This is a great day to remember the poem by Hopkins, Pied Beauty; especially, the last line. It is in the previous post. He father's forth whose beauty is past change. Praise Him.
There are a lot of negatives and devastation happening in this country.
That is an understatement. We sometimes cannot understand why The
Divine Creator allows some of it. There are rebellious hearts instead of
grateful hearts. If you do not have a personal relationship with the
Lord then it is truly not possible to have a grateful heart nor to deal
well with adversity. ( I won't go into The Garden and The Fall here but
it sure has a bearing on life and what happens to us.)
I have 3 former colleagues, a classmate and some personal friends who
are dealing with cancer right now. I am sure without their eyes focused
on the Lord, they would be hard pressed to find anything to be grateful
for on this Thanksgiving Day. Two of them are sharing text with a small
group of what they are going through.
I am grieving today and it started last week. My cousin, who was also
my friend, left this earth a year ago June at my birthday time. Today is
her birthday and most likely I would have been with her and her family
today. I wasn't able to grieve for various reasons when she left this
Earth but knowing her birthday this year is on Thanksgiving Day, I began
grieving last week and am finally able to grieve. That and having some
tooth extractions, I elected to stay home by myself today.
I have lost 2 cousins and a 2 friends in the past several months - 3
with cancer and one with a heart attack. They all left my life and their
families too soon. It is important to let ourselves grieve and I am
doing that today.
On a more positive note, this morning started out with interesting
birds that I love to watch enjoying the Maple Tree and the bird feeders
in my backyard. Beauty to focus on. There were a Downy Woodpecker, a
Hairy Woodpecker , a Red Belly Woodpecker, Nuthatches, a pair of
Cardinals, lots of finches, and Chickadees. I just enjoy them. They
help focus my mind away from myself for awhile and think on good things of Creation.
Today has been a good day to reminisce past Thanksgivings. Good ones
that set the precedent for family Thanksgivings or what they should be
like. Maybe I will continue the reminiscing later. Thankful for those
family Thanksgivings of my childhood.
This blog isn't meant for anyone in particular. I thought I would just write a little.
