Lenten Reflection Day 18 (Mar 11): TIME (from Psalm 121).
SONG: Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper: https://youtu.be/VdQY7BusJNU
POEM: John Milton: On Time (excerpt): Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy Plummets pace; And glut thy self with what thy womb devours, Which is no more then what is false and vain, And meerly mortal dross; So little is our loss,So little is thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb’d, And last of all, thy greedy self consum’d, Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With an individual kiss …
QUOTE: J.R.R. Tolkien: “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
Lenten Reflection Day 16 (Mar 9): HEAVEN and EARTH (from Psalm 121).
SONG: Heaven on Earth by Stars Go Dim: https://youtu.be/YhCzzQQNnLA
POEM: May Swenson: Earth Your Dancing Place (excerpt): Take earth for your own large room and the floor of the earth carpeted with sunlight and hung round with silver wind for your dancing place.
QUOTE: William K Purkey: You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.
Lenten Reflection Day 15 (Mar 8): LIFE (from Psalm 121).
SONG: Good Life by OneRepublic: https://youtu.be/fuI0bEdoF30
POEM: Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: Life (excerpt): 1. A moment of pleasure, An hour of pain, A day of sunshine, A week of rain, A fortnight of peace, A month of strife, These taken together Make up life. 2. One real friend To a dozen foes, Two open gates, ’Gainst twenty that’s closed, Prosperity’s chair, Then adversity’s knife; These my friends Make up life.
QUOTE: Nicholas Sparks: I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.
Lenten Reflection Day 14 (Mar 7): KEEP YOU (from Psalm 121).
SONG: Keep You Mine by NOTD, Shy Martin: https://youtu.be/fuI0bEdoF30
POEM: Joy Harjo: For Keeps (excerpt): … We know ourselves to be part of mystery. It is unspeakable. It is everlasting. It is for keeps.
QUOTE: Coco Ginger: Wanting nothing in return, except that you allow me to keep you here in my heart, that I may always know your strength, your eyes, and your spirit that gave me freedom and let me fly.
Lenten Reflection Day 13 (Mar 6): HELP (from Psalm 121).
Lenten Reflection Day 13 (Mar 6): HELP (from Psalm 121).
SONG: Help! by The Beatles: https://youtu.be/2Q_ZzBGPdqE
POEM: Ashanti Files: Martyr (excerpt): I don’t want to be a martyr, But I see you calling for my help.
QUOTE: Carl Sagan: In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.