BibLenScaping

The sun has one kind of  splendor , the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in  splendor . Nothing in nature ceases to shine in splendor. But we have promises to keep and miles to go before we sleep though the woods be lovely, dark and deep. The sun makes its circuit from one end of the heavens to the other, coming out like a bridegroom from his bedroom, rejoicing to run its race like an athlete.  While what has been will be again,  what has been done will be done again;  there is nothing new under the sun.   Splendor has vanished from our human hearts and souls. However, as b eauty lies in the beholders eye, splendor lies in the heart with a sensitivity for astonishment and awe.  T ake time to bask in the splendor of the morning star not to be caught in the r igmarole of the  routine.  We cannot afford coming  short of the splendor and glory as long as it is still day, for night is approaching fast w...

 A good word to hold on to as the new year unfolds would be 'Good' or 'Goodness'. The crescendo moment of creation was that it was all "very good". It trickled down from the One who abounds in goodness, who is good to all, who gives good gifts and whose goodness endures. It doesn't stop following every day of our lives as we too create, recreate and procreate. The heavenly heirloom is hewn with goodness from the star sprinkled skies to the clapping coasts; from the streams in the desert to the springs in the valley. There is nowhere that the Nature's voice doesn't reach. It reverberates from the hills to the mighty mountains from the shallow streams to the depths of the oceans, proclaiming the voice of Goodness. We too are called to show forth our good deeds, to add to our faith goodness and to goodness knowledge.....as we are bombarded with bad things these last days.  Surely the pale horse has left the pavilion with Death riding on it, and the ve...