MountainView Essential Oils

10/11/2023

01/27/2023

"Most people plot and plan themselves into mediocrity, while now and again somebody forgets himself into greatness."
--E. Stanley Jones

12/01/2021

Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy Christmas!

10/14/2021

Almost a Conversation

I have not really, not yet, talked with otter
about his life.

He has so many teeth, he has trouble
with vowels.

Wherefore our understanding
is all body expression —

he swims like the sleekest fish,
he dives and exhales and lifts a trail of bubbles.
Little by little he trusts my eyes
and my curious body sitting on the shore.

Sometimes he comes close.
I admire his whiskers
and his dark fur which I would rather die than wear.

He has no words, still what he tells about his life
is clear.
He does not own a computer.
He imagines the river will last forever.
He does not envy the dry house I live in.
He does not wonder who or what it is that I worship.
He wonders, morning after morning, that the river
is so cold and fresh and alive, and still
I don't jump in.

~ Mary Oliver ~

(Evidence)

Posted by: "Joe Riley"

11/12/2019

Deep love is not
a sappy emotional response.

It is action.

Hospitality.

Sharing with those less fortunate than you.

Caring for widows and orphans.

Visiting the sick.

Visiting those imprisoned.

Offering a cool drink of water
in Jesus' name to the thirsty.

Clothing the naked.

Doing good to those who mistreat you.

Blessing those who curse you.

Praying for those
who are not yet believers...

Deep love is costly,
And it's not optional...
If you are a true follower of Christ.