to Allington and back

 

Thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Allington but now tripping out trying to consolidate what crumbling fragments of doubling, free indirect discourse and realism I can work into an essay due friday…all while nodding off, say, every ten minutes…

two zero

Thanking God for two decades of life on earth thus far, and for the rest of eternity with my Lord Jesus Christ.

“…these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His Name.” John 20:31

Rhyme and Glitter

Be not angry with me that I bear 
   

Your colours everywhere, 
   

All through each crowded street, 
   

And meet 
   

The wonder-light in every eye, 
   

As I go by. 



Each plodding wayfarer looks up to gaze, 
   

Blinded by rainbow haze, 
   

The stuff of happiness, 
   

No less, 
   

Which wraps me in its glad-hued folds 
   

Of peacock golds. 



Before my feet the dusty, rough-paved way 
   

Flushes beneath its gray. 
   

My steps fall ringed with light, 
   

So bright, 
   

It seems a myriad suns are strown 
   

About the town. 



Around me is the sound of steepled bells, 
   

And rich perfumed smells 
   

Hang like a wind-forgotten cloud, 
  

And shroud 
   

Me from close contact with the world. 
   

I dwell impearled. 



You blazon me with jewelled insignia. 
   

A flaming nebula 
   

Rims in my life. And yet 
   

You set 
   

The word upon me, unconfessed 
   

To go unguessed.

~Amy Lowell "Apology" 1922

I stumbled across this poem late last year and I love the way it's just spilling out light and colour with a stream of vivid images…
And that subtle clincher at the end <3

Ah, poetry…!

Friendship musings

Friend of mine

God’s grace

Poured out

—It’s raining pearls.

I’m soaked in love

And sharpened daily

Blessed and humbled

Thankful

Praying

Always glad

To see you

And see

Christ in you

At the start of the day—
And at the end of the road.

                                    ~ E. S. 

8/8/15

Philippians 1:2-7 "I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ…you all are partakers with me of grace."

Proverbs 27:17 "As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend."

Coffeetime in August?

Ushering in a (hopefully) warm August with late night deep and meaningfuls, spontaneous visits from la prima, green texta on butcher's paper and a mug of hot coffee.

Thanking the one true and living God for revealing Himself in His Son, Jesus, who is the Christ, the chosen One, the author of my salvation. 
And praising Him for every breath I take in this life—yes this Life, a life that will never end.

"And this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." John 17:3

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved." Ephesians 1:3-6

Looking forward to a fine month. Trusting God's perfect timing.

Let it be known to you

…Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, gave the command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. So they brought these men before the king. Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up? Now if you are ready at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, and you fall down and worship the image which I have made, good! But if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?”

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”

Daniel 3:13-18

Taking a stand for righteousness

No compromise.

God ordained marriage between one man and one woman.

Jesus said:

"But from the beginning of the creation, God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man shall leave his mother and father and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."
Mark 10:5-9, with references to Genesis 1:27; 5:2 and 2:24

Jesus Christ is Lord.

Dare to be a Daniel

Dare to be a Daniel

Dare to stand alone

Dare to have a purpose firm

Dare to make it known.