Today is the day
To get your body movin’
No more stagnating
Movin’ and groovin’
Keeps a body mighty fit
Can be overdone!!
Have a movin’, groovin Tuesday.
See ya later … I’m headed out today.
What’re you doin’?
Love & Virtual Hugs,
JanBeek
Move to Montana
Where deer and antelope play
Live in Paradise
This buck greeted us
As we traveled to Jeffers
Enjoying our friends
Hors d-oeuvers, smoked chicken
Wonderful conversation
Such beautiful views
Enjoying silence
Looking out from the front porch
Relishing summer
Doe with her two fawns
Sauntered across open field
Fish jumped in the pond
The Madison Range
In its shades of gray and blue
Was mesmerizing
Trees line the river
Cattle graze on the green grass
Thunder calls us home
Storm is a comin’
Better go and get tucked in
Wake fresh in the morn
Say a prayer to God
Ask Him to help you find peace
Rest in Paradise
Rest in warmth, my friends.
I hope a glimpse of my day
Brought you peace tonight.
See you tomorrow.
Sleep tight!
Love, JanBeek
This is a purple and yellow July 4th! Purple for all those people who are hurting on this day. Yellow for all the varied colors that make up our rich racial cultures (Asian, Native American, Black, Hispanic, etc.). Yes, Black Lives Matter. Yes, they endure untold prejudicial treatment… and so do toooo many in our world.
Do you know why purple and yellow look so nice together? Turns out they are what’s called complementary colors. They appear opposite each other on the color wheel. Other complementary colors are red and green, and blue and orange.
Not just red, white, and blue, but purple and brown and yellow … all the colors of the rainbow make up who we are.
Check out the gorgeous
photography by Paul Holdorf
by clicking on his name here.
“Uncle Sam” gives us the “OK” sign… but everything is NOT OK. Too many people are dying of COVID-19 and too many people are suffering the injustices of prejudice. Too many people are not feeling “Free to Bee” (as I posted on my blog yesterday).
We’d bee “OKer”
if we just “Love One Another”
and respect one another
and practiced the “All are Created Equal”
beliefs that are part of our constitution.
A Haiku to Remember
Last year on this day
Seniors served the parade crowd
No parade this year
Last year on this day
More than four thousand came here
This year we are still
Stillness gives think time
Time to ponder our blessings
Figure how to share
Share the grace of God
As He’s blessed you, bless others
Love One Another
In this photo from last year, I can see
I needed a haircut!
This year I’m feeling perkier by the minute.
Life is improving.
Hallelujah!!
Thanks for your prayers!
What are your plans for today?
Let’s sing in unison
and think UNITY!!
See ya tomorrow!
Love from JanBeek
We had a wonderful sunrise this morning in our Madison Valley.
The view from my bed is beautiful… and I brought a few of the roses into my bedroom so I could enjoy them while I rest and read my devotionals and say my prayers. My prayer list keeps growing! I started it in January… and just keep adding to it. This is just page one of two!
God is good. He hears our prayers… and He responds. I feel His loving comfort today. Thank you for being here with me as I recuperate from yesterday’s hernia surgery.
This is Bob’s brother, Bill, with his wife Marge. The wonderful vehicle is one that Bob & Bill bought back in the early ’50s. Look at how wonderfully Bill has maintained and restored it! It is in great running condition, too – and is obviously well loved.
Look at some old cars
Forlorn – dilapidated
While some others thrive
This one rusts away
In a distant field of weeds
It needs more than love
It’s like some of us
Feeling secluded – rusty
Needing more than love
But love is enough
To shine up a human soul
Try it on someone!
Have a Fabulous Friday!
See ya later.
Seek the stillness
Seek the tranquility
See the peace within
The calm in you and me
Imagine a peaceful lake
Breathe contentment into your life
Relax and be a gentle presence
Turn away all stress and strife
Philippians 4:6
“Do not be anxious about anything,
but in all situations,
by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.”
Do not let the wind
Disturb your tranquility
The wind moves the clouds
The clouds paint pictures
The clouds bring much needed rain
Wind whips them away
Let the wind help you
Blow away any distress
And just be at peace
I gotcha covered in prayer.
Have a peace-filled weekend.
Bob & I are headed out
in the boat
to float the Madison River.
I’ll take photos this afternoon and post ’em here.
See ya later.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs,
JanBeek
We each have a light
Shining brightly within us
My friends, let it out!
We each are unique.
We’re each individuals,
But we’re connected.
The best examples
Of humanity’s bright lights
Are in the Bible.
Do our very best
To emulate examples
Of God’s good people.
Here are some women of the Bible whose examples of letting their lights shine are worthy of emulation. Let’s try to be like them as much as possible:
Our paths are brighter;
These ladies of the Bible
Lit bright lamps for us.
May we in return
Illuminate the pathway
For those who follow.
Bee well, my friends.
I send my love and light to you.
Hugs,
JanBeek
Love and unity –
Respect yourself and others:
Hope for tomorrow.
Unity and love –
Respect others all the time:
Make us whole again!
Are you with me?
These lilacs connect
To the vine of existence
In the vine is life
Apart from the vine,
Obviously these flowers die.
We are just like that!
“I am the vine, you are the branches.
John 15:5 (NIV)
If you remain in me, and I in you,
you will bear much fruit;
apart from me you can do nothing.”
“For where two or three gather in my name,
Matthew 18:20
there am I with them.”
This morning I thought
I had lost my WordPress posts.
I thought I’d lost YOU!
Words of comfort came –
Rushed in to reassure me:
We are connected!
My history is here…
Eight years of important posts
Help keep us in touch.
Apart from you – Pop!
The balloon of my WordPress
Loses all its air!
When I posted this
Blog from my iPhone today
Only Youtube showed.
It’s an important
Message about connection
From Ronald Reagan.
Whether you are from the USA or not;
whether you are Republican or Democrat or Independent,
You should watch this.
It was recorded in a different era,
at a time when it was not seen as divisive
to evoke God’s name in the White House.
The Bible was not used as a prop.
It was quoted as a means of
encouraging us to reach out in love…
Reach out and
JUST LOVE ONE ANOTHER!
Please stay connected!
Apart from you, my blog is nothing.
Apart from God, I am nothing!
Caralyn of BeautyBeyondBones
(do you follow her here on WordPress?)
wrote to me today and said,
“We are all part of His family,
and I pray we all realize that
and start to act accordingly,
with love for our fellow brother and sisters!”
AMEN, Caralyn.
Amen, my dear brothers and sisters.
I love you all.
Please stay connected.
See ya tomorrow.
JanBeek
It is a privilege
To breathe and to be alive,
To think and to love.
It is a privilege
To count and to be counted
Among your loved ones.
It is a privilege
To stay in contact often
With distant family.
Thank God for the web
And the way we can connect
Across many miles.
You are in my heart.
You are in my daily thoughts.
As you rise, feel it!
.
Have a blessed day.
Stay well – take care of yourself –
See you tomorrow.
Love,
JanBeek
Hugs to You !!
Inspire to Love
Let the SonShine!
You inspire me to respond
Learning to Live; Living to Learn; Learning to Love; Living in Love
