Advent 1 ~

“The season of Advent

 means there is something on the horizon

 the likes of which we have never seen before.

What is possible is to not see it,

 to miss it, to turn just as it brushes past you.

 And you begin to grasp what it was you missed,

 like Moses in the cleft of the rock,

 watching God’s [back] fade in the distance.

 So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder.

 There will be time enough for running.

 For rushing. For worrying.

 For pushing.

 For now, stay.

 Wait.

 Something is on the horizon.”
Jan L. Richardson

 Night Visions:

 Searching the Shadows of Advent and Christmas

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blessings as you prepare for His coming

Lamplight ~

"May it be a light to you in dark places,

when all other lights go out."

J.R.R. Tolkien

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Your word is a lamp to my feet,

 and a light to my path.

 Psalm 119:105

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the days grow shorter

yet His word gives light

The Chair ~

 it's not

 an easy chair

that rocks

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“I dread no more the first white in my hair,

Or even age itself, the easy shoe,

 The cane, the wrinkled hands, the special chair,

Time, doing this to me, may alter too

 My sorrow, into something I can bear.”

Edna St. Vincent Milay

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And even to your old age I am he;

 and even to gray hairs will I carry you:

 I have made, and I will bear;

 even I will carry,

 and

 will deliver you.

Isaiah 46:4

The Gift Of Light ~

"Give light, and the darkness

 will disappear of itself."

 Desiderius Erasmus

"Worship is a way of seeing the world

 in the light of God."

Abraham Heschel

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let your light shine

we all have

some to share

 

It Wasn't Chocolates ~

“Someone I loved

 once gave me a box full of darkness.

It took me years to understand

 that this, too, was a gift.”

Mary Oliver

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Romans 12:21

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textures

by

Kim Klassen

Silence ~

We need to find God,

 and he cannot be found

 in noise and restlessness.

  God is the friend of silence.

  See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grow in silence;

  see the stars, the moon and the sun,

 how they move in silence.

  We need silence to be able to touch souls.” 

Mother Teresa

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winter light and shadow

silent days

waiting

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God Blessed Us ~

the glory of the Lord

 shone

 'round about them

and the angels brought them

glad tidings

... unto to you ...

is born

A Savior

who is Christ the Lord
Immanuel
God with us

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Luke

Chapter II

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 wishing you a

most blessed Christmas

Timely ~

"Time is very slow for those who wait
Very fast for those who are scared
Very long for those who lament
Very short for those who celebrate
But for those who love

 time is eternal.”
William Shakespeare

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“The future is something

 which everyone reaches

 at the rate of sixty minutes an hour,

 whatever he does, whoever he is.”

C.S. Lewis

 

A Bearer of Light ~

"But I also say this:

 that light is an invitation to happiness,

 and that happiness, when it's done right,

 is a kind of holiness, palpable and redemptive."

 Mary Oliver

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Jesus said,
"I am the Light of the world"
John 8:12
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whatever it is that you
 celebrate today be it
Halloween,
 All Saints' Day,
 Reformation Day,
or others I am not aware of,
 please know you can bring light
 into someone's world with
 an act of kindness as
simple as a smile

 

 

The Fullness ~

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there

When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”

Rumi

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Sunlit ~

"Come forth into the light of things,

 Let Nature be your teacher.”

William Wordsworth

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Awaiting Sunrise ~

"The nearer the dawn the darker the night."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Awake, my glory (my inner self);

 awake, harp and lyre!

 I will awake right early [I will awaken the dawn]!

Psalm 57:8

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Shine On ~

"How far that little candle throws his beams!

So shines a good deed in a weary world."

William Shakespeare

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Interlude ~

I was busily being

domestic

doing dishes

et cetera

 when sunlight

and shadows and reflections

called my name

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A Winter Song ~

magic:

when the winter sun

dances with the shadows

and silence sings

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magic: a quality that makes something

 seem removed from everyday life,

 esp. in a way that gives delight

definition from

New Oxford American Dictionary

 

Under Construction ~

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Faith is permitting ourselves

to be seized by the things we do not see.

Martin Luther

Well-lit ~

 

Open your heart to all these blessings

 and let them flow through you,

 then everyone you meet on this day

 will be blessed by you,

 just by your eyes,

 by your smile,

 by your touch,

 just by your presence.

Brother David Steindl-Rast

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your smile

will bless someone's day

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thank you

for blessing mine

with your presence here

This Day ~

For unto to you

is born this day

a Savior

 who is

Christ the Lord

Luke 2:11

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Blessings for a wonder-filled

holiday season

 

For A Season ~

“Though my soul may set in darkness,

 It will rise in perfect light,

 I have loved the stars too fondly

 To be fearful of the night.”

Galileo Galilei

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I have seen this quote

attributed to

Sarah Williams

also.

 

Light Into Light ~

Moon, worn thin to the width of a quill,

 in the dawn clouds flying.

 How good to go,

 light into light,

 and still giving light, dying.

 Sara Teasdale

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... in your light, we see light ...

Psalm 36:9b