March brings breezes loud and shrill, stirs the dancing daffodil.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due. When it is in the power of your hand to do so.

All I can say is that we are mistaken to gouge such a deep rift in history that things old men and old women now have become so useless as to be not worth passing on to grandchildren.

p. 412, Thirteen Moons, Charles Frazier

About about all one can do in defense is present them a moving target.

p. 402, Thirteen Moons, Charles Frazier.

For lo, the winter is past… the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of the birds has come.

Sing like the birds, but make use of words.

Dennis Martin, Smithville, TN, Beside the Still Waters, vol 30, issue 2

I think of a saying that I learned as a boy:

”Be careful of the words you speak and keep them soft and sweet: you’ll never know from day to day, which ones you’ll have to eat.”

Fred Beachy, Crofton, KY, Beside the Still Waters, Vol. 30, Issue 2.

Ephesians 2:8-9

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which god hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

My God, You gave me this restlessness, this urge to get busy. Grant me the purpose to know what I need to do with it and the courage and commitment to follow through even when this surge of energy ebbs.

Day 1, Beside Still Waters, Thomas Kinkade

Psalm 5:3
Lord in the morning you hear my voice. In the morning I pray to you. I wait for you in hope.

Proverbs 15:29
The lord does not hear the prayers of the wicked, but he hears the prayers of those who do right.

p. 110, Prayers and Promises for Women, Michelle Winger.

But often we have viewpoints too narrow to include the perspective of our God, who sees the big picture.

Leroy Amstutz, Hope, IN, Beside the Still Waters, Vol. 30, Issue 1.