All of one, all of a piece
Different, and somehow one in same
Another day, ev'ning to follow
Another day, for good or ill.
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We take it for granted, but really, there's no guarantee that we will get up on any given morning. Each day, every morning's dawning, is sheer gift — a resurrection.
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Once again autumn has come to us. It is sheer gift. There is a moral aspect to it (as you will note below). I am always somewhat somber and sad as fall days unfold.
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So quickly, the days of Summer speed by. And then it’s over. And then it’s Autumn.
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Getting up and getting to it every day can often seem like a chore in itself, something not relished some mornings.
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Another year is dawning, dear Father, let it be
In working or in waiting, another year with Thee.
- Frances Havergal
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Relationships take time. Experience on experience, Days to months to years.
Investing, spending, building, growing, Some relationships become primary. Perhaps we’re not looking.
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Apparently one cannot change the past, nor yet the future - but only the ‘now.’
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Ornamental clock, in Missisauga, Ontario garden centre.
Time, like an ever rolling stream, bears all her sons away . . .
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"We think we are headed toward the future. The truth is, the future is headed toward us." So says author Reggie McNeal in his book, The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church.
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If we're just really busy running our churches - can we possibly have time and energy left to be missional ? Does one discount the other? . . .
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What lies ahead in the dawn of each New Year? God only knows.
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