WINDOWS OF HUMANITY
LOVE : HOME :  HOPE


" Remember
that when you leave this earth,
you take with you nothing
that you have received-
only what you had given:
a full heart enriched by
honest service,
love, sacrifice and
courage."

Saint Francis of Assissi





ALPHA and OMEGA
a painting by
Painter, Poet

THE GREAT I AM
a poem by
Painter, Poet
Mary Joyce Boehm Athey
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The Great I Am, our present tense God,

active, caring, loving, welcoming, calling each one.

From all eternity through the present into all eternity

The Light shines.

The glory, radiance, power, healing, love, forgiveness surround us in the now.

Christ has come. His Spirit is present.

Yes, Christ will come again.

copyright@ Mary Joyce Boehm Athey, 2007
FLORIDA, USA
Retired missionary educator
ETHIOPIA


WE PRAY AND THANK
G O D
For all the blessings we received.
For all the good and bad things in our life.
We pray when we are burdened.
When we are happy, when there is joy in our life.
Are any among you suffering?
They should pray.
Are any cheerful?
They should sing songs of praise.
Are any among you sick?
They should pray in the name of The LORD.
In doing so we are showing our great
FAITH AND LOVE
to our LORD and God by our prayers.
BUT ARE THESE ENOUGH ? WHATABOUT,

MATTHEW 19:19
" You shall love your neigbor as yourself."
WHERE IS THE LOVE FOR OUR NEIGBORS ?
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
1 CORINTHIANS 13:2
" We might have faith that may move mountains,
but without love it is nothing."

WHERE ARE OUR WORKS TO SHOW OUR LOVE?
THE EPISTLE OF JAMES THE APOSTLE
JAMES 1:22

" But be doers of the word, and
not merely hearers who deceive themselves."

Many a times we lost money in some investments,
in some careless accidents or traffic tickets,
unexpected expenses for our love ones.
We should take these things as a reminder from,
Our LORD,
to give a little more.
Remember that sometimes what:

" The LORD giveth, The LORD taketh, if you don't shareth."
NEXT TIME WHEN YOU GIVE, GIVE A LITTLE MORE.



I Asked God...

I Asked God...

I asked for strength and God gave me difficulties.
To make me strong, so I may help the poor.
I asked for wisdom and God
gave me problems to solve.
To give me knowledge, so I may teach the poor.
I asked for prosperity and God
gave me brain and brawn.
To achieve wealth, so I may feed the poor.
I asked for courage and God
gave me danger to overcome and a will to fight ,
so I may bring justice to the poor.
I asked for love and God
gave me trouble and sadness,
so that I may give comfort to the poor.
I asked for favours and God
gave me opportunities, so I may succced in life!
So I may serve the poor.
I pray for all these things and God
gave me everything I need!
To help the poor...

Anonymous

Gilbert Malares Agbulos
Zamboanga, PHILIPPINES/ UNITES STATES OF AMERICA
THE PETALS OF MANY HEARTS
Every Sunshine Each Sunrise
Windows of Humanity

LOVE


THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

THE PRAYER OF JABEZ
1 CHRONICLES 4:10
And Jabez called on the God
of Israel, saying,Oh that thou
wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast,
and that thine hand might be with me,
and that thou wouldest keep me from evil,
that it may not grieve me!
And God granted him that what he requested.


THE FACE OF THE SUPREME UNKNOWN

LOVE : UNITY  : FAITH  : FREEDOM : GOODWILL : PEACE  : HOPE



THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

THE NEW TESTAMENT
CORINTHIAN 1:1 - 8
THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,
and have not charity, I am become a sounding brass,
or a tinkling symbal.
And though I have a gift of prophecy,
and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge;
and though I have all faith, so I could remove mountains,
and have not charity, I am nothing.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,
and though I give my body to be burned,
and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind:
charity envieth not, charity vaunteth not itself,
is nor puffed up. Doth not behave itself unseemly,
seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.
Rejoice not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things,
hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies,
they shall fall, whether there be tongues, they shall cease,
whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
But when that which is perfect is come,
then that which is in part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I understood as a child.
I thought as a child; but when I became a man,
I put away childish things.
For now we see through a glass darkly;
but then face to face now I know in part;
but then shall I know even as also I am known.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three;
but the greatest of these is charity.




The Master's Sunrise

When the sun rises,
The horizon is abundant of shadow of cheers!
Creeping in the infinite glow of heaven.
The sensational color and the spectacular hues,
Are gazing and beckoning,
It is The Master’s Sunrise!
How grandeur it is - to watch and see:
GOD’s Magical Hand,
It is The Master’s Sunrise!
Enveloping the universe…
All the creatures on earth!
The land, the seas and every being!
Dancing and rejoicing in unison voices of,
Gladness and joy adoring:
This Wonderful World.
The Master’s Sunrise!
Glowing all over...
A new day!
A day to begin, a day to behold...
A day to get enchanted...
It is GOD’s Bountiful Blessing!
It is Master’s Sunrise!
So I smile and raise my heart and soul above,
And gladly say:
" Thank you GOD for the restful night."
After a long night of deep slumber.
Welcome to this new day!
It is GOD’s Gift.
And the LORD grants another day...
The Master’s Sunrise!

copyright @ Charito S. Capiral-Benipayo
PHILIPPINES/USA
PRESIDENT
PHILIPPINE AMERICAN PRESS CLUB
2005-2007


Wearing Feet of Time

Man's riches and wealth including himself,
Do wear feet of time, and time is flitting.
Today will be past when tomorrow comes,
And those who are gone just leave behind them,
Some tails of shadows.
All riches man brags and powers he has are but,
Illusions of pride, just its tag;
For man owns nothing,
Not even himself, which he does not rule.
It is harsh truth that on this earth,
All things are winging with time.
But when man is gone,
His ever presence can linger with us
By his honesty and his righteousness;
They are immortal and can not taste death.

copyright@Carmen D. Durano-Armamento
PHILIPPINES/USA


A Song of The Moon

I will come to you...
when the sun sets and bid goodbye for a day.
So your heart can rest,
as day ends with all its toil, joy and gay!

Tomorrow as I set, life will be new...
I will greet auroras of the gentle dawn,
sunshine of the sun, like hammered yellow gold,
with beauty of misty morning dew.
I protect them at night, like stones of precious jewel for you.

The mist will look like
twinkling laughters of emeralds aflame.
Embracing blades of grasses, so colorful with zest of green...
The love of my heart is a herald for you!
Perpetuity of life I carry, with the morning dew.

When I set, the sun will give you light, life and hope.
When I shine, I will give you light, solace and rest.
As I shine, clouds will be silvery like white cotton of purity.
Stars will beam with its beauty...
I am one of THE TWO GREAT LIGHTS
that G O D created to guard the universe!
Welcome me to your heart, with the mystical beauty of me...
for humanity to sail with glee!
As they see Life with all Its Gifts...that is so Free!
from The One who created you and me.

copyright@Crescenciana Cruz Ticzon-Bokhari,
USA/PHILIPPINES, January 17, 2008