Week 29 - Mortality

Week 29 - Mortality

It's been a month now that my Grandmother went to be with the Lord. I have her Bible and read it from time to time, just to remember, and to be grateful to the Lord for the wonderful gifts he gave me through my Grandmother.  I like to think about my own mortality as often as possible. It causes me to soak in life, breathe deep, and experience more fully, and more deeply the moments I get to have and share with others.

Week 28 - Nothing New

Week 28 - Nothing New

     

These are back in style. People are actually buying vinyl albums again. Surely, there is nothing new under the sun.

        3What advantage does man have in all his work
            Which he does under the sun?

      4A generation goes and a generation comes,
            But the earth remains forever.

      5Also, the sun rises and the sun sets;
            And hastening to its place it rises there again.

      6Blowing toward the south,
            Then turning toward the north,
            The wind continues swirling along;
            And on its circular courses the wind returns.

      7All the rivers flow into the sea,
            Yet the sea is not full.
            To the place where the rivers flow,
            There they flow again.

      8All things are wearisome;
            Man is not able to tell it.
            The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
            Nor is the ear filled with hearing.

      9That which has been is that which will be,
            And that which has been done is that which will be done.
            So there is nothing new under the sun.

      10Is there anything of which one might say,
            “See this, it is new”?
            Already it has existed for ages
            Which were before us.

      11There is no remembrance of earlier things;
            And also of the later things which will occur,
            There will be for them no remembrance
            Among those who will come later still.

Ecclesiastes 1:3-11

Week 27 - Grandmother

Week 27 - Grandmother

My Grandmother died, and in a moment, I remembered how kind she was, the smell of her home-cooked breakfast in the morning, and how she filled the words "hi hun" with so much love and affection. My Grandmother died and I miss her, but in the sweet by and by we will meet on that beautiful shore.

Week 26 - Merica

Week 26 - Merica

This week is half way and it just so happens to be July 4th! I’ve been to Ukraine, Guatemala, Canada, and France, but The United States of America is still the best country in the WORLD! This flag is NOT made in China. It’s made right here in the USA, with cotton farmed on US soil! I remember my time in Waterton Lake National Park in Canada. We took a hike that brought us close to the US boarder. My friend Jon said, “there is it, on the other side of that lake, the United States of America”. Y’ALL! I nearly leaped into the lake and swam across, I’d missed that gorgeous Red, White, and Blue SO bad!!

Happy 4th of July, y’all!