Autum 2006 in rural New Zealand
Friends in Christ,
I was working on a website today for a client and used this picture to illustrate it. It reminded me that Autumn is such a beautiful colourful time and it also reminded me of a hymn, which we often used to sing during my time in St.Paul's Cathedral Choir, Wellington, New Zealand:
Hymn 285 from the New English Hymnal
For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise
For the beauty of each hour,
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise
( written by F.S.Pierpoint 1835-1917)
This hymn, and I am not sure whether this is the case with you, fills me with joy and thankfullness for what we have. It also brings a need of prayer to my mind, i.e. to pray that we may look after God's Creation to the best of our ability, and we ought to admit that we failed to do so in many ways. Whilst we are all travellers here on earth and we know that our Citizenship is in Heaven, we do need to look after God's gift to us.
Wishing you a blessed day.
Ed Bakker...
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