What graciousness is given to us, all God’s creatures — this earth, a bounteous land filled with mountains and seas, filled with green fields and trees, filled with full blooms that offer an incense, pleasing to us and to Him who gave His all for us, He who is all. Glory be to our God,Continue reading “A Thanksgiving Psalm”
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The Skins of Trees
That is why I can never stop praising you; I declare your glory all day long. And now, in my old age, don’t set me aside. Don’t abandon me when my strength is failing. — Psalm 71: 8-9 Layers of bark, broken, cracked like skin, aged by heat and wind. These trees have lived long,Continue reading “The Skins of Trees”
Pining for Renewal on Sunday Morning
Earth knows no desolation, She smells regeneration In the moist breath of decay.” — George Meredith, English Poet The house is quiet as darkness sits with me in this early hour while I sip my coffee and consider the day ahead. A warm afternoon is promised, and so is a family picnic, some longContinue reading “Pining for Renewal on Sunday Morning”
Keepers
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. —Psalm 24:1, NLT We miss so many details from our standing perch and our fast nod-and-walk-by approach to life. To really see one must get down into the living, spend time under trees, on the ground amidContinue reading “Keepers”
Late Blooms
You have shown me the way of life, and You will fill me with the joy of Your presence. — Acts 2:28, NLT Late summer blooms amused by their own profusion, a delirious yellow cheerfulness atop the tender green; the earthy scent of growth stirs up the joy of my contentedness as I stand countingContinue reading “Late Blooms”
Gentle Souls
There are gentle souls, those who tread lightly when breaking new ground, careful not to disturb all that is living. Those with caring hands, that reach into soil, nourish the land, harvest that growth; they give out, give back. You see them, bodies bent as they work, the very act like prayer as they tendContinue reading “Gentle Souls”
Detached
“Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth’s lips spoken without sound.” — Edwin Curran I snipped green stems in angled lines, renewing the vein, a cut required for water, a temporary reprieve before the completion of certain decay. I photographed these charming blooms, profuse with color and releasing the heady aroma of florals,Continue reading “Detached”
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”
