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Monthly Archives: June 2015
under the rain
774. The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans. ~Sherwood Smith
I like it when it rains hard.
It sounds like white noise everywhere,
which is like silence but not empty.
~Mark Haddon
After an extended period of hot weather,
comes the first rain shower creating
an exquisite and eloquent fragrance in the air –
an earthy sweet smell that permeates and floats all around us,
refreshing our minds and rejuvenating our lives.
~Edited and adapted excerpt
from Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate
Last night
the rain
spoke to me
slowly, saying,
what joy
to come falling
out of the brisk cloud,
to be happy again
in a new way
on the earth!
That’s what it said
as it dropped,
smelling of iron,
and vanished
like a dream of the ocean
into the branches
and the grass below.
~Excerpt fro a poem
by Mary Oliver
If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? ~1 Corinthians 12:17 ✝
Spread this call for prayer
773. Oft when the still, white dawn lifted the clouds and pushed away the darkness, I felt it like a glory in my heart. ~adapted excerpt from “Joy of the Morning” by Edwin Markham
When the first light of sun dawns, bless you.
When the long day is done, bless you.
In your smiles and your tears, bless you.
Through each day of your years, bless you.
~Irish Blessing
I saw the first light, fore-running the sun,
gather in a cup of the eastern cloud,
gather and grow and brim, till at last it spilled like milk
over the golden lip, to smear the dark face of heaven from end to end.
From east to north, and back to south again, the clouds slackened,
the stars, trembling on the verge of extinction, guttered in the dawn wind,
and the gates of day were ready to open at the trumpet…
~Mary Stewart
The flower in the photo is one of my Angel Trumpets. They only bloom at night, but sometimes I can still catch them fully open at dawn or shortly thereafter. When I’m lucky enough to find one at first light, I love the way it looks and feels like God’s glory is aglow in its heart.
He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. ~Psalm 37:6 ✝
772. I like the Eiffel Tower because it looks like steel and lace. ~Natalie Lloyd
Paris, ooh la la–
I’ve seen your, beauty,
and you belong to me now…
~Last 2 two lines are adapted excerpt
by Ernest Hemingway
La Vie En Rose
I hold you close and oh so fast
because of a magic spell you cast.
Such is “la vie en rose.”
When I think of you heaven sighs,
and though I close my eyes,
I can see again “la vie en rose.”
Then as I hold you in my dreams,
I’m once more in a world apart,
A world where roses forever bloom it seems.
When at last you come into view, angels sing above
and everyday words turn into songs of love.
It is then I feel the rhythm of your “heart and soul”
and life again becomes “la vie en rose.”
~Adapted lyrics of this song as sung
by Louis Armstrong
The top map in the photo is of the area in Paris that encompasses the Eiffel Tower, the Champs Elysees, the Pont Alexandre bridge and a few other landmarks you may recognize. The photos beneath it are ones I took when we in Paris 2 years ago. (I took the one of James while he was resting on the grounds near the Eiffel Tower.) The bottom map is a blown up section of the upper map and the red sign is the location of our hotel, between the Eiffel Tower and the Pont Alexandre bridge. As you can see it is also only a block and a half from the Seine. I’m so excited: we leave for “home” two weeks from today.
Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars. ~Job 22:12 ✝
771. The flower has opened, has been in the sun, and is unafraid. ~Paula Cole
How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold?
Because the lovely little flower is free
down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
~William Wordsworth
Today is your day to
paint life in bold colors,
set today’s rhythm with
your heart-drum,
walk today’s march
with courage.
Create today as your
celebration of life.
~Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Let us therefore come boldly unto God’s throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. ~Hebrews 4:16 ✝
Today’s Quote
Remain With Me
Remain with me, my Jesus,
Lord of all my life;
Stay to tend and bless me
in these hours of great strife.
For I am lost and weary,
and I need Your loving care;
Come to bless and keep me
in this hour of my despair.
All that You have promised
shall be given by God’s grace;
and so I trust You fully
in the arms of Your embrace.
Remain with me, my Jesus,
Lord of all my life;
Stay to tend and bless me
in these hours of great strife.
~ Prayers of Anna Lin
Photo at: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/543668986241650555/
770. The flowers are nature’s jewels, with whose wealth she decks coming summer’s beauty. ~Edited excerpt by George Croly
“Summer is coming!” the soft breezes whisper;
“Summer is coming!” the glad birdies sing.
Summer is coming – I hear her quick footsteps;
Take your last look at the beautiful Spring.
~Dora Goodale
And every stone and every star a tongue,
And every gale of wind a curious song.
The Heavens were an oracle,
and spoke
Divinity: the Earth did undertake
The office of a priest; and I
being dumb all things did come
With voices and instructions…
~Edited excerpt
by Thomas Traherne
See how wide the mouth of this gorgeous asiatic lily opens to declare God’s glory! Have a blessed weekend, my friends.
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. ~Psalm 19:1-2 ✝
Sacred Touches 