Bev Psalm 22: The Broken Bread

Once whole, that slice of bread

Is then broken and torn for us.

Each piece is unique like you or me.

My husband loved garlic!

“We must never be without it!”

So, I bought it, usually fresh and whole.

Now I buy whole garlic sourdough

Filled with bits of memory,

Unique to me and Bob.

Daily as I focus on Christ,

It’s a feast without the fishes.

Weekly, I take a small piece of bread

And drink a tiny cup of water.

I remember Him, He speaks to me.

Years ago, hands laid upon my head,

A blessing was pronounced,

It’s guided me for years,

Bringing focus to my life.

It’s God’s voice to me,

Uniquely my own scripture.

I never want to be without it.

Now, bits come to mind

As I daily read and study.

It’s the Lord’s Way.

This piece of wisdom I now share,

Your Patriarchal Blessing is uniquely yours.

Read it often, study it line by line,

Focus on the Savior who gave it,

Through the blessed hands of your patriarch,

And your life will not be torn as was

His body and the bread.

 

 

Bev Psalm 21: Gulf or Stream

When is water a gulf of misery and woe?

The proud pointing fingers, wicked and mocking

Those are the waters filthy and disgusting.

Sweet is the living stream that washes clean,

Attends those who are looking to Christ,

Living water in memory of Gethsemane

Washes us from every darkened stain;

our hands and hearts are clean again

And peace will long remain.

Bev Psalm 20: Palms in My Palm

Everywhere I’ve lived there were palm trees;

California, Arizona, Mexico and Kwajalein.

My symbolic BEE is Deborah who sat under a palm tree.

In Jerusalem, long ago, the first day of Passover,

Christ rode a virgin colt through the gates of the city.

Do you ever wish, as I, to have been there at the beginning?

To shout, “Hosanna: blessed is the King of Israel that

cometh in the name of the Lord” and wave palm branches.

He came humbly, that time, Isaiah’s prophecy to fulfill.

Palms have become a metaphor in my life.

My birth on a Palm Sunday began this disciple’s life journey.

This Psalm is written to symbolize a unique historic event.

From sundown on the first, to sundown on the second, this year

Passover begins, marking Christ’s triumphal entry.

At noon during that first day was when I was born,

my entry into this mortal world; right in the middle.

Jesus Christ is my middle, my center, my focus.

That day He was celebrated, began a fateful road to the cross.

The sacramental bread and wine were initiated,

in an upper room, in remembrance of His body and blood.

The garden of olives where He was pressed for our sins,

our pains and afflictions, our grief, sorrow and temptations

showed His willingness to obey His Father’s will.

Gethsemane’s sacrifice showed His love for us, true charity.

“Do even as I,” He said. We too must emulate this love.

To serve with understanding that we are all God’s children.

He want’s all of them to return and Come Unto Him.

We minister with love, hope and joy, and gratitude for life.

Because His palms, most sacred, were pierced for us,

they are the tokens of covenants and promises.

My palms are raised to accept, and live a life of sharing

talents, gifts, and insight, all in obedience to God’s will.

The next day of His journey, He is Risen! A body to regain.

He’s led the way for all humanity to rise again, body with spirit.

Now we shout for joy, echoing the first Hosanna,

because if we live righteously, and endure to the end,

we can live with The Father and Jesus Christ in heaven,

embraced in His healing hands.

So wave those palms and

Raise your palms in joyous celebration.

 

World Water Day 2026 and Women and an answer

Why do we mark International Days?

International days and weeks are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity. The existence of international days predates the establishment of the United Nations, but the UN has embraced them as a powerful advocacy tool.

The global water crisis affects everyone – but not equally.

Where people lack safe drinking water and sanitation close to home, inequalities flourish, with women and girls bearing the brunt.

They collect water.

They manage water.

They care for people made sick by unsafe water.

They lose time, health, safety, and opportunities.

And too often, the systems that govern water leave women and girls out of decision-making, leadership, funding and representation.

This makes the water crisis a women’s crisis.

We need a transformative, rights-based approach to solving these challenges, where women’s voices are heard and their agency recognized.

All women must be equitably represented at all levels of water leadership – helping design every pipe and policy.

And women must drive change in water as engineers, farmers, scientists, sanitation workers and community leaders.

This includes engaging men and boys as allies in promoting safe water, sanitation and hygiene for all, and in challenging the norms and behaviours that hold women and girls back.

