Hoe to the End of the Row

Bind oh my heart,

Assignment to myself
Bind oh my heart,
the tempter's power.
No place in my life may he share.
See that I fall not again to sin,
and conquer with spirit my flesh.
Bind evermore the tempter's snares
That weaken my strength and destroy
Make my heart pure from sin.
My personal millennium.

I didn't say it would be easy, I said it would be worth it.

"I didn't say it would be easy, I said it would be worth it" reads the words on a picture of Jesus. My daughter said, sure it's not easy, but when will it be worth it?" I had just figured that out a few hours before and was able to give her this answer: When you learn to love yourself as much as Jesus loves you, no matter what mistakes you have made no matter what other people are saying about you, and no matter how things around you are going. That is when it is worth it, and that is the only thing that matters. It still doesn't make it easy, but it sure makes it worth it.

Grandma's quilt with Kid's handprints

Unfold this little pillow
and you will have a quilt,
Place it at an angle, or
at a different tilt.

Underneath and through it
are precious little prints
of grandkids who helped make it
And that will give you hints:

Whenever you need warming
on the outside or within,
Put these little handprints on--
the love and hugs begin.