The light has come!
Blessed
Tomorrow will be my birthday… I can’t remember the last time I had a proper party (possibly my 21st?), but as this is a milestone year (50 – yay!) I thought I’d have an afternoon tea. As tomorrow is Monday I decided on today. Sundays can be much busier than we expect… thank you to all those who came 🙂 .
I had a lovely afternoon!
Talked with friends I hadn’t seen in a while, and others I’ve seen more recently. Enjoyed seeing everyone chatting with people they hadn’t met before. Ate cake. Received lovely gifts, from people who had considered who I am, and chosen accordingly (so – books, colour, music and fandom…)
I am blessed with good people in my life, and I loved having the chance to catch up with some of them today!
I wanted colour on the tea table…
…as well as on the cake.
Rainbow! 🙂
We went to church in the evening, and I think I might choose one of the songs as my anthem, as I move in to my next decade…
Singing In The Spring
The days are getting warmer and the evenings longer. The birds are singing, flowers fling sweet scent into the air, and the skies are bright with blue surrounded banked clouds.
Spring is sweeping out the winter, ready for new ventures…
We were privileged today to watch four baptisms – each with different stories, each signifying a new beginning. One of the words spoken was about animals hibernating, but waking in the spring – every year a new spring…
It’s a time for awakening.
For the possibilities of new directions, fresh understandings. Anything is possible!
Songs for tonight –
The final reading for the service tonight, a promise for whatever is to come.
Isaiah 59:21 – 60:5
21 “And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”
60 Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 And nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 Lift up your eyes all around, and see;
they all gather together, they come to you;
your sons shall come from afar,
and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.
5 Then you shall see and be radiant;
your heart shall thrill and exult,
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
Snippets
…of life and thoughts lately. It’s the first day of Spring, apparently – just the time to contemplate the bits and pieces.
I went to a conference last Saturday, where I got a little wooden stand with various cards to put in it.
This one is one of my favourite verses, against a background of the arena to practise it in. Well, maybe not the moon. At least not yet…
This is my view when I swing at the park, especially if I really get going 😀
Such blue skies at the moment! Lots of birdsong, too.
Here’s some flowers I got the other week, surrounded by feathers I’ve picked up over the years, and an abandoned nest.
A close up, because they’re beautiful ❤
…and here is my song for the evening.
1000 Fields of Roses 