Sunday, November 23, 2008
A Bit O' Bounty Beauty
Dear God, I don't know whether I would rather look at it or eat it. The magnificence of variety in shapes, colors and tastes completely overwhelms me. Your love for your creation: people, plants, animals and creeping things, soaring bird and sea critters, the wonders of the universe, makes me feel...
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
God And Coffee
Thank you, O Lord, for making the coffee bean tree and the tea bush when you created the growing things on the earth. Not only does the roasting coffee beans smell absolutely wonderful, and the brew is spell-binding in the mug; the steaming tea in the cup warms the hands and the heart, but both...
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Friday, November 21, 2008
Life's Wildflowers
People don't live very long, do they, Father God. Like the wildflowers they spring up and blossom, but then, all too soon, a storm, or the heat of the sun, or the lack of rain, snuffs them out just as quickly, leaving nothing to show that they were here except a photograph or two and the bittersweet...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
A Brand New Song
How great you are, O Lord God; how worthy of praise. When I look at the glorious beauty of the heavens, when I listen to the roar of the mighty sea, when I feel the sand between my toes and watch a tiny crab scuttle sideways or a starfish in a tidal pool, I feel like singing a brand new song. It...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
It's A Secret
I love being in your secret place, O Lord. Your shadow is comforting to me; and because I trust you, I feel completely safe. You are my home, God-- I have hung up my hat, taken off my shoes. I have given my heart into your keeping. I am totally resting in your faithful presence all through the night...
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