Dude

James 1:19
'So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear,
slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man
does not produce the righteousness of God.'

Lunch

Genesis 2:16-17
'And the Lord God commanded the man, saying,
"Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it,
you shall surely die."

Blue Dress

Psalm 94:19
'In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.'

Scented Cherry

James 1;26
'If anyone among you thinks he is religious,
and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart,
this one's religion is useless.'

In ThE LiBraRy

James 1:25
'But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty
and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer
but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.'

Beach Lunch

James 2:5
'Listen, my beloved brethren; has not God chosen the poor of this world
to be rich in faith and
heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love Him?'

Cousin Elspeth on the Queen Elizabeth

Gouache and ink

Psalm 23v2b
"He leads me beside the still waters."

Waiting at the Funeral

There was a funeral ..
the Irish uncle
fond memory Sean..
this post for you.

Proverb 22:1
'A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,
and loving favor than silver and gold.'

Eddita

Proverbs 22:11
'He that loveth pureness of heart,
for the grace of his lips
the king shall be his friend."

Gertie

Oh Gertie don't despair
your beauty lies within
thou like the lonely sparrow
on rooftop
your joy shall come.
jlm

Amos 3:7
'Surely the Lord God will do nothing,
but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the prophets.'

ReD ShoEs and GreeN suNglassEs

Proverbs 13:4
'The soul of the sluggard desireth and hath nothing:
but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.'

On ThE PhOne

Proverbs 13:3
'He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life:
but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.'

BirDs in VaSe

Amos 5:12
'"For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins:
they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor
in the gate from their right."

Bue Skies

Proverbs 16:17
'The highway of the upright is to depart from evil:
he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.'

In ThE CoUrtYaRd

Courtyard ponder
the confused, wonder.
Dissolved now..
scales dissipated.

Pupils open!
Power in the grave,
as false words she throws,
dissolved now.
jlm

A quote by Tennyson..
"Gossip is often a lot of rubbish.
The jumbled rubbish of a dream."

Proverb 11:13
'A talebearer revealeth secrets:
but he that is of a faithful spirit
concealeth the matter.'