'Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you!...
Created things kept me from you;
yet if they had not been in you they would have not been at all.
You called, You shouted, and You broke through my deafness.
You flashed, You shone, and You dispelled my blindness.
You breathed Your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for You."
~St. Augustine, Confessions
snap of pinecones drying in front of the fire
little boys licking plates
bowing heads and praying names of far-flung missionaries
young women with gray hair
bandages
forgiveness
laundry piles
four hands making a bed together
sibling whispers in the dark
teenage boys
piles of pots and pans
piano festivals and big smiles
new recipes for squash
him smelling of oil and sweat
hot baths
daughters with hutspah
swishing out the toilets
piles of books
cleaning off the dinner table and all voices singing "O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus...."
sanctification of sinners
multitudes on a Monday... #1264 - #1284
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First Friends Church in Indiana
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