R's rue

Walking up to Stanage Pole once again, I noticed butterflies flitting around by the side of the moorland path and managed to catch this good example of  a peacock butterfly. To me those markings on the lower wings always look .like eyes. I have no idea if this is what Nature intended as this common butterfly evolved but some say it was all about scaring off would-be predators. A pole has stood by The Long Causeway at Stanage for several centuries. About ten years ago, a new pole was installed on the rocks with the newly made iron holder pictured below. Is shows that the pole does not only mark the modern boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire but it once marked the boundary between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria Mercia and Northumbria were just two of the old kingdoms that preceded the formation of a land that we now call England. Below, Stanage Pole as it is today rising up from the iron base. It is considerably shorter than it was when I first saw it in ...

 Lord,  I’m staring at this screen willing the words to come. To flow from my soul and hit my fingertips. I need to go back to when the words you graciously provided were the balm to my soul. And I come here asking for giving me what I need.  Some days, I’m not too sure of what I want or need anymore. So I’m asking You to show me. Show me Your will and way. I’m overthinking, and need the only voice that can soothe the ache that resides within me. I feel a need to be productive. It’s like you’re telling me that rest is productive. You don’t give as the world does, and yet I forget that everyday. I crave success as much as I crave my next sweet treat. In rest, I’m successful. Obedience is success. Reading Your Word today where it says will worry add one hour to my life, it won’t. I know it, and yet too often worry is the first thing I focus on. I’m recognizing that I can’t live without You, just as much as You desire my presence in Yours.  Be still. It will come....

 Thoughts Writer’s block is here. I keep writing anyway.  Kicking sugar addiction is rough. I crave it. Any suggestions? Trying to decide what to splurge on for my birthday. Nothing is catching my attention I’m cranky. Also trying to limit processed foods.  If it seems like I’m complaining, I’m sorry.  Love yourself and one another from R's rue https://ift.tt/aUBWnHo