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Constantly Abiding



 I am musing about....

Constantly. Abiding.

Our 3 year old granddaughter was here recently. What a delight she is. It was so precious to see her run after the fireflies in the cool of the summers eve; as she romped through the grass in  her long sleeveless dress, arms outstretched, eyes opened wide, a look of awe on her sweet innocent face:)

And then when she caught one, how intrigued she was as she looked it over.

And I of course had my camera (phone) ready, trying to capture the beauty of her delighted expression in the light of the blink of a glow from the firefly's intermittent light. 

The problem was that I never was able to capture "that moment". The firefly would light up, I would "click" for a pic, and that quick the light was gone. Over and over again I tried. And over and over again I failed to get the perfect shot. Always a millisecond too late it seemed.

Later I got to thinking. I should have been videoing it! Of course. What was I thinking. The ongoing cinematography would have surely given me the opportunity I was looking for. And then I could have done a screen shot to capture the perfect moment! Lesson learned.

It made me think about the story of the ten virgins. Five were wise. They kept the oil in their lamps filled. For they never knew when the Bridegroom would come.

And so it is, as we wait for His appearing. May we ever be ready. May the life we are living for Him be ongoing. Not an off again, on again thing. May we keep our communion flowing. Not that we are or will be perfect. But when we are constantly abiding in the vine, we will find that His light will be there day by day, to shine on our path and show us the way. In the glow of His love.....

Constantly abiding!


                                                        


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  1. MomJuly 15, 2021 at 3:01 PM

    I so appreciate your writings kath

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  2. MomJuly 15, 2021 at 3:07 PM

    and by the way... before they left the other week, i noticed she was kneeling in front of Jo... after they left I checked, sure enough, it was stuck on him again, this time on one nostril of his nose! I cracked up!, Again!

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