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In Stillness the Dancing

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pelted waters joy overflowing

Beth Ferguson, May 2, 2009

God is watering the earth tonight!

Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy. ~Acts 14:17

As the raindrops fall … large and plentiful tonight … I pray that joy fills our hearts in like measure … large and plentiful!

    A moment the wild swallows like a flight
    Of withered gust-caught leaves, serenely high,
    Toss in the windrack up the muttering sky.
    The leaves hang still. Above the weird twilight,
    The hurrying centres of the storm unite
    And spreading with huge trunk and rolling fringe,
    Each wheeled upon its own tremendous hinge
    Tower darkening on. And now from heaven’s height
    With the long roar of elm-trees swept and swayed,
    And pelted waters, on the vanished plain
    Plunges the blast. Behind the wild white flash
    That splits abroad the pealing thunder-crash,
    Over bleared fields and gardens disarrayed,
    Column on column comes the drenching rain.
~ A. Lampman

Pelted waters … pelt my soul with joy in like measure! 

Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.  Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.  I will proclaim the name of the LORD.  Oh, praise the greatness of our God!  ~ Deuteronomy 32:1-3

Drench me … with your joy … may it overflow … in praise to the greatness of our God!

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  1. Anonymous says:
    May 3, 2009 at 11:28 pm

    Hi, good post. I have been pondering this topic,so thanks for posting. I will certainly be coming back to your site.

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