Saturday, April 18, 2009
Look At The New
I love the Spring, O Lord that brings new life to all living things-- Birds are laying their eggs in the nests that they have made. The grass is growing, the wildflowers blooming. I saw a honey bee today so intent on its flower that it was oblivious to my passing. The Canada goose sat on her nest in...
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Against The Sky
Like virgin blossom garlands stretched against the sky my soul rises, free as a bird, reaching, reaching for your blessing of beauty of heart, eyes wide open to the glories of your love and light. Fill each empty corner of my soul. Pour out your goodness that makes me whole that I may give away...
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
It Begins In Loveliness And Ends In Beauty
How could there possibly be anything more lovely, O Lord, than the evening and the morning to perfect a day that you have given me. I used to take my days for granted, Lord, thinking they would last forever. In looking back, I've had a few (25,806 to be exact). I've probably pretty much used up my...
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Friday, April 10, 2009
We Call Them "Badlands"
In the beginning, O Lord, you saw everything that you made, and you said, "It is good." I love the wild places on our Earth, Lord God, the places that make me stop, and think, and question; the places where I can be alone with you and see your handiwork layered in the scarp. From whence came the...
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
All Too Quickly Wither
“How frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble! We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear." (Job 14:1-2, NLT) Every day, Dear God... every single day we find that people we know, people we love, people on the news or friends of friends, or...
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