I‘m practicing the act of remembering. This act He asks of His people. Because thanksgiving is turning the heart to look back to see all the long way His arms have carried. He asks us to remember because the memories kindle thanksgiving.
yes, I will remember…”
ladder up to words @ Paris’ famous Shakespeare & Company bookstore
Marie Antoinette’s farm at Versailles
time in the Louvre with Rembrandt and the breaking of bread at Emmaus
the hushed quiet of St. Chapelle
bicycle weathering the years on Paris’ cobblestone streets
this jacketed little boy out for a walk with his father and dog around the Louvre encapsulated a bit of the people of Paris
thatched roof at Versailles
welcoming gate at Versailles
Versailles’ still waters
The Eiffel’s night lights
Jean Baptiste Massieu
The heart has memories and the ache of the past is eased with glimpses of Him.
Lord, today to pause and hold a memory, even one that hurts… because remembering is looking back to see You holding me.
*”Gratitude is the memory of the heart”
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Photos: a farm girl wandering through Paris a year ago this week
