the shadow
of the rocking chair
in the corner
holds mystery
only
when the whole
is obscured from our sight.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
–1 Corinthians 13:12
…and I’m grateful that He has called me by name.
No sunrise today.
Just a gradual un-darkening.
How can I find my bliss
on a cold-gray-rainy
November day?
Bliss and November?
Don’t belong together.
Diametrically opposed…
an oxymoron.
And so I turn
to the words of
the one who will never
Disappoint —
always faithful
even when I
am not.
Worldly bliss is
temporal,
ephemeral —
and never satisfies
the longing in our hearts.
I’m grateful for His grace
that is the only lasting
Bliss
this side of paradise.
Even on
a cold-gray-rainy
November day.
*photos taken with an iPhone 5C; edited with PicsArt.
Refraction —
the change of direction
of a ray of light
or sound,
in passing obliquely
from one medium into another
in which
wave velocity
is
different.
I pray for refraction.
God’s light to shine through
the curtains,
the leaves,
the shadows,
the water,
the air I breathe in —
Ruah
–passing obliquely
from one medium through another.
Change my wave velocity,
refract
remake
redeem me
to reflect Christ.
This was inspired by the word for the weekly photo challenge — Refraction.
the circle of life 