This drumming, drumming in my head
sends me straight to my bed
That's about as much as I can say even though this is day 3 of the wretched migraine and it is so much better than days 1 and 2. Still light and sound sensitive and causing me to be miserable! Will return soon to wax poetic or at least share a complete thought.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
The Rain Drop
Third day of camping, second day of rain. Buckets of rain! But finally it ended and we were able to emerge from our tent at ten o'clock at night to make dinner- in the dark- AGAIN!
But Hope springs new each morning and so it did today. The forest is freshly washed, the greens are crisp and bright, the soil smells rich and fresh, and the foliage is glittering with the last remnants of moisture from the storm. This is the setting in which watching the sunrise bend and refract through a single drop of rain is absolutely enchanting.
The tiny Rain Drop had been there all morning, I had passed by it several times, seeing it without actually SEEING it. It didn't move, it didn't shift, it didn't do anything outstanding to gain attention, it made no noise.
I hustled and bustled about camp, searching for the fork the raccoon had stolen the night before, rinsing cups, lighting the camp stove, setting up the morning coffee.
It wasn't until I sat down to wait for the coffee to brew that I really noticed our little Rain Drop. It looked like a tiny orange LED glowing on the edge of this majestic royal palm hammock in which we're camping.
As I began to study the Rain Drop, mesmerized by its radiant color, the sun continued to rise behind it, causing it to glow golden, then martian green. Within seconds it seemed - for each change occurred quicker than the previous - I watched our Rain Drop transform from ethereal blue to a majestic indigo and finally a pure glowing white light which shone brighter than all the others.
In a forest of thousands of acres, could a single Rain Drop make a difference? Absolutely! And in a world of billions of people, can what you do make a difference? Certainly!
Matthew 5:16 says:
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
That little Rain Drop on its own was insignificant in an enormous forest but when it allowed the sunlight to shine through the result was brilliant. Each of us little Rain Drops need to align our lives in a manner in which the Son Light may shine through.
But Hope springs new each morning and so it did today. The forest is freshly washed, the greens are crisp and bright, the soil smells rich and fresh, and the foliage is glittering with the last remnants of moisture from the storm. This is the setting in which watching the sunrise bend and refract through a single drop of rain is absolutely enchanting.
The tiny Rain Drop had been there all morning, I had passed by it several times, seeing it without actually SEEING it. It didn't move, it didn't shift, it didn't do anything outstanding to gain attention, it made no noise.
I hustled and bustled about camp, searching for the fork the raccoon had stolen the night before, rinsing cups, lighting the camp stove, setting up the morning coffee.
It wasn't until I sat down to wait for the coffee to brew that I really noticed our little Rain Drop. It looked like a tiny orange LED glowing on the edge of this majestic royal palm hammock in which we're camping.
As I began to study the Rain Drop, mesmerized by its radiant color, the sun continued to rise behind it, causing it to glow golden, then martian green. Within seconds it seemed - for each change occurred quicker than the previous - I watched our Rain Drop transform from ethereal blue to a majestic indigo and finally a pure glowing white light which shone brighter than all the others.
In a forest of thousands of acres, could a single Rain Drop make a difference? Absolutely! And in a world of billions of people, can what you do make a difference? Certainly!
Matthew 5:16 says:
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
That little Rain Drop on its own was insignificant in an enormous forest but when it allowed the sunlight to shine through the result was brilliant. Each of us little Rain Drops need to align our lives in a manner in which the Son Light may shine through.
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