prayer & praise 3/05

我在

“上帝，我在，我在这里，请你看著我，我在这里。

不比一个凡人好，也不比一个凡人坏，

有我的逊顺祥和，也有我的叛逆凶戾，

我在我无限的求真求美的梦里，

也在我不堪一击的人性里，

上帝啊，俯察我，我在这里。”

---摘自《我在〉张晓风

春之颂

仍然干枯的枝丫

蔚蓝的天空

鸟儿何时唱起歌来

叫醒了这个春天的花朵

花瓣上的颜色都还没干透呢

就把我的脸儿都染上了

春天的色彩

nursing home visit

sunrise in winter

the heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Ps 19:1

a visit to congaree swamp

statefair

Summer ID trip

If you ask me

If you ask me what my initial impression of SC is,
what come to mind first are all the negative things and encounters! Don't get me wrong,
SC is a very pretty place;
it's just that it has been quite frustrating trying to get things done here.
Simple things like changing your driving license:
they finally approved all the paperwork after the fourth attempt!
ItÂ’s so easy to fall into the trap of comparing one Columbia to the other.
I began to wonder if I would ever like this place.
God in His gentle and unusual way got my attention.
I was on the road one morning
when a car pulled in front of me with this big advertisement printed across the rear:
www.lovewhereyoulive.com.
I smiled sheepishly and that was the end of all the comparisons and complaints.
Exactly when I started liking this place I do not know.
It surely has to do with the blue skies above.
The abundance of towering loblolly pines makes South Carolina's skies exceptionally blue.
I know that at any given moment
I can look to the skies above and my day will get a little better.

goodbye

I packed up my belongings into boxes,
together with the memories and friendship that will last a life time.
Farewell parties, hugs and goodbyes marked the last days
of my time here in the small mid-west town.

of dogs and cats

miracle grow

a sunflower that grew
like the beanstalk...too bad
we have to move before it blooms.

ICF, the good'ol days