One somber day this week I went out just for the quiet stroll of it—not looking for exercise—but just to stretch my legs and chew on memory verses…”You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.” Hmm…dying on the outside, but very much alive within…
Kinda like a day mid-winter when the cheeriest sights are sad little ponies in raincoats.
…and the brightest things around are the roadside grasses, long dead, but still stalwart and bright…
But when the sun shines, as it did today, I remember what SKY BLUE is!
And even a common laurel hedge glows chartreuse!
Donkeys will always find something to be glum about I suppose…
I know. I can be a bit of an Eeyore myself, but not today! It’s just too wonderful to see the sun so unexpectedly ( :
Speaking of unexpected, what’s this! A mini magenta ‘poof’ out the end of an otherwise humdrum bud…
Delightful the unexpected things one sees, when the sun shines…
–LS
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Mt.5:16
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. Is.60:1
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Oh, and having mentioned donkeys, can I make an addendum?! Recently I received this G.K. Chesterton poem from a friend, written from a donkey’s point of view… As only G.K. could say it:
The Donkey
When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born.
With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil’s walking parody
On all four-footed things.
The tattered outlaw of the earth,
Of ancient crooked will;
Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,
I keep my secret still.
Fools! For I also had my hour;
One far fierce hour and sweet:
There was a shout about my ears,
And palms before my feet.