Month: February 2025

A PLACE WHERE BEAUTY LIES

In the fall in Wyoming

Beauty is all about

Aspen leaves turned yellow

Reflected in moving clouds

I think of eternity

Looking at the endless blue sky

Mountains magnanimous

Lift us to where we have never been

Roads drift toward the sun

Then turn and float away

Beauty continues in the flow

Doubt that it will ever end

Small towns come and go

People appear as normal

Hypnotized by natures features

Taking it all in stride

Cars and farm machines rust in fields

Labeled by natives as abstract art

No one willing to argue the point

We are just lucky to be passing through

Mountains begin to appear black

Missing the angle of the sun

Then the yellow blazes again

We decide that this is heaven

Stansberry McKricken aka Stanski

February 8, 2025 ^

MY MEDITATION FOR FEBRUARY 7

The waiting is not always splendid

Many times accompanied by

grief.  Things done wrong or failed

to do now become regrets

Jesus died for us to absolve us

from the fretting and anguish

He wants us to do well

That is His focus.

Not evil which his death voided,

But works of good which will

Lift us along with others

Goodness is a release

Evil an anchor

Let us be good and do well

Amen

Steve Haarman aka Stanski

February 7, 2025, ^

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Again, I look, but cannot see

Is there a horizon for you and  me?

The only color is green and it

Makes me feel like Silverstein’s

Queen. Such a day with everything

Gray. The sky, the clouds and the

Lake all the same shade, but who

Are we to say or dictate. We should

Be happy just to be about and be

Able to observe nature and all of

Its wonders. We can be whimsical

As we chase up and down the shore

Laughing and crying forever more

The wind, the glare, the constant color.

It never seems to change up. It is more

Like an overflowing cup. Soon we

Will see upon the hill, snowmen fighting

a royal battle. It will be a fight to see

Snow flying from tree to tree. As long as

No one gets hurt, everything wiil be fine.

STEVE HAARMAN aka Stanski

February 6, ^

The day was not much

different than 25 of the last 30.

It was bright with gray clouds,

almost blinding you. The horizon

was there and the sky was

filled with gray clouds. One could

wonder how long this would go on.

Two weeks of winter have passed

and there is no evidence that It

plans to stay. We must be pragmatic.

with all the hysterics, persecutions,

murders taking place along with the

starvation, thirst, and lack of shelter,

we wonder what our Father has in mind.

The Jews are being killed, persecuted

and prevented from open worship and

Eastern Europe is in chaos. Eastern

Africa is hungry and Christians all over

the world are being attacked.  Is the

Father allowing this or does He plan

on putting a stop to it. Does he have

plans for s to come to our own defense.

We must have faith that His plan is in

action and we are part of it.

Stanski

February 5, 2025 , ^

14 LINES ON STRUGGLE

Look upward for strength

Life’s answers do not come by

Pawning problems off to others

Inner security allows you to

Address your situations head on

Not always a rosy picture

Walking away brings no satisfaction

Hesitation brings only delay

The route to success often comes

By experiencing failures

No need to put your head down

There will be no quitting

Pick yourself up:

You are not on the journey alone

By Steve Haarman aka Stanski

February 4, 2025 ^

Nothing is certain about the ground hog except

that it is a tradition. It is not a reliable instrument.

Was its shadow seen or thought to be seen. No one

knows and sometimes even drops the animal. The

Weatherman says winds and snow at eleven. When

eleven comes it is still and sunny. So much for accuracy,

even in the short term. It is fun, though. In six weeks, we

will know. I think of the two winters when I only needed

snowplowing four times. Unfortunately, two of them were

in April. I wonder what the animal thought about that.

As for me, I wasn’t too happy, but that’s life.

Steve Haarman aka Stanski

February 3, 2025, ^

A REAL WINTER DAY

Snow and ice from the shore to the horizon.

Beautiful but dangerous.

Wind gusts at 25 mph chill you to the bone.

We are in the frigid zone.

Snow swirls by the windows and disappears.

The wind blows the snow from

the trees and off the roof.

It feels like it’s time for a long winters nap,

but who has time to sleep when

there is so much anxiety to deal with.

A sign says, “This is a seasonal road”,

but the county keeps it plowed and open for now.

All in all, we have much to be thankful for

and even when we are filled with dread,

we can acknowledge the mysteries of nature

and pledge to do everything possible

to protect it from human harm and be

thankful that we are able to witness a real winter day.

Steve Haarman aka Stanski

February 2, 2025, ^

THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY

I look out the window and see the beautiful inland sea covered

with snow and ice and am amazed at the miracle of nature.

The sun it trying to blaze through the clouds which remain gray and bright.

I think at the same time of the terrible plane crashes in the last few days and

wonder how a merciful creator can allow this to happen but the more I think

I realize that God lets the human race work out its own problems and is waiting

for the day that He will come to the Jewish people and they will be converted

by their own will to Christianity and their land will be returned to them and

then we will wait for Jesus to return to His kingdom to judge the living and the dead.

We think the loved ones who have recently died and those who have been dead

for centuries will be reunited with those who grieved their loss. When the end time

comes we will know and in the mean time we can do good works and enjoy

the beauty He has given to us.

Steve Haarman aka Stanski

Feb 1, 2025, ^