Saturday, February 24, 2007

Two Things I Like

I like beautiful and meaningful poetry, like this sonnet by Christina Rossetti:

Lifelong our stumbles, lifelong our regret,
Lifelong our efforts failing and renewed,
While lifelong is our witness, "God is good:"
Who bore with us till now, bears with us yet,
Who still remembers and will not forget,
Who gives us light and warmth and daily food;
And gracious promises half understood,
And glories half unveiled, whereon to set
Our heart of hearts and eyes of our desire;
Uplifting us to longing and to love,
Luring us upward from this world of mire,
Urging us to press on and mount above
Ourselves and all we have had experience of,
Mounting to Him in love's perpetual fire.

And I like shadows on the snow, as depicted in this picture:

9 comments:

Cara said...

I needed something like that tonight. I was reading it, thinking how it was beautiful, then the last line topped it off perfectly, like a maraschino cherry on an ice cream sunday.

KJ said...

Yes indeed, they are both so beautiful!

Booker said...

Luring us upward from this world of mire

that is so true. He doesn't force us, but woo's us. Truly a God of Love...

Aaron said...

Lovely words, lovely picture!

Brenda Jo said...

I love how this verse ties the poem with the picture: "The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming - not the realities themselves." Heb. 10:1

lis said...

Thank you!

And I love your shadows on snow pics. Encore! Encore!

drewey fern said...

Wow! Brenda! What a perfect verse!

Linds said...

Two Things I Like:
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Anonymous said...

Mmmm...two beautiful things. Thanks for sharing the wealth.