full of grace. Hail Mary full of grace.
i feel grace-depleted. what little i had left
has melted on my nose tip like a lone snowflake
this warm winter season.
my husband needs grace. i have none.
my children need grace. i’m empty.
no. more. grace.
an angel came to Mary.
with a proposition and a plan.
she said yes.
God’s Word comes to me
with a proposition and a plan.
i say no.
Mary said yes.
she was full of grace.
i say no
i am replete of it.
awake. repent.
say yes.
graceful.
1. The Journey Advent photo comes to us from Dana at DRGT/Just Wondering. Her beautiful calendar comes from Ann Voskamp’s 15 year old son, who made these beauties so that he’d have money to donate to Compassion.
2. The Jesse Tree Advent photo comes to us from Blue Cotton Memory. She writes of raising Boys to Men.
3. The Traditional Advent photo comes from Christina at To Show Them Jesus. She writes about her experiences as a home schooling mom.
4. The German Advent calendar photo comes from me. 🙂
Thanks everyone for your participation!
I know that this week will be busy for all of us, so I’ve decided to post the week’s photo prompts:
Wednesday – Advent Calendar
Thursday – Snowflake
Friday – Nativity
The linkup will be through Friday. I will go through the posts and gather the pics for the correct days. Thanks so much for your participation, this has been fun! Link up your post featuring a photo with a theme listed above. Include my blog button, and visit other “hunt” blogs. Stop by tomorrow to vote for your favorite “gift” picture. Have fun! (Blog links must be provided before 7:00 AM CST, in order to be voted on 🙂 ) I have no idea why the number of links doesn’t update…There are participants!
Linking with my dear Emily:
and with the amazing poets at dverse
glad that you have found grace once again on the morning…we all havethose moments…breathe deep…and i hope that you and yours have a wonderful christmas!
Thank you Brian. We did have a wonderful Christmas.
It seems the greater the urge to say no – the more I am supposed to say yes! To be full of that Mary grace – I want to be like that!
Me to…May it be unto me as you have said…
May you have all the Grace you ever need. Thanks for the George Bailey comment…high praise.
What a profound blessing you’ve placed on me. Thank you.
Love the poem, I sure can relate! Thanks for doing this photo hunt. It’s such a fun idea!
Thanks for always coming by.
beautifully written…so true…saying yes is what fills us…
Blessings and Merry CHristmas…
It does fill us when we say yes.
Grace is always there. The hardest thing is remembering to say “Yes” when He comes calling. 🙂
I just want to be in a place where He feels He can come calling.
first.. really love the photo.. and great contrast for sure in your words.. i always admire how brave she was, saying yes without really knowing how this all would turn out..
I know she is truly to be admired. I also admire Sarah for calling Abraham lord, even after all of his faults…I think that took a lot of faith.
Full of Grace takes undying trust. Tougher than it sounds.
Yes it does, because we can not trust in ourselves.
Mary “got it” all at once. For most of us it’s a long, slow journey…fueled by Grace which is a gift. I think Mary would say, “Be gentle with yourself, and keep on trusting.” Merry Christmas.
Thank you for your sweet encouragement.
a broken snowfake…amazing. never knew that could be.
me either!
this is one of your best pieces yet. and yes, the broken snowflake… what a perfect picture. it says it all. bless you friend. praying grace falls like rain for you this christmas.
Or like a winter snow….quiet, soft and slow…I love that song.
I am loving this photo scavenger hunt! And I really like the photo of the snowflake. That’s incredibly beautiful!
Thanks Leah! It is beautiful, I wish I could take credit for it, but its not mine…
“Journey Towards Epiphany” has been included in this weeks Sites To See. I hope this helps to attract many new visitors here.
http://asthecrackerheadcrumbles.blogspot.com/2011/12/sites-to-see_23.html
Thanks for including me!