A Brighter dawn is Breaking

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A brighter dawn is breaking,
And earth with praise is waking;
For Thou, O King, most highest,
The power of death defiest.

And Thou hast come victorious,
With risen body glorious,
Who now forever livest,
And life abundant givest.

O free the world from blindness,
And fill the world with kindness,
Give sinners resurrection,
Bring striving to perfection.

In sickness give us healing,
In doubt Thy clear revealing,
That praise to Thee be given
In earth as in Thy Heaven.

Matt. 17: 5

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them:

and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said,

This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased;

hear ye him.

I pray that the brightness of the Son

will shine forth in my life,

that I can be the kind of daughter/sister/woman

He will be proud of.

“Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.”

George Bernard Shaw

New Eyes

"Living is being born slowly.

It would be a little too easy if we could borrow ready-made souls."

~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"All Things Bright And Beautiful"

All things bright and beautiful,

All creatures great and small,

All things wise and wonderful:

The Lord God made them all.

Each little flower that opens,

Each little bird that sings,

He made their glowing colors,

He made their tiny wings.

The purple headed mountains,

The river running by,

The sunset and the morning

That brightens up the sky.

The cold wind in the winter,

The pleasant summer sun,

The ripe fruits in the garden,

He made them every one.

The tall trees in the greenwood,

The meadows where we play,

The rushes by the water,

To gather every day.

He gave us eyes to see them,

And lips that we might tell

How great is God Almighty,

Who has made all things well.

"Upturned toward the sun, eyes closed.

That color and warmth I see and feel is the soul on fire. "

~Jeb Dickerson

Instruments in God's Hands

“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.”

Mother Teresa John 12: 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. Savior, may I learn to love thee, Walk the path that thou hast shown, Pause to help and lift another, Finding strength beyond my own. Savior, may I learn to love thee- Lord, I would follow thee. Who am I to judge another When I walk imperfectly? In the quiet heart is hidden Sorrow that the eye can't see. Who am I to judge another? Lord, I would follow thee. I would be my brother's keeper; I would learn the healer's art. To the wounded and the weary I would show a gentle heart. I would be my brother's keeper- Lord, I would follow thee. Savior, may I love my brother As I know thou lovest me, Find in thee my strength, my beacon, For thy servant I would be. Savior, may I love my brother- Lord, I would follow thee. Text: Susan Evans McCloud

D&C 93: 2, 9, 28

And that I am the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world;

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The light and the Redeemer of the world; the Spirit of truth, who came into the world, because the world was made by him, and in him was the life of men and the light of men.

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He that keepeth his commandments receiveth truth and light, until he is glorified in truth and knoweth all things.

I know that my Redeemer lives.

What comfort this sweet message gives.

He lives, He lives who once was dead.

He lives.