My favourite things/ Pay it forward/The Liebster Award

I'm so new at this
putting down words
in type
not pencil
on a computer
not paper

and now the kindness of people
comes to bless me...
dear 'T' at A Seed Inspired
http://aseedinspired.com/
nominated me for the Leibster Award

WOW!
Thanks so much 'T'
my heart feels it is wrapped in a big hug!
Dear "T"your 'A Seed Inspired" blog does exactly that to me ... inspires me!
I know when I visit you I will find beauty and truth so I eagerly look for your posts.
blessings to you!



Here are the rules for the Leibster Award:
1. Show your thanks to the blogger that nominated you.
2. Reveal your top picks and let them know.
3. Post the award on your blog.
4.Bask in the love and support in blogsphere.
5. And best of all…have fun and share it too. 

This award is given to bloggers who have fewer than 200 followers all in the spirit of fostering new connections. Liebster is German and means ‘dearest’ or ‘beloved’ but it can mean favorite.
Since I can only choose 5  I wish to acknowledge the five following blogs for their diverse styles of blogging. They are unique with what they share and contribute to the world of blogging.

In no particular order:

My Nominations:(if some have more than 200 followers, I get to choose again)
First,  I want to acknowledge a wonderful blog:

Deb's Blog

Simple poems, simple faith by Deb Feller

http://iftodaywehear.wordpress.com/

I can always find encouragement and gentle admonition so simply and profoundly put! Thanks Deb!

second, a wonderful lady who has become a dear friend in blogland and beyond,
Dawn Blanchard and her

Dschondog's Blog  http://dschondog.wordpress.com/

It is always a surprise to see what she will post... it is always a study of brilliance out of the depth of a kind heart... I go away deeply pensive and alive. Thank you Dawn.

Third, my friend in the Lord going back to raising my babies days, her teaching them Sunday school...and now in separate parts of the province our blogs have brought us together again in the Lord!
Andrea Dawn's heart is tender and discerning in the ways of the Lord and the beauty in her photography and written word is always a joy!

http://www.theillustratedword.blogspot.com

http://www.theartoflifeistogetthemessage.blogspot.com/

fourth, a new blog I have begun visiting... I am in awe of the beauty there.... prose, photography; a depth of faith and pensiveness in the Lord that lingers long after I go away. I nominate you, Planaquarium for your deep and amazing work. My heart is always filled.

http://planaquarium.wordpress.com/

and fifth, an amazing lady (and her family... their blogs are posted in hers) Pippa Jarvis, a daughter of  founder of "The Love of Christ Ministries in Johannesburg SA", Thea Jarvis[another amazing lady]. tlc.org.za
Her blog is filled with her heart concern for the many abandoned that are brought to their home, and their many adopted ones... it is also my heart's cry ... so I nominate Pippa
 

http://pippaspassions.blogspot.com/

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these friends... my favourite things

 

my favourite things/ two little princesses

when joyous pleasure grips you
and your smile 'bout cracks your face
for all the childlike beauty
for all that love and grace
for the miracle of children
their laughter's
all it takes
how Jesus said be like them
if you'll enter
Heaven's
gates

I cannot quite imagine
life without
these little girls
God's placed His sparkle in them
as they run
and dance
and twirl

they know His loving kindness
they even know to pray
to thank Him for the goodness
He brings to them
each day

they love to tell
me stories
of Goldilocks
and Three Bears
of all their friends
of all they do

and all the while
I stand amazed...
that God has given...
so much grace

my precious little princesses
with arms so full of hugs
I'll always have
a place
for you

safe
within
my
heart

the two of you

my favourite things

(Photo credit to Anne Vivier~ her photo gift to my daughter in celebration of her birthday)

my favourite things/ gramma's boy

gramma
gramma
gramma
his words always greet me

he loves me
no doubts
when our eyes join
we know
my heart knows
he's mine
he knows I'm his
we just know

this boy in Africa
a long way from Canada
we have shared only two months
out of his two years
where we laughed and played
held tight through tears
sang
rocked
prayed

yet we know

I'm his
and
he's gramma's boy

my favourite things

my favourite things/ fun with my son

~my favourite things~

my favourite things/ forever and for always

my favourite things/ His wind

His wind blows where He wills

I stand alone
catching God
my arms flung wide
my  heart open like a book
prologue written
epilogue
only He knows

and I read...

His Word is stretched across each page
a friend to me
along my way

fear not
I am with you always

cast your cares upon Me
for I care for you

delight yourself also in Me
and I will give you the desires of your heart

You believe in God
believe also in ME (Jesus, sweet Jesus)

just faith as a mustard seed

honour your Father and Mother
that it may be well with you

rejoice always

in everything give thanks

my Grace is sufficient for you

I read on
and on
comforted
strengthened
encouraged

desiring nothing more than to be like Him

my pages are filled with Him
He is all I see

in Him is Life
and that
abundantly

Prologue

He keeps His own
under the shadow of His wing

safe

my life
His wind
His word
His book

my favourite things

my favourite things/ as white as snow