"Don't wish me happiness I don't expect to be happy all the time....It's gotten beyond that somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor. I will need them all." Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Sunday 30 October 2016

A Psalm of Praise

A candle is burning on the coffee table and beside me a small book lamp is illuminating the knitting in my hands. The windows in this room are curtain less and on a clear night there would be stars but tonight it is black. The clouds are hiding the face of the moon and I sit listening to the rain. My little girl is asleep and I am silent now too. There is an intimacy of life I have found in the velvet blackness, a quality of quietness in a long evening alone and I savour it. All day we watched ribbons of Canada Geese trailing across the sky and leaves falling from the maple tree in the yard near the edge of the forest. By late afternoon the tree is looking plucked and by my definition winter will be here when the last leaf falls. Dressed in the finery of fall - is the tree acknowledging its Maker or is God showing his care for us in giving brilliant colour in what would otherwise would be an incredibly depressive season? "Praise Him,...... fruit trees and forests...Praise Him,....all people...."Psalm 148:9,11
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6 comments:

  1. What a beautiful, beautiful word picture you have painted here today, Ronda. I felt like I was sitting right there in the room with you. I hope you have a blessed, sweet Sunday- xo Diana

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  2. You live in a world I can only dream about. The noiseless and lightless evenings sound wonderful...velvet blackness. My world is mired in the sounds of sirens, technology, tv and the constant hum emitted from the fridge and fish tank. Your evenings sound meditative and peaceful. Thank you for sharing them with us...xo

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  3. your simple enlightened writing enriched my senses
    your narration is powerful and poking mu heart to sit in a silence like this and feel the deep truth of reality
    realty that is illusion in itself

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  4. Amen! We praise God!! Your words are so beautiful! We need those times of solitude. Blessings to you!

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  5. Nothing more beautiful than stillness with quiet joy singing in our hearts! I am with you Ronda, there is a beauty in all things, and we can find reason to praise our Creator in all seasons and times in our lives. Blessings and hugs to you!

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