by Laurie Ann Thompson This past November, the world shifted. For some, that feels like a good thing—they see things in our world that frighten or disgust them and believe that huge changes a…
Source: Storystorm Day 17: “The Artist’s Gift” by Laurie Ann Thompson
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Beautiful yet encroaching and taking over a flower bed |
By Angie Quantrell Angie Quantrell
Encroaching.
honeysuckle
crab grass
pink flowers
vines
raspberries
strawberries
parsley
pumpkins
sunflowers
evergreen tree
birch branches
moss
slugs
sow bugs
daddy long legs
yellow jackets
aphids
white grass bugs
ants
gossip
television
news
media
politics
pollution
violence
wars
famine
drought
Encroaching.
In my yard. In my community. In my world.
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Aggressively encroaching vines grasping for toe holds |
It starts small, but once you start looking, it’s everywhere at every level.
Encroaching.
What is encroaching in your life?
Yet. There is always hope. Big or small encroachments, He is here.
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Raspberries escaping and encroaching throughout yard |
But you are a shield around me, O LORD;
you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.
To the LORD I cry aloud,
and he answers me from his holy hill.
I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
Psalm 3:3-5 NIV
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