two solitary hours


....blessed lord,
let me climb up near to thee,
and love, and long, and plead, and wrestle
with thee,
and pant for deliverance from the body of sin,
from my heart is wandering and lifeless,
and my soul mourns to think it should ever
lose sight of its Beloved.
wrap my life in divine love,
and keep me ever desiring thee,
always humble and resigned to thy will,
mored fixed on thyself,
that i may be more fitted for doing
and suffering.

from valley of visions.

i got to have lunch by myself.
it was wonderful.
lentil soup, glass of wine, books, coffee.
of course, i had four books with me trying to take full advantage of quiet.
valley of visions, food matters, the bible, and next book club book.
too much to tackle in one two hour period, but i loved every quiet minute there was.


came home and had a delightful afternoon with the boys and daddy.
fun project from peanut's highlights magazine.


i mean, shaving cream and food coloring....
does it get more fun than that?

Comments

tami schuch said…
the valley of visions-- prayers of the puritans, right? i have that too- love it.

that shaving cream looks fun! (and probably made everyone smell nice too. :)
11:14 PM EST
Danielle said…
sounds lovely. really lovely. Oh, was going to ask you if you read A Homeade Life. One of your recent posts reminded me of that book. I think you would love it.
12:11 PM EST
kate o. said…
i loved highlights magazine as a kid! that looks like a project the boys would like.

i always take too many things to read when i go out and about by myself. funny you should write about this - i was just thinking the other day how i would love to go out to lunch by myself to a place like the hummus restaurant near you and my brother. so good! perhaps i'll just have to come back for another visit.

and i second danielle - you'd love "a homemade life".
4:00 PM EST
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