the Autumn colours
lay scattered all around
a dusting of snow gives covering
to its once brilliance
I lay mulling over this
Cat Ole stretched out
across me
warm and caught up in this season of rest
garden put away
tools in the shed
food in the cellar
sawmill under shelter
home fires burning
it is a black and white world out there again
except for the earthy subtleties one must search for
the lichens and mosses
and softly muted branches growing
close to the ground
a few rosehips
for the
sojourning grouse
through the
coming winter
but there emblazoned
bright in the window
shines all the stained glass
the morning light fixating it
bold and glorious
against this
black
and white
world
they have always hung there in the window
now that the summer glory around them has faded
I see their glory
I am praying for life today
everywhere
we are a window
we see out at the world
the world looks in
there is the Spring and Summer glory
and the Autumn brilliance
and as Autumn slips into Winter
our life begins to fade
God is the stained glass that becomes emblazoned
we sing Amazing grace
we remember hope
we have faith in the unseen future
of life beyond these muted fadings of life
of a glory that outshines
all others
Love comes to us all
and takes us Home
in its season
when He is ready
Our life will be taken up with His
and shine in all its brilliance
because at that moment
we will see Him as He is
and we will become like Him
a stained glass
emblazoned pure
with His enduring Love
and grace shining
brilliant and beautiful
against our old
and fading
life
When He has tried us
we shall come forth as Gold
our rest will be complete
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our
Cat Ole stretched out across me
Autumn colours scattered
my favourite things
We rarely enter into the black and white world here, more like the gray and muddy. Tis truly a season of reflection though, of letting go and looking beyond the earthly realms . . . "brilliant and beautiful against our old and fading life."
ReplyDeletelove our melting into winters...
DeleteYou really are ahead of me in the snow. We have had just a dusting. Rather like a frozen dew than a real snow. The leaves are still brilliant and some days we can go without a coat. I am so enjoying the transition to winter. It's like a slow-motion movie unfolding before me. I like the shutting up of the house and snuggling down with the pups and husband. It makes up for putting the bike in the shed till spring and taking the screen off the back door where the dogs could go in and out of the house themselves. I am wearing clothes I haven't seen for 6 months...oh, so fun, to wear boots instead of sandals.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, Dawn, about this snuggling down ...
DeleteI am also ready and yet loving all these warm Chinooks that keep coming our way and allow some more outside work... off to trim some raspeberrry plants :)
love you, dear friend!
"earthy subtleties" - I love that, Susan. :-) Even though we've been in a drought, not a snow storm, I have had to look for beauties too, hidden down among the parched grasses and dust-coated leaves.
ReplyDeleteamazing how the beauty is always there... always there :) glad you love sharing these treasures with us Rambling Tart :)
DeleteWhat a gorgeous stained glass window decoration, beautiful design.
ReplyDeletemy husband and I took a winter off and made stain glass windows in Mexico together some 35 years ago :) They brighten up our window views through the long snowy winters.
DeleteThanks for sharing, Dearest Susan!
ReplyDeleteThe white has crept in on this side, and you have painted such a beautiful picture!!
I'm not very fond of hunting for meaning in the cold and freezing, but I'm learning!
Blessings much
ann
glad you could visit again Ann~ to keep warm we just keep the home fires burning~ it is the only sense we can find in the cold and freezing... coming in to warm soups and hot baths and a nice cuppa something hot.
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