Spiritual Gifts Of God

You see that tombstone made from a tree? That's the type I want. Soooo different.

In the old days, if you had a life insuranc epolicy from Woodsman Of The World.. you could have one if the policy was big enough.

Great information Dexter. I wonder why I saw so many of them in one town - must have had a good insurance salesman.

Wonderful poem and photos. God's gifts are everywhere but we rarely take time to notice and appreciate many of them.

Absolutely wonderful! I think you found some of God's gifts in these photographs :-)

Thanks for sharing! Very nice photos!:)

OMG! The photos are simply breathtaking, Robert!! Your poem is graceful and another gem of your's shared with others!........ My opinion to the question? Your divine gift'S are so obvious to all those that you touch with your blessed work! You will see God at work in you, my friend.. Just look in the mirror and see Him looking back at you smiling!

You've just posted so many gifts to us, that they're uncountable as your posts usually are...

Thank you,

Marilyn

Loved the poem, loved the pics. That Streaker sure takes great photos!!!

sometimes from both sides of the camera Ann.

I love my dog. She's pretty cool. And not completely dumb.

Man's best friend, well other than a blonde, ;-)

(Ann, almost, you forgot to add "who's willing....." after the word blonde) LOL

we just desecrated this article. bad blonde. snicker.

I shall withdraw my sacrilegious comment.

lol Ann, we both know I'm the one being bad.

really a well done poem, Robert.. I think you know the gifts you have
from the pictures, there are miles and miles of natures wonderous displays
that spirit inside is connected to a Source, I bet

I am humbled and honored, my friend. Thank you. I love these photos and would love to write a story about them. I'd love to know the real stories about the buildings, too.

Our spiritual gifts from God are not always readily visible to us. Others see them and benefit from them. The gifts are not usually tangible. I believe they are called gifts because we're meant to share them. In sharing our gifts, we all benefit and that is God's plan.

You are a very gifted poet, Robert. Your poetry is a gift to all who read it. You have an eye for natural beauty and your photos speak to our hearts.

Maybe what we see that you're missing is that YOU are the biggest part of the gift. You are a writer, a friend, and a source of inspiration to all who know you. You touch people's lives in ways you may never know.

I'm not sure why or how God chooses which talents to give to each of us. Professional athletes have visible gifts that have great monetary value. Loving, spiritual people like you are priceless. I know who I want for my friend: YOU.

At the day of reckoning, which will mean more? A man who hits 500 home runs or a man who encourages and inspires others?

Leave it to you Jan to take my honor I placed on you to turn it right back around on me. You're too gracious. My whole problem with spiritual gifts is thinking my gifts (if they're truly there) should at least provide sustenance for me. I know what you're saying above but I still need to eat and I still need to live. Ignore this, I'm rambling; unemployment's getting the best of me.

God has allowed me to write and to have a photographer's eye, I won't deny that.

I hear ya, my friend: "thinking my gifts (if they're truly there) should at least provide sustenance for me"

I've been pretty darn broke and thought about considering the lilies of the field who neither spin nor toil...yet they thrive. They also die when the cold weather comes. I wish I had answers for you and better yet, a great job. All I can offer is encouragement and friendship.

These times try our faith. Once the problems are resolved, we wonder why we had doubts. It's just the waiting that is so hard.

interesting poem and nice pics. thanks, man

I almost declined this - thinking it was something posted to my group accidentally - I'm glad I didn't!

Thanks for posting this to my new group Barns ~ Outbuildings ~ Sheds

Then you would have missed out on some cool old barns.....

I love the poem and photos.
The photos are really awesome.
Pay it Forward. :)
Have a great week.

Thank you sweetie.

I can see it!

These are lovely photos, Robert. They are simple and serene. It's like looking back to a simpler time.

I was referring to this, "Where is God’s gift to me?

Many folks have told me I have one

So why can’t I just see?"

:)

A beautiful poem and beautiful pictures.
God is in each and everyone of us.

Robert, your poem and photos from your morning excursion are awesome gifts you have shared with each of us. I hope that one day you find that which you seek...you're takin' a blessedly beautiful journey as you search for it.

The tombstone - my Uncle Bill would love it! He's a woodsman by trade and spirit - I'll be sure to show it to him when he visits.

The shadow - my favorite photo here is the one with this post's author's shadow!

(the shadow) You caught that huh?

Of course...a delightful added dimension :-)

These pictures are too gorgeous and than right in the middle you put that beautiful red flower. your gift is spiritual writing given by God for you to use plus I'm sure you have more. I liked the poem, too.

It was small but because it was almost perfectly shaped as a star, it caught my eye.

And did you see that cow sis? It looked a little angry that I invaded its morning reverie.

He looks downright MEAN!

This was an awesome post.

Thanks for posting this to Southern by Choice or Southern by the Grace of God!

Gorgeous pictures and writing!

You do have a gift from God and from yourself...........

Featured in the Triple Name Club.

You do have a gift Robert. Probably one of many, that you cannot see. You see beauty in simple things, that most just take for granted as "just being there" and thinking "whoopee, it's there. Now, were's my cigarettes?"

As I'm out taking photos, or driving the backroads slowly, looking for unsuspecting victims to capture for posterity, I watch as almost everyone drives by and are just too busy gabbing on their cell phone, to even know there's a whole world around them.

Dale, we are kindred spirits, my brother. I just don't have Glacier National Park out my kitchen window........

I don't have GNP out my window either.... I have to drive a few blocks to begin to see the mountains of GNP. Ha. I do, truly, live in a most beautiful area as do you. Beauty is all around us and in almost every direction one can look. Oh, surely, there is much that is not beautiful, but right next to it, growing softly and slowly from the soil, is a tiny little flower, struggling up toward the light. You just need to look for it. And you do so well, finding those tiny little things that are insignificant to others.

Exquisite and most inspiring. I mean both the lines and the photos adorning them. In fact after having had so beautiful clicks, I do not see how you would have missed what you actually wanted to see or possess. Your own lines with the scenaries around are more than what I would have preferred to have. A good work with a good eye on God's loving gift - the nature!

wow that is great and nice photos to

Ooooh my goodness Robert, everyone before me said
everything I was going to say. But I do love your gift..
and thank you very much for sharing it with us. I loved
that cow Robert !!

Hugs, Barbie

God's gifts are here in poem and wonderful images.

Outstanding photos and poem. Echoing the above statements... this is your gift, among many.

I loved the poem and the pictures are awesome

I echo everyone above. You and your many talents are amazing, friend.

Robert, another great poem and photos. I don't think I can say that just one of yours is my favorite, because they are all so good. You express so much emotion in all of them. You have that ability to touch something in your reader, and though you title yourself "Just a Simple Man" you are anything put simple. You are deep and complex, and God's gift to you is your ability to express that to others, and to let them see pieces of themselves in your poetry.

Thanks m'am from this simple man.

nice

Nice pics

You are the finest gift from God

God's gifts are everywhere if we but open our eyes and really look.

yes, robert is indeed a gift!

hhmmmmm

It is also Within and thank you for sharing your gift, Robert...much potential in this as a pamplet...or small book with other spiritual writings

God gives us the gift - he has certainly given you many that I see. But he doesn't give you a blueprint on how to use them. We have to do our part too, that part of the gift. The freedom and will to use them when and where we will.