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This remarkable footstool we live on!

Posted on July 12, 2018 by lindaskelton

Heaven is God’s Throne and earth is said to be His Footstool. Wow! What heaven must be!

How precious is your steadfast love, O God!…

The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

They feast on the abundance of your house,

and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

For with you is the fountain of life;

In your light do we see light.
(Psalm 36:7-9)

God’s creation in this place is simply awesome, especially after the long, long black and white of winter. These are my latest gleanings from out and about, including strolls on the ‘old golf-course’ out back that never came to fruition, and the discovery of Sundance Canyon in Banff!

Such a delight!!

Here’s hoping you are relishing these color-rich months of summer wherever you are!

Thanks for coming by!

Linda

Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest? All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word. Is.66:1-2 ESV

June is bustin’ out all over!

Posted on June 22, 2018 by lindaskelton

June is bustin’ out all over
All over the meadow and the hill
Buds’re bustin’ outa bushes
And the rompin’ river pushes
Ev’ry little wheel that wheels beside the mill

June is bustin’ out all over
The feelin’ is gettin’ so intense
That the young Virginia creepers
Have been huggin’ the bejeepers
Outta all the mornin’ glories on the fence!
Because it’s June!

(Richard Rodgers)

We sang this song in Grade School at the end-of-year program and it still pops into my head come June, though having done a little research just now I see that we were never taught the rest of the lyrics. Hmmm. But birds and bees and FLOWERS! there are a’plenty these days and it is a delight to welcome summer weather!

I’ve been more intentional this year in introducing myself to wildflowers, with the help of guidebooks and a watercolor pad to collect their images in a rough sort of way… It’s been a happy discipline that has supplanted writing time. I can’t seem to carry on too many other things when there are flowers to be seen!