The waves crash and fill the senses like the voice of God
The sound washes to shore peacefully like the whisper of a breeze
Seagulls dive and call like clarions on the wind
Salt air blows and clears your mind like a good night’s sleep
Soft sand surrounds your feet like the sweetest down
Peace descends on your heart….you are there, you are loved, all is well.
Slainte, Lisa
There are many things that I don’t get…stuff that evidently is God’s domain, stuff He has reasons for that I just cannot understand. And on hard days, that just has to be enough. It’s what I grab onto and hold onto with all my might. God’s got it…God’s got it. Some lyrics from U2’s Yahweh song really say it well:
“Take this soul, stranded in some skin and bones
Take this soul and make it sing, sing…
Yahweh…Yahweh….always pain before a child is born
Yahweh…Yahweh….still I’m waiting for the dawn…
The sun is coming out…the sun is coming up on the ocean…
Take this heart, take this heart, and make it break…”
(U2, “Yahweh”, HTDAAB)
He is teaching me something good, and it will be alright. I’m waiting for the dawn, the sun that I know is coming out over the ocean. I’ll be there with a big smile on my face and arms open wide to meet it. Slainte, Lisa
The perfect day could be….
Walking through the surf, kicking up the foam as you go
Finding an unbroken and perfect sand dollar at the bottom of clear blue water
Listening to the steel drum band as they play beachfront
Taking your boogie board out for the seventh time, but that time you catch the perfect wave that lifts you up and lets you fly along the top of the water, then sets you down and carries you to shore
Holding hands with the one you love as you watch the sun set over the ocean
Hearing God’s voice, like many rushing waters, as you listen to the ocean’s roar
What would be a perfect day for you? Love to hear from you, as always. Slainte, Lisa
Tomorrow is this blog’s first birthday…a whole year old! 🙂 When it started, I wasn’t sure how it was going to go….it was all so new. Like a newborn, I marveled at the process and delighted in the newness. As time progressed, the blog has been learning to sit up, crawl, and now is beginning to walk. And with time, the blog is changing, as we all change through life. It will be interesting to see where it is this time next year when it reaches the “terrible two’s.” haha Thank you for sharing this first year with me, for the supportive comments, the love, and the likes. My wish on the candle? For blessings for you and your families, and for you to know without a shadow of a doubt how much God loves you. Slainte, Lisa
God always answers in the deeps, never in the shallows of our soul. –Anonymous
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time. –Oswald Chambers
Don’t tell God how big your storm is, tell the storm how big your God is. – Anonymous
My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. – 2 Corinthians 12:9
Blessings and God’s mercy on your day. Lisa
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