“You can only come to the morning through the shadows.” — J. R. R. Tolkien Sometimes a shadow falls, dimming the day, removing color that once saturated everything. We sigh deeply, each breath out releasing the burdens we carry until we slow into stillness and rest. Revived, once again enlivened to the vibrancy of life,Continue reading “A Shadow Falls”
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The Root
“Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.” — Ephesians 3:17, NLT The root fixes itself into the soil, imbibes the rich humus, impressing itself further, deeper, establishing a home, a tap line and other finer branches, veinsContinue reading “The Root”
Beauty Just Is
This I Love…
A crooked smile of a mischievous child, pudding smudges telling the rest of the story; sharing a blanket with my hubby while snuggling in our evening cozies; a chance meeting with a friend that leads to coffee and a lingering conversation; an afternoon chasing butterflies and watching the busy flight of a lone bumblebee; sunriseContinue reading “This I Love…”
Awakening
I’ve found such comfort sitting amid blooms, listening to katydids, following the sweet beat of butterfly wings and the humble patience of a pollen-collecting bee. I’ve wondered at the industry of ants lifting many times their body weight, again and again, along the stone path winding through my little patch of Eden. I askContinue reading “Awakening”
Stewards
Tillers of land and soil and seed to bloom sustenance; keepers of earthly creatures, shepherding all, minding our duty to family, governing the us in humanity, given authority to manage the gifts, the provisions bestowed by a holy God, not to hold selfishly while saturated in complacency, not to hoard in fear or indifference whileContinue reading “Stewards”
Lonely As
“I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far-off wilderness. I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.” — Psalm 102:6-7 There are those times of deep introspection, a brooding season of the soul, those sojourns we must take when life becomes heavy, our path boggedContinue reading “Lonely As”
Morning
Wake up, my heart! Wake up, O lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song. — Psalm 57:8 Counting my blessings, even this — to rise again, able to stretch, soaking in the warmth, as I watch another glorious sunrise, coffee in hand, life expanding, from dawn to day, breathing in thisContinue reading “Morning”
Beauty in Brambles
We forget that amid the thorns, throughout the thick briar patch, along with the weeds and thatch, in hard granite and under stones, even in the bogs and hidden deep in swamps, there is always, always beauty in the brambles, if we are willing to look. —C.L. Fisher, July 2020 Unless otherwise indicated, all content,Continue reading “Beauty in Brambles”
Butterflies
“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne These little creatures intrigue me, so delicate but also mighty, wings beating against wind so quickly. They dance when they encounter another one of their species, circling, Continue reading “Butterflies”
Poetic Meanderings 