When we lose the cap to the glue stick like we always inevitably do, I kneel on the floor to check under his grandmother’s table that sits in our study, peer under the legs of the 100 year old chairs.
And the cascade of sun falls on the nape of my neck, runs down my back all warm.
I say it aloud, a purr of the skin-warmed in February, “Ohhhhhh, I am a cat basking.”
I lie right out on the century planks and I don’t give a second thought to a dried out stick of glue. And a beautiful child face leans over the edge of the table and giggles and I look up into laughter at me all stretched out in light.
A day is always made of Light if the eyes and the heart and the hand opens wide. And February floods the floor like sun water seeping and the planks stay dry and all light is old, eight minutes long coming from sun.
These are the sun lengthening days when I lengthen out in light.
more of the endless gifts, warm Light, flooding
#1393. Day cracking open across the white shell of fields
#1394. Honeyed light of old wood and all things home
#1395. Snow falling softly over the hearth
#1396. The Light that never leaves
#1397. Hope, everyday hope
#1398. Shaping the day's loaves in first light
#1399. Boys coming in the door from the cold and the chores and the barn with the words, "Bread sure smells good, Mom."
#1400. When the seams tear and life unravels, believing in the Light that holds it all together
#1401. The Light of Christ that splits all dark, saturates all things, warms always.
"When I met Christ, I felt that I had swallowed sunshine."
~E. Stanley Jones
Want to drink the joy elixir? Become a Joy Finder? Consider joining the Gratitude Community -- just jump in with your own counting!
How to begin your own 1000 Gift List ::: How Gratitude Can Change your Life
( Drop me a line if choose to begin giving intentional thanks and gather fresh joy and I will happily add either your name or a web link to the Gratitude Community I'm slowly getting caught up on meeting all you beautiful folks who have joined the Gratitude Community. Thank you for your kind grace and patience! I'm so looking forward to meeting you all soon!)
A warm welcome to:
(Private Journal)
Lesley in TN
Joanne at Simply Called
Stacey at 29 Lincoln Ave.
Jenny at Academy at Thousand Oaks
JoAnn at Hallum's Notes and Musings
Mary Lynn at Basking in Grace
Joelle at Homeschooling for His Glory
Reeve at Poured Out Life
Silvia at Creciendounidos (Spanish blog)
If you'd like to share your gathering of God in the moments... , (please, jump in!) consider adding the direct URL to your specific 1000 gift list post... If you join us, we humbly ask that you please help us find each other by sharing the community's graphic within your post
Photos: Seeing the Light here
Share your thoughts?
If you would like Holy Experience posts quietly tucked into your reader or your inbox for free...
125x125-30days.gif)