Friends, may I take you to my one little theater of Glory, where God has been so astonishingly at work and at play this week? I must show you, else the rocks will start shouting and pelting. I will borrow the Psalmists words, because I cannot conjure up any words more true or lovely. Come and see!
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Now, your turn! Would you share below (with me and all who gather here) a moment of praise and wonder from your own theatre of glory? From a spider to a hummingbird, to grass thrusting through concrete, is He not everywhere present??
My theatre of glory is my messy but productive garden -- bushels of green beans, radiant tomatoes and the delicious surprise of cucumber submarines under their umbrella of leaves. This is our 26th garden together, and the wonder feels the same every year. "Bless the Lord, O my soul and forget not all His benefits . . . He satisfies your mouth with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."
ReplyDeleteThanks, Leslie, for this call to praise!
mIchele---oh, I am picturing all this! Especially radiant tomatoes! (Ha! Cuke subs!!) I do wish we could grow such gardens here----but we each are given our gifts in kind. Happy harvesting of the Lord's bounty---and Bon appetit!!
DeleteDrought killed our old Pine tree 2 years ago. Just this summer I have noticed tiny baby Pine trees growing where the big Pine tree stood. They are half an inch tall and there are 4 of them. I didn't plant any seedlings or pine cones and it's been 2 years since the drought. God is replacing them and not with 1 pine tree but with 4!!! HE is so good all the time!
ReplyDeleteOh my! I LOVE this, Lolly! It is so painful when trees die. We have two spruce trees planted here in 1916. They are towering-tall, but spruce beetles nearly killed them 10 years ago. They are sparse and just a bit ugly, but they're still alive! He IS a bounteous God!
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Beautiful deer, Sandra!They're such a perfect icon for stillness and beauty. Thank you for sharing!!
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ReplyDeleteMy theater of glory was a thunderstorm forming: cumulus blooming, anvil head towering, middle-height clouds catching the setting sun's golden light, lowest clouds pouring rain like sheets on a clothesline.
Photos here http://constanceannmorrison.com/2015/08/06/look-behind-you/
although not nearly as dramatic as your Alaska photos : )
Constance! Loved those photos! Thanks for sharing. (And your own words: "Cumulus blooming" "Rain like sheets on a clothesline"---beautiful!!)
DeleteI shared this post with my kids for devotions. Beautiful ☺
ReplyDeleteOh that's wonderful!! I was hoping some would share with their children!! Thanks for passing that on!
DeleteWe arrived at Summit Lake on Thursday and my husband opened the door to look out. On the dock was an eagle eating his prey! What pictures he got on his phone. What a beautiful bird God made. Later we were in the canoe and saw him in a tree.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, Leslie! I'm looking forward to seeing some of these scenes in person when I visit Harvester Island with you NEXT WEEK--so exciting!
ReplyDeleteI've made a habit of taking pictures of vegetables from my garden and the farmers market. Some of them are just exquisite: http://shiningfromshookfoil.com/2013/08/28/an-ode-to-the-humble-vegetable/
Wow--LOVE those veggie photos! Thanks for sharing. AND--so excited to see you here soon!
ReplyDeleteI live in central Florida. From May to August the cicadas sing in the trees. The singing always reaches a crescendo in late August when the heat is very intense. The buzzing sounds coming from the trees is truly amazing as a choir of insects from one tree will sing and sing and suddenly go quiet. Then as soon as the first choir stops, another choir in another tree will start up and buzz and sing - this can go on and on in the evenings. The songs from each tree can have different tones. I love to hear the cicadas sing for I know this is how these creatures, who only live for a short season, praise their Lord. There have not been many cicadas singing this year - why? I do not know. However, this morning after several hours of outdoor labor in the intense August heat where the humidity is a living thing, for several seconds a small cicada choir sang praise to our God and I, in praise to Him as well, lifted my hands in worship.
ReplyDeleteI have never experienced cicadas---so this was delightful! (Who knew insects from diff. trees have different tones? Oh my!!) Praising God with you!!
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