The Shutter and the Sentence

“You have a God-given, God-empowered, God-redeemed ability to choose what you think about. You have a choice regarding where you focus your energy. You have a choice regarding what you live for.”

--Jennie Allen

Photo: Bryson City, North Carolina

 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

-Psalm 46:1

All the love and prayers to those suffering in North Carolina, Florida, and elsewhere in the South. My heart hurts to see all the destruction in this lovely part of the country.

Photo: Bryson City, North Carolina

Let's go to the lake!

Photo: Fontana, North Carolina

"Despite the forecast, live like it's spring."-- Lilly Pulitzer

Photo: Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina

"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet still believed."

--John 20:29

Photo: Asheville, North Carolina

No matter how far you may have traveled in the wrong direction, you can always turn around.

Photo: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

What is it about this time of year that makes me want to write poetry?

Photo: Bryson City, North Carolina

 "He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that He does, He prospers." -Psalm 1:3

Photo: Great Smoky Mountain National Park, North Carolina

Photo: Bryson City, North Carolina

Whatever you are going through is temporary. Spring WILL come! It always does!

Photo: Asheville, North Carolina

Photo: Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina

By request :-) 

Photo: Fontana Lake, North Carolina

“We’re all mad here.” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Photo: Bryson City, North Carolina

“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” -- John Muir

Photo: Fontana, North Carolina

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. 

— Psalm 107:8-9

Photo: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

Happy Fall! 

Photo: Bryson City, North Carolina

“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”--Psalm 119:105

Photo: Bryson City, North Carolina