The Brenda Photo Challenge and my Sunday psalm post too

Ah, I am so sorry I am so late with this challenge ...but I do hope you like my tree!

And I must confess that I haven't used a photo editor. Meant to download one and try it but have been a bit busy (and that isn't likely to change for a bit)...so thought I would go outside and take another shot of the tree in another mood!

I do hope I won't be expelled from the Brenda Photo Challenge Club for not following the rules, ;-) but I do hope you will follow the other ladie's entries ..I am sure they will have some great entries and ideas from their photo editors...just go and click on the Brenda Photo Challenge words under the camera icon in the sidebar! Cindra is our hostess for today.

And I hope you will excuse me for using this post as my Sunday psalm post also. Except that today I am not going to do the psalm right away.

Instead I would like to share with you a verse from a hymn we have sung the last two weeks at church. It has been very meaningful for me, especially with the last month's tragic fires in Victoria. And whenever I sing these words, I am moved to tears for the relatives and friends of those who lost their lives!

How deep the Father's love for us
How vast beyond beyond all measure
That he should give his only Son
To make a wretch his treasure.

How great the pain of searing loss
The Father turns his face away
As wounds which mar the Chosen One
Bring many sons to glory!

I would dearly like to share the rest of the words with you, but I am aware that I may be breaking some copyright law here (may the Lord and the composer forgive me if I do), so I recommend you to look it up, written by Stuart Townend. Hopefully it might be on the internet. For those of you who are musical, you will enjoy the melody too!
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