Softly Singing

Pink!

For Buddy the Elf, my favorite color is pink.  You know bright flamingo pink. 

Then there is the pretty medium pink of the beautiful Christmas poinsettia my sisters gave me. 

Oh and the glowing pink of the sunsets in the late sky across from my bedroom and living room windows.  Pink strawberry ice cream is pretty.  And the cherry pink salad my daughter loves.  There are pink geraniums and pink impatiens in spring. 

Did you ever notice the pretty pink glow in the cheeks of playful children?  I think I like that best!  Yes, even over flamingo feathers. 

So even in winter I find lots of pink

To color my days and nights as I think.

Days are not dreary when you choose to see 

The many small colors individually.

Hope you see lots of pink today!

Love, Meme

Proverbs 4

23 Guard your heart above all else,
  for it determines the course of your life.

24 Avoid all perverse talk;
  stay away from corrupt speech.

25 Look straight ahead,
  and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
26 Mark out a straight path for your feet;
  stay on the safe path.
27 Don't get sidetracked;
  keep your feet from following evil.

  I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.  He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.  He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.  Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.  

  Psalm 40:1-3  

  The Revised Standard Version  

The Shepherds and the Angels

Luke 2:8-10

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

Jeremiah 23

The Coming Messiah: the Righteous Branch

 2Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the shepherds who are tending My people: "You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds," declares the LORD.

 3"Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched,
and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

Psalm 3:3-5

3 But you are a shield around me, O LORD;
       you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.

 4 To the LORD I cry aloud,
       and he answers me from his holy hill.
       Selah

 5 I lie down and sleep;
       I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.