small things

there are raindrops

on my windows

this morning

thousands of them

one nestled 

next to another

sent to reflect the sky’s grey

and the tender way

of small things

“Do not despise the day of small things……” 

                                                        Zech. 4:10

It's been raining several days now and i am still amazed by the way tiny drops of water can change the look of things. And to think of the life they are sustaining .........

rain prayer

Father God,

i just wanted you 

to know

that i heard your early rain 

falling softly

on my rooftop this morning

and when i stepped outside

to feel it on my face

the scent of it

astounded me

it was as though

i had never smelled it

before

and the cold of it?

ah, the cold of it

quickened me 

Lord, i love your rain…

and i just wanted

you

to know

"Has the rain a Father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?"

                                                           Job 38:28

*Photograph taken later that morning in the Potwin neighborhood. (Topeka, Ks.)

march surprise

it was a quiet day

no wind

no throng

when i heard

the blossoms

singing

"A song will outlive all sermons in the memory." ~Henry Giles

"Let the fields be jubilant and everything in them. Let the trees of the forest sing for joy."  Psalm 96:12

trails

they crisscross
through the sky

and i see
miracle

one tiny being

in the middle of a pasture
in the middle of a life


"The only way to live is to accept each moment as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable."  Storm Jameson

thoughts while hurrying by

we could be friends
you and i

if i stopped to say hi
instead of just rushing by

you would nuzzle my hand
and breathe on me

something rare and
wonderful

"I regret less the road not taken than my all-fired hurry along the road i took."  ~Robert Brault

*A quick side note......i did stop and visit Mr. Steer this week and he did indeed nuzzle my hand and i think he breathed contentment.

among the many

two unseen wonders:

the source of the wind
on a blustery night

and webbing wrought
before morning's light

“Nobody can see or conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.”    Frances P. Church

"I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be."   ~Madeleine L'Engle, A Winkle in Time

creek

it flows behind 

my house

a five minute walk

and i take in this view

which seems new

each time i

go there

am i not

blessed?

and 

am i not beholden?

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." ~Thorton Wilder

*Appreciation begins with awareness.  :)