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SmugMug > keywords > blooming > Sunflower field in the Pelagonia region, Macedonia
SmugMug > keywords > blooming > Sunday, September 27, 2009 - Wow the end of Sept. is in just a few days.  Where did the summer go?  This beauty can't decide whether or not it wants to be blue or purple.  I feel the same way.  So many things calling for decisions and I don't know what to do.  

Casting Your Cares
9/27/2009
Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
I PETER 5:7
"As you've no doubt discovered, becoming a Christian does not make your problems go away. But it does give you an Advocate to whom you can take every concern. The Christians Peter addressed were facing persecution. They did not know whom they could trust; a friend, a neighbor, or even a family member could betray them, resulting in suffering and even death. But Peter had walked with the risen Christ, and he had personally experienced the love that Jesus had for His followers. He knew that Christ was in control, capable of handling every trial and that He wanted to do so as an expression of His love.
Casting our cares is a choice. It means consciously handing over our anxiety to Christ and allowing Him to carry the weight of our problems. At times this is the most difficult part of trusting God! We don't like turning over the responsibility for our problems. We have been taught that self-reliance is good and praiseworthy. We may even enjoy worrying. Yet if we are to be freed from the burden of our concerns, we must choose to cast them into the strong hands of our Father.
Peter does not distinguish between little cares and big cares. God does not differentiate between problems we should handle on our own and God-sized needs. He asks us to turn them all over to Him. One of our greatest errors is to assume we can deal with something ourselves, only to discover that we really can't.
God sees you as His frail child, burdened with a load that surpasses your strength. He stands prepared to take your load and to carry it for you. Will you let Him?"

Daily Devo had the answer.

Hope everyone has a blessed day.

Pearl
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SmugMug > keywords > blooming > Prairie dock bloom with backlighting.
SmugMug > keywords > blooming > Red rose blossom close-up with quote by Helen Keller: "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart." -- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968). You may freely download and use this image if you give copyright credit to "Royce Bair" and give a link to "www.RoyceBair.com" -- no commercial use without permission (This Creative Commons License is called an "Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives" license.)  Prints may be ordered here on SmugMug by clicking on the "Buy" or shopping cart button.
SmugMug > keywords > blooming > Red rose blossom macro. Extreme close-up with shallow depth of field.
SmugMug > keywords > blooming > August 17th, 2009

Just a small portion of the gardens gracing the front lawn of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. The sky really was that magnificent blue!

Thank you SO very much for all the lovely comments on yesterday's horse-drawn carriage image. Oh and John, it looks quite nice in sepia. Will upload it and post a link soon. Thank you for the suggestion!
SmugMug > keywords > blooming > August 15th, 2009

Everywhere you looked on Mackinac Island there were beautiful climbing peonies. We were lucky to be there when they were in such glorious profusion, since they only bloom 7-10 days per season.

This one's better seen at a larger size.
I saw this flower at a gas station on the way back from Yosemite.
 > I saw this flower at a gas station on the way back from Yosemite.
I saw this flower at a gas station on the way back from Yosemite.
Photo by: jstphotos • see photo in gallery

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