I’m hooked on haikus! Just looking at the universe yesterday, day and night, prompted these:
White clouds in the sky
fleetingly form images
as the eye beholds.
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Such a lovely sight;
full moon in all its glory
bathing the night sky.
Would anyone like to share their haikus with me? Happy Friday.
“The individual human personality has, bound up inside itself, a connection to all the wonders of the universe.” So writes Sidney Poitier in his book, The Measures of a Man. May your weekend give you time for contemplation. Happy Saturday.
Today there will be a spectacular event in the universe. An eclipse of the sun by the moon. Central USA residents will see the full eclipse while we here in Canada, a partial. The last Solar Eclipse was in 1979. Don your special shades and view this heavenly event. Here is Roger Whittaker’s take on Moonshadow.
One year ago today, God sent another little person into my life. Her name is Ellie, and she is my eighth great-grandchild. Although miles have kept us apart, I know this child deep in my heart. I know that from the tips of her tiny toes to the fine hairs on her pretty head that she is a little miracle. I know that she is a part of God’s plan in this world.
All life is a miracle. When God first said, “Let there be…” the universe in all its splendor was created…and the rest is history.
“For I know the plans I have for you…” (Jeremiah 29:11) We are all a part of that plan whether we are one year old or eighty.
And so today, I thank God for Ellie and wish her a birthday full of blessings and a life full of love.
Here’s a list of people you may know who all have more than one thing in common:
Nicholas Copernicus 1473-1543
Sir Francis Bacon 1561-1627
Johannes Kepler 1571-1630
Galileo 1564-1642
Rene Descartes 1596-1650
Isaac Newton 1642-1727
Robert Boyle 1627-1691
Michael Faraday 1791-1867
Gregor Mendez 1822-1884
Wm. Thomson Kelvin 1824-1907
Max Planck 1858-1947
Albert Einstein 1879-1955
Not only were these people well known scientists, they all believed in God, as in the case of Sir Isaac Newton, the father of modern physics. He was a committed Christian who claimed the universe’s orderliness came from its creator.
Not being of scientific or academic mind, as a believer I am delighted to be in such good company.
Here is a something I noted in 2009 written by Constance Kellough, author, and president of Namaste Publishing.
“A felt perception enables us to just know the truth of something as well as to know what we need to do. As such, this faculty of inner knowing is our life’s guide, the source of our wisdom, if we choose to use it. It’s where we are connected to the infinite divine consciousness that originated and sustains the universe.”
I like to think of the infinite divine consciousness as the Holy Spirit, who as part of God who lives in us, also lives in us.
Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still and know that I am God.”
The reason for this post is that I myself have experienced this inner knowing on occasion and believe we all do at some point in our lives. It’s like everything else in life, awareness is key.
Look up and see the vastness of the universe…look down and see the beauty of the earth…look all around…see more than you are looking at.
Enjoy a Happy Sunday with family and friends.
Here is a photo of the Helix Nebula, defined as a cloud of dust and gases in the universe. It is also known to some as “The Eye of God”.
This photo reminds me of the Bette Midler hit of the nineties “From A Distance”, which won a Grammy Award for best song of the year. Click below to hear “God is watching us from a distance”
I’m wondering if Bette knew anything at all about the Helix Nebula when she recorded her famous hit, or if it’s just another of God’s wonderful ways of making himself known on our planet. The simple complexity of it all is a wonder in itself. TYG.
If you have something you can only do once in a blue moon, tonight’s the time to do it because it is the night of the blue moon.
Now, the moon won’t actually be blue; it is just that it is the second full moon this month which is a rare occurrence. So don’t strain your eyes looking for a blue hue, just enjoy the extra full moon lighting up the universe…a celestial phenomenon.
You may want to click on the following link and enjoy Frank Sinatra’s rendition of the song “Blue Moon” as you gaze heavenward. Enjoy.
July 31, 2015
Have you ever asked a departed loved one for a sign that they still exist somewhere?
The second love of my life died in 2007, after twenty-seven years together. We had shared a good life which included our pet Yorkshire terrier who was almost twenty years old when he went to doggie heaven.
I’m one of those cloud scanners…that is, always looking for meaningful cloud shapes, like angels for example. I’ve seen them along with elephants, ducks, pigs, whatever.
One day I silently asked Jerry to send me a cloud-shape of our beloved little Yorkie…just to satisfy my hunger for a sign.
It happened while visiting an out-of-town friend. We were enjoying a summer afternoon outdoors when I looked up and saw the distinct shape of my long deceased pet.
“Look at that cloud,” I exclaimed to my friend, “what does it look like to you?”
“Looks like a dog,” she said.
“Yes, but what kind?” I pressed, needing reassurance.
“Looks like a Yorkshire terrier,” she responded.
Need I say more? Of course I breathed a silent “thank you” and have carried that sign in my heart from that day to this. Who or what was I thanking..Jerry, God, the universe? You be the judge..
“Ask the Lord your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.” Isaiah 7:11
Tomorrow: The double rainbow.
My Precious Life 