“If you make a mistake in a song, don’t forget every breath is a new beginning and a new chance.” – Julia Gregson, Jasmine Nights
How true and beautiful. A new day, a new beginning, a new chance. A brand new morning, fresh and clean. You can sing your song again and people will hear your new rendition. Go ahead, take a deep breath, and let those notes come out. I pray beauty and grace and love in every phrase, for me and for you. Slainte, Lisa
“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.” – Psalm 40:3a
By Killarney’s lakes and fells,
Emerald Isles and winding bays,
Mountain paths and woodland dells,
Mem’ry ever fondly strays;
Bounteous nature loves all lands;
Beauty wanders everywhere,
Footprints leaves on many strands,
But her home is surely there!
Angels fold their wings and rest
In that Eden of the west,
Beauty’s home, Killarney,
Ever fair Killarney.
“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
We found this perfect, beautiful shell on an Anguilla beach on our honeymoon twenty-five years ago. It had washed up from the clear blue sea and rested underneath a coconut tree. Although we felt bad to remove it from its idyllic home, we knew that it would bring back so many wonderful memories for years to come if we brought it back to our home. Carefully wrapping and cushioning it in our suitcase, we treated it as a precious treasure, and the shell made it home, where it remains to this day. When I hold it up to my ear, I still hear the blue seas within it, and I remember. Love, beginnings, beauty, laughter.
Have a blessed day, and if you’re by the sea, enjoy the beautiful seashells that God has made. Another gift. Slainte, Lisa
This is a reprint of an older blog about Fungi, the amazing Dingle dolphin. I saw a beautiful video of him today that I had to share with you. He has lived 30 years in Dingle Bay now, and he’s so friendly. Please take the time to watch…he will make you wonder all over again at the marvel of God’s creations. Slainte, Lisa
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” -Helen Keller
Fungi, the Dingle dolphin, feel the impulse to soar, and he does so magnificently.
I have days when I just go through the motions: get up, make breakfast, walk the dog, etc. I don’t see the small beautiful things that God is putting all around me to show me that He’s there, that He cares, that He loves me. But some days, I wake up and I still do all those things, but by the grace of God, He somehow awakens me to those small wonders. I feel the impulse to soar. I have that sense that God is right there beside me and that He will help me to be more like Him, little by little. We are made in the image of God, and a little of His awesome creativity has been put into each of us.
As I have gotten older, I am slowly learning not to really trust my ups and downs of emotions (this is extremely hard for me). But still, it is an amazing feeling when I do feel and sense God’s reality, that there is more to life than what I see right in front of me. And that reality is that if I love and trust Him, I will soar and fly and have strength for the road ahead.
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (Isaiah 40:31)
“The more I study nature, the more I am amazed at the Creator.” – Louis Pasteur
“Go outside, to the fields, enjoy nature and the sunshine, go out and try to recapture happiness in yourself and in God. Think of all the beauty that’s still left in and around you and be happy!” – Anne Frank
“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.” – Psalm 24:1
Think About These Things 