Hours

HOURS

Swallowtail butterflies quietly flutter

sharing with honey bees sipping nectar

while hidden brown toads seek

and green grasshoppers leap

in the flowers

where they spend hours.

Hummingbirds visit for a minute

as they sip from red flower trumpets

amidst the black ants crawling

and busy bees pollinating

in the flowers

where they spend hours.

Crickets are heard day and night strumming

while bees are at work all day humming.

This gardener enjoys their music

everyday when she goes out to work

in the flowers

where she spends hours.

There's the caw-caw of the blue jays

adding to music made

while other birds sing along

in joyful chorus all day long

in the sunflowers

where they spend hours.

Pulling weeds make its own music

as the clock goes tick, tick, tick.

Weeding is never done, there's always one more

to pull, under the sunshine in the outdoors

in the flowers

where I spend hours.

* * * * *

How fast time goes

when outdoors

under the sun

having fun.

How slow time goes

when indoors

waiting,

praying...

at the hospital

where time seems to stall.

When time almost stands still

but emotions won't sit still.

"Casting down imaginations"

should be printed on a sign

to remind all of us

to have faith, hope, and trust,

to not let our imagination run away from us

but to have believing faith and hope in God whom we trust,

Who works all things together for our best and good,

even though the present circumstance isn't good.

Cast down whatever you are imagining

and put your trust in God with faith believing.

Peace will replace the unrest

and your spirit will be at rest.

Time will tick by

as the minutes fly.

Waiting.

Praying.

Praying for God's peace

to replace the unease.

Waiting for miracles

to help your faith grow.

Casting down imaginations,

and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,

and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

II Corinthians 10:5 (KJV)

We demolish arguments and every pretension

that sets itself up against the knowledge of God

and we take captive every thought to make it obedient o God.

II Corinthians 10:5

We know that in all things

God works for the good of those who love him,

who have been called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine

or nakedness or danger or sword?

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors

through him who loved us.

Romans 8:35,37

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