Sunday-Ps.148 is perfect for Earth Day weekend
as part t of the concluding set of praise in the psalter. This time, it brings
together all of creation in praise of God in its very pulsing life. We are part
of a natural choir.
Monday-“At the root of humility is the Greek
word humus, which means ‘earth’ or ‘earthiness’ – the earth that God made and
called good, the earth from which God fashioned us. Humility is the
fundamental recognition that we each draw our life and breath from the same
source – the God who made us and calls us beloved.” --- Christine Valters Paintner, PhD
Tuesday-Hymn-Borning cry-To
the best of my knowledge, this is the only hymn in our hymnals in which God
sings to God's children. It has become treasured by so many because it gives a powerful
message of God's unconditional promise to be with us from birth to death and
all that comes in between. (I personally love that part about wandering where
demons dwell.) It is sung at baptisms, growing up times, marriages, and yes,
finally at death. God Pause
Wednesday-“As we become conscious of our
metaphors for God, we learn which ones are life-giving for us, and which ones
might be limiting or constricting. At different points along our journey, our
images of God grow and change as we do.”
--- Christine Valters Paintner,
--- Christine Valters Paintner,
hursday-“It is not our memories but the person we have become
because of those experiences that we should treasure. This is the lesson these
keepsakes teach us when we sort them. The space in which we live should be for
the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.” - “It is not memories but the person
we have become because of those past experiences that we should treasure. This
is the lesson these keepsakes teach us when we sort them. The space in which we
live should be for the person we are becoming now, not the person we were in
the past. P.118” ― Marie KondÅ,
Friday-May we realize that
they live not for us alone, but for themselves and for Thee and that they love
the sweetness of life even as we, and serve Thee better in their place than we
in ours. For those, O Lord, the humble beasts, that bear with us the burden and
heat of day … and for the wild creatures, whom Thou hast made wise, strong, and
beautiful, we supplicate for them Thy great tenderness of heart, for Thou hast
promised to save both man and beast, and great is Thy loving kindness, O
Master, Saviour of the world.― Patricia
K Tull,
Saturday-The
room of love is another world. You go there wearing no watch, watching no
clock. It is the world without end, so small that two people can hold it in
their arms, and yet it is bigger than worlds on worlds, for it contains the
longing of all things to be together, and to be at rest together. You come
together to the day's end, weary and sore, troubled and afraid. You take it all
into your arms, it goes away and there you are where giving and taking are the
same, and you live a little while entirely in a gift. The words have all been
said, all permissions given, and you are free in the place that is the two of
you together. What could be more heavenly than to have desire and satisfaction
in the same room?" From Hannah Coulter
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