sometimes
it is enough
to simply hold
one of my
well-worn Bibles
and thank God
and then reread
a Psalm I’ve read
more times than
I know and still
discover something
new
From my archives
Ellen Grace Olinger
sometimes
Category: Grateful to God
one month ends
one month ends
another begins
evergreen branches
frame the night sky
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We created this book from posts on our site, Quiet Christmas Poetry.
Ellen Grace Olinger
“early will I seek thee” Psalm 63
O God,
thou art my God;
early
will I seek
thee
Psalm 63: 1a (KJV)
The image is a sample from Seguy’s Art Deco Designs,
courtesy of The Dover Design Sampler (Dover Publications).
I love to reread books . . .
I love to reread books I first read years ago.
New thoughts about what the writers were–are–saying occur to me, perhaps because I’m the same age, or older now, than they were when they wrote their poetry and prose.
At the same time, I don’t believe I completely missed what they were saying.
Rather their words helped create the strength to “see me through” when my turn to experience some of the same events, in my own way, would arrive.
What a beautiful mystery. Language. “In the beginning was the Word…” John 1: 1
Photo of roses by Karl.
Six Word Saturday
Grateful for a beautiful new day
after many
after many
good conversations
one bird
sings the day
to sunset
From 2010
Ellen Grace Olinger
