Ava's First Birthday !

One year older
One year wiser
One year smarter
One year cuter
One year older
One year jollier
One year nicer
One year sweeter
All these things
You are going to be
As you turn one
Happy 1st birthday Ava ~

Song of Solomon 8:6-7

Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for love is as strong as death,
its jealousy unyielding as the grave....
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame.
Many waters cannot quench love;
rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
all the wealth of one’s house for love,
it would be utterly scorned.
Song of Solomon 8:6-7

Beautiful ~

In Acceptance Lieth Peace

He said, ‘I will forget the dying faces;
The empty places,
They shall be filled again.
O voices moaning deep within me, cease.’
But vain the word; vain, vain:
Not in forgetting lieth peace.
He said, ‘I will crowd action upon action,
The strife of faction
Shall stir me and sustain;
O tears that drown the fire of manhood cease.’
But vain the word; vain, vain:
Not in endeavour lieth peace.
He said, ‘I will withdraw me and be quiet,
Why meddle in life’s riot?
Shut be my door to pain.
Desire, thou dost befool me, thou shalt cease.’
But vain the word; vain, vain:
Not in aloofness lieth peace.
He said, ‘I will submit; I am defeated.
God hath depleted
My life of its rich gain.
O futile murmurings, why will ye not cease?’
But vain the word; vain, vain:
Not in submission lieth peace.
He said, ‘I will accept the breaking sorrow
Which God tomorrow
Will to His son explain.’
Then did the turmoil deep within me cease.
Not vain the word, not vain;
For in Acceptance lieth peace.......–Amy Carmichael

The Rain Is Over ~

"... My beloved spoke, and said unto me: 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth;The time of singing is come,
And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines in blossom give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, Let me see... thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.’ Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.’ 'My beloved is mine, and I am his,
That feedeth among the lilies. Until the day breathe, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a gazelle or a young hart
Upon the mountains of spices.'"

July ~

July

Honest. Concerned about people’s feelings. Friendly. Caring and loving. Fun to be with. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Easily consoled. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets.

Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Treats others equally. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. Loves to be alone. Likes to be quiet. Never looks for friends.