Imperishable Beauty

God

All-powerful, Perfect

Loving, Amazing, Knowing

Sovereign  Creator  -  Evil,  Dark

Consuming, Obscuring, Infecting

Selfish, Painful

SIN.

This month’s poetic license featured the poetic form, Diamante. A form which begins with a subject, and ends with it opposite, and when centered looks like a diamond. (For more specific instructions see here.) My immediate thought was God and Sin. Nothing could be more opposite. But since we have a theme and this month’s theme is emotions or the great outdoors.. you can see that I’m not exactly following the rules here. So consider that one a freebie. If you want a rule-abiding, theme-following poem, you’ll have to read this one:

Breezes

Whispery Caress

Fleeting, Brushing, Skin-Kissing

Flowing  Gently.  Hushed.  Quiet.

Stopping, Ceasing, Halting

Still.

Imagine sitting outside on your porch swing listening to the birds sing, or on a mountain side admiring the beauty of the valley below - in all this seeing the evidence of God everywhere you look, His amazing creation that bears witness to his splendor.

God is good.

For more of June’s Poetic License, visit Pensieve.

Our pastor preached about reconciliation and forgiveness today, as we studied in Genesis about how Joseph and his brothers were reconciled after Joseph revealed himself to him. One point he made was that when Joseph forgave his brothers, he didn’t shuffle his feet and kick the dirt and stare at the ground and mumble:

“I, uh, um, I… forgive you.”

No, instead, Joseph looked right at them, and basically said:

I suppose I’m not the only one. I’m human, I’m impatient, and I want to be in control.

Moreso when it comes to things like… pregnancy tests.

Before Spring Break we had a scare here at our house. A scare that taught me a valuable lesson, and reminded me of some infallible truths.

We live in the country, and while I was making lunch my three children were playing outside together. I keep the doors and one eye open while they do, but in one brief moment Little Prince had followed a big sister who went too far and then wandered down the long driveway and into the county road.

In a terrifying moment I heard Princess screaming for me at the end of the driveway and hollering for Little Prince to come back because a car was coming. As I flew out the door towards my baby, I couldn’t see him through the trees that line the road on either side of the driveway, I couldn’t see the car, I knew nothing.. except that my baby was in danger.