Farewell Summer— Welcome Fall

As the sun is full of light, the ocean full of water; heaven full of glory. So may my heart be full of thee.

A Puritan Prayer

 Farewell Summer—Welcome Fall

 By Elece Hollis

Beside a country road,

I found a letter from summer there

You can't miss it; it's everywhere

Sweet and mellow
Singing her goodbye

Nodding—swaying in the wind

 Yellow notes of a fading song

Composed on the fragile sunlight and air,

Notice she leaves us

A note  behind wishing

Farewell to another summer

Welcome fall.

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You, 

and my soul, which You have redeemed. 

Psalm 71:23

© 2014 Elece Hollis , author of  Meet God in the Morning 



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Blazing Stars—Prairie Jewels

Everywhere I find the signature, the autograph of God.

Joseph Parker

Blazing Stars

By Elece Hollis

 Lavender spears wave

In August's super-heated wind,

Calling butterfly and bee

To feast the summer's end.

Lilac wands sway

Above the prairie grass,

Where by day meadowlark sings

And by night deer quiet pass.

Amethyst scepter rises

Lifted to the wide Oklahoma sky

Stop here and see the wonder of me

Before you rush on by.

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©Elece Hollis, author of Limitless Grace

“But though I had been such a great sinner before conversion, yet God never charged the guilt of the sins of my ignorance upon me; only He showed me I was lost if I did not have Christ, because I had been a sinner. I saw that I wanted a perfect righteousness to present me without fault before God, and this righteousness was nowhere to be found except in the person of Jesus Christ.”

                                                             —from Grace Abounding by John Bunyan

Welcome to a unique and memorable reading experience, where classic meets contemporary, with Limitless Grace. In this lovely devotional—inspired by the writings of John Bunyan—dozens of contemporary devotions offer refreshing reminders of God’s exceeding goodness. Each reading is paired with selected text from Bunyan’s Grace Abounding, making it a fresh way to experience one of the greatest Christian classics of all time.@@@@

East Texas Morning

Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it 

ours to learn the tune, and not be dismayed at the rests.

~ John Ruskin

On a bright hot Texas morning

You can hear the bees a-buzzing

Cicadas blend their voices

With the rustling of the leaves

The pine tree's nighttime whisper has

Become a soft, brushed rhythm

Wildflowers dance beside the road;

Cars in passing stir a breeze. 

Mockingbird joins in the chorus,

Sings the songs the flowers dance to,

Grazing cows find shelter 

In the shade of spreading trees.

© 2014 by Elece Hollis, author of  A Celebration of Family with Helen Steiner Rice   http://bit.ly/1m7uCeK

Read Elece's other blogs:  http://whatsgoodabouthome.blogspot.com/ 

Fields in Summer

The fields are dressed for summer

Beneath the broad blue sky,

Decked out in every gleeful color,

Waving to the passerby!

Dancing in the heated wind

Lining ditch and alley

Susan with her big brown eyes

Yellow-skirted—smiling! 

Native sisters in bright blankets

Nod with the summer rhythms

Wine, yellow, orange, and red

Woven striped and beaded—see them? 

 Pink Prairie Gentians

With blond sun-washed curls,

Are garbed in soft pink dresses

Like ballet-dreaming little girls.

You never know who you might find

Among the meadows grasses

A fellow in a brown fur hat

In a coat of rust and yellow passes 

Yes, the fields are dressed for summer

Hoping you will slow your pace

Not miss the festival of color

Spread across the earth's green face.

By Elece.Hollis, author of  A Celebration of Family with Helen Steiner Rice   http://bit.ly/1m7uCeK
Find Elece's other blogs:  http://thoughtsjoinletters.blogspot.com/       http://prairieplaces.blogspot.com/