Filed under: Friends, God, friendship, love, nature, spirituality, thoughts
The mother of a good friend recently passed. She was blessed with good family and friends; and now she is blessed with God’s presence. There were two prayer cards at the funeral. Both are a tribute to her. May she see the light and rest in peace.
Prayer Card
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
May the rains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
Prayer Card
God saw she was getting tired
And a cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around her
And whispered, “Come with Me.”
With tearful eyes we watched her suffer
And saw her fade away.
Although we loved her dearly,
We could not make her stay.
A golden heart stopped beating,
Hard working hands to rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes the best.
Filed under: God, love, music, nature, politics, spirituality, weather | Tags: America, Beauty, Thought
We sang this song in Church Sunday to celebrate Memorial Day. Is America still beautiful? How is it beautiful? What do you think?
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
We just shoveled out from our first storm of the season. It arrived with nine inches of snow and ice, just two days before the equinox (December 21). Old man winter is here! Last night (the official first day of winter) cold (-4 with wind chills) and winds (45 miles per hour) arrived. Today we won’t be over 25. Long johns, furried slippers, shoveling, fires in the fireplace all are part of this winter arrival. Winter – it’s all about attitude or so I tell myself. You can either love it or hate it. I think more recently I fell into the hate it category. With all going on this year, e.g., poor economy, etc., it would be easy to take that same attitude. But I am not. No, I love winter! Think positive. Shoveling is good exercise. Right! I’m trying. After all, spring is only three months away. What do you think?
