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Sunrise

On By dklinegIn Other Stuff..., Unexpected DelightLeave a comment 
I remember back then 
when walking along the swamp path
I remember seeing lavender, pink and orange
Hugging the horizon 
A rich palette of color
Leaking through skeletal trees
Announcing the arrival of the sun
To light the day.
I remember walking not so long ago
Same path, same sky, same everything 
Yet a gray shroud laid across the sky holding back
A flood of color trying in vain to influence the day
Amidst steel wool clouds rolling out an even darker gray
All making me wonder, why bother
If there is no sunrise 
To light the day
Then I remembered something 
As I walked along the swamp path
I remembered some wisdom from a friend who said 
Even though the kaleidoscope of morning beauty 
Is hidden and all seems lost, grim, hopeless 
Unseen on the other side of the gray
There’s always a sunrise
To light the day


Sunrise, today’s gift

Some Think…

On By dklinegIn Other Stuff..., Square InchesLeave a comment 
Some think,
“Um, pine trees?”
Yep, they are pine trees.
Some think,
“Wow, tall.”
For sure, they are tall
Some think,
“Magnificent.”
Magnificent. No doubt.
And some think,
“Cathedral.”
A place for worship.
Indeed, a cathedral to worship 
the Creator of magnificent, tall pine trees

Psalm 100

A psalm. For giving grateful praise.

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.  
Worship the Lord with gladness;
    come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
    It is he who made us, and we are his;
    we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
    and his courts with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
    his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Today’s Gift

Every Square Inch (iii) – Today’s Mystery

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*I was weeding the flowerbeds the other day. I took along my camera. Here’s a ‘square inch’ of God’s creation that I found.

*****

One day I spied … a creature
Exploring a rocky corner
Not one day 
Not two days 
But many days of exploring 
… Searching for what?
Searching the rocks for
A bite to eat?
A place to live?
A mate?
… All the while darting all around? How?
This creature has wings
Four wings
Amber wings
Four, big Amber wings
… What about the rest of it?
This creature’s body
Has three sections - head, thorax, abdomen
It’s two inches long, black, yellow, red
With one wicked looking stinger
… Anything else?
Only the female
Lays eggs
Digs the burrow
Has a stinger to paralyze prey
… Prey, what prey? Pray tell?
Ah, the prey! 
Here’s where we get the clue
It will help us name this very interesting insect
This large, flying wasp of a creature
In search of a 
… cicada …
To nourish newly hatched eggs
Its name? 
Cicada Killer
Doing what it was created to do
Today’s gift