WITHOUT your help ???

"WHEN will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"
- Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady (1933-1945) and reform leader.

(I would say that it would include all misery.k.)

Pure Brush Strokes

The most 
delightful 
picture of
humility is 
painted with 
the pure
brush strokes 
of the heart. 

Tender Thoughts - Janet. L. Weaver

** UNFAILING Love !! **

TRUST in God's unfailing love !!
kim

* "Aussie" TOMATO and PASSIONFRUIT Jam !! *

Ingredients:

500g tomatoes
2 cooking apples, grated
1-1/2 kg raw sugar (or 100% all natural Stevia ? - in supermarket 'sugar' aisle or 'health food shop')
juice of one (1) lemon
pulp of 6 passionfruit

Method:

Peel tomatoes by dipping in boiling water then cold water. Mash and cook tomatoes with "a little" water until soft. Put through a sieve. Add apples, sugar, lemon juice and passionfruit. Simmer until set.

(B. Taylor)

* "TLC" !! *

"ONCE again this Summer, the Flowers in my Window Boxes have outdone themselves. The BIG, Red Geranium Blossoms are like individual Bouquets with deep, Green Foliage for a background. The Red, Pink and White Begonias were not to be eclipsed by the Geraniums and are just as lovely in their delicate beauty.

Passers-by on our back Country Road have admired the Flowers and given credit to my tender, loving care (TLC). Tender, loving care? Yes, but not mine. If they could have seen the dry, Brown, ugly-looking Geranium Stalks that came out of my Cellar this Spring. Only God's tender, loving care can bring such beauty from those lifeless, umpromising Stalks.

And so it is with us! .. He can make something beautiful of our lives if we allow Him."

RUBY WATROUS

"I tell you the truth, unless a Kernel of Wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single Seed. But if it dies, it produces many Seeds (*John 12:24)."

** ENDURING promises .. !! **

God permits personal trials so that we can see Him working in our life !! k.

"God's Word tells us that His mercies and compassions are "new every morning" (Lamentations Chapter 3:22-23) Just as each new day presents us with a different challenge, the Lord reveals the beauty of His character, the fulfillment of His promises, and the tender provision of His grace.

We don't know what today may bring. BUT we do know this: God will amaze us with His unfailing, ever-new compassions. The depths of the valleys just make His mountainpeaks that much more breathtaking". DCE

'WHERE GOD GUIDES, GOD PROVIDES'.