah61 #Messiah #JesusInNazareth #GospelFulfilled #EpiphanySeason #LCMS #Lutheran
Snow-covered tree-branches outside my window.
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
~Psalm 36:9
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