Only then can safe water services meet everyone’s needs – empowering women and girls to lead healthier, more fulfilled lives – and making water a force for sustainable development and gender equality that benefits us all.

• Globally, more than 1 billion women – more than a quarter of all women (27.1%) – lack access to safely managed drinking water services. (UN Women/UNDESA, 2023)

• 1.8 billion people still do not have drinking water on-premises, and in two out of three households, women are primarily responsible for water collection. (WHO/UNICEF, 2023)

• In 53 countries with available data, women and girls spend 250 million hours per day on water collection – over three times more than men and boys. (UN Women/UNDESA, 2024)

• Globally, unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene are responsible for the deaths of around 1,000 children under five every day. (WHO, 2023)

• About 14% of countries still have no mechanisms to ensure women can participate equally in water-related decision-making and water management. (UNEP-DHI, GWP, UN Women, 2025)

THERE IS AN ANSWER: JESUS CHRIST LOVES WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY!!!

HE TAUGHT ABOUT WATER, AND IT IS FREE! COME AND SEE.

Bev Psalm 19: Ode to Dust and Water

 

O generations of Jacob, Hear ye the voice that

Whispers from the dust.

It is familiar.

You are not alone.

It is not a dream.

He lives, who once was dead.

God created mankind from the dust,

elements of the earth.

These are the fine particles of solid matter

Brought together from all parts of the universe.

The Creator organized it into a world

for us to dwell upon.

Omniscient, He uses protons, neutrons and

electrons to build the foundations of life;

even our DNA’s double helix.

Then there’s the spark, the breath of God,

which animates our human form.

When He came to earth to gain His body and

to understand mortality, He taught about

Dust and Water.

The Lord and Master washed His disciples’ feet,

who walked ancient paths, so caked with

dust and sweat, the dust of daily battle.

Today, as mortal men and women, we are

washed by the sweat of His sacrifice and the

tears He shed for us.

And when we die, we return to dust, but because

Christ rose again and claimed His body,

we, too, will rise again.

Now we can be Saviors on Mount Zion,

to wash the dead by vicarious baptism.

Sing, Hosannah on Easter morn,

Celebrate new life, a resurrection from the dust,

Dust He washed with living water, from His disciples’ feet.

 

 

 

Bev Psalm 18: A Righteous Pattern

 

The Lord says, I will give unto you, a pattern.

To the humble who are feeding His lambs

To the holy who work in the temple

To the wise who seek Him in the scriptures

and the words of living prophets

They are the five virgins who brought the

drops of oil from their conversion and

daily acts of worship with

lamps trimmed and full, He invited them in.

Today’s parable shared of

Mimi-van, Cookies, Lemonade, Walk

Illuminates the journey of our discipleship:

Setting our desires on Him who is mighty to save,

Shared with his youthful warriors, a battalion.

Then in the final miles of the final ending,

A covenant partner shares homemade cookies

and lemonade to refresh the weary

Urging them by example to walk one mile more.

That is a righteous pattern.

Shepherds of old testify

Two temple workers added theirs

Wise men journeyed with gifts to the king.

We too, cannot be deceived

in our latter-day world.

The signs of His coming

abound around us if we have eyes to see

and ears to hear.

In the heavens and on the earth.

Authorized witnesses speak.

Be one of the wise

and great shall be your joy

when you meet Him, in the clouds of

glory at that great and dreadful day,

Meeting Righteousness as He ushers in that

Planned Millenium of Peace on earth

good will to all men.

And now I see His pattern for eternity.  

Bev Psalm 17: Mary, Mary, Mary

 The symbolic “We”

Through temple covenants, and blessings

We become queens to the Most High.

God delights in the “me” of “We.” WHY?

Because of my righteous acts and the

desires of my heart.

My hands are clean through weekly sacred water.

Learn of My ways, He asks of me,

three times in that blessing;

then I will answer your every need.

He answered today.

He fights my daily battles, giving

strength and power to overcome.

Like Mary His mother, chosen by God, to bring

Him into the world, only to give Him up, so young.

Like Mary that He found in sin,

rescued her, loved her.

Like Mary who anoints and

sits at His feet to learn and adore.

We are those Marys.

Now as queens, How do we serve and rule?

In God’s name, as His Son’s bride,

Hand in hand, worlds without end.