The Oak Tree

375

At my childhood church, an oak tree stands, With branches extended toward heaven. At a hundred years old at least I’d guess, What secrets it must hold in its resin.

What God Chose To Make Me

168

I’d rather be what God chose to make than the most glorious creature I could think of; for to be thought about, born in God’s thought, & made by God, is the dearest, grandest & most precious thing

Without Stain

162

God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you,  to go through it, not without pain, but without stain. ~ C. S. Lewis

Always Continue The Climb

170

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Plenty by Emily Romrell

233

Plenty is abundance in life,
Personal growth underway,
Happiness that no knife,
Can cut or strip away.
If you look it’s waiting for you,
Every single day.

Sunflowers

466

All flowers are happy in their way,
But dear Helianthus you win the day.
Every aspect of your nature is sunny.
Even your face tracks its eponym across the sky.