On Tuesday evening, having planned to see Lee, the film about WW2 war photographer Lee Miller, we noted the high pressure system meaning a clear night sky and a full (Harvest) moon, and so we called our friend, my fellow warden (and single mum now with two lovely grandchildren) with whom we’d planned a ‘moon shadow’ walk. With perfect conditions, we walked from our home to a local pub for supper and later walked home in the bright moonlight. There is much to give thanks for (as you say) at this season, as we remember Genesis 1:16: “God made two great lights – the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.”
(NIVUK) Be encouraged, Richard, and thank you for your Saturday reflection. Take care and God bless.
Thank you, Ian, how beautiful that must have been. So much to continue to rejoice in and marvel at, thank you for that encouragement, I really appreciate it.
Thanks for this Richard. For me, too, this is always a sad time. A few years ago I wrote this on September 23, having been to Lord’s to watch a thrilling conclusion to the County Championship season:
“It symbolises the end of summer: the sun going down over the pavilion and the shadows lengthening across the ground. It is the final day of the cricket season…
Until the Lord returns summers will come and go - the sun will go down and winter will draw in. But when he returns, then the everlasting summer will begin; the cricket season will go on week after week, month after month, with every day better than the last.
Thank you so much Matthew - and Amen! What a wonderful prospect that is. It was the end of the cricket season (and the start of school, I have to say) that first brought home the September sadness to the young me. I'm so thankful to have that larger and more lasting hope now.
On Tuesday evening, having planned to see Lee, the film about WW2 war photographer Lee Miller, we noted the high pressure system meaning a clear night sky and a full (Harvest) moon, and so we called our friend, my fellow warden (and single mum now with two lovely grandchildren) with whom we’d planned a ‘moon shadow’ walk. With perfect conditions, we walked from our home to a local pub for supper and later walked home in the bright moonlight. There is much to give thanks for (as you say) at this season, as we remember Genesis 1:16: “God made two great lights – the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.”
(NIVUK) Be encouraged, Richard, and thank you for your Saturday reflection. Take care and God bless.
Thank you, Ian, how beautiful that must have been. So much to continue to rejoice in and marvel at, thank you for that encouragement, I really appreciate it.
Thanks for this Richard. For me, too, this is always a sad time. A few years ago I wrote this on September 23, having been to Lord’s to watch a thrilling conclusion to the County Championship season:
“It symbolises the end of summer: the sun going down over the pavilion and the shadows lengthening across the ground. It is the final day of the cricket season…
Until the Lord returns summers will come and go - the sun will go down and winter will draw in. But when he returns, then the everlasting summer will begin; the cricket season will go on week after week, month after month, with every day better than the last.
Thank you so much Matthew - and Amen! What a wonderful prospect that is. It was the end of the cricket season (and the start of school, I have to say) that first brought home the September sadness to the young me. I'm so thankful to have that larger and more lasting hope now.