"Come and let us return to the Lord, for He has torn so that He may heal us;
He has stricken so that He may bind us up. After two days He will revive us,
give us life; on the third day He will raise up that we may live before Him.
Yes, let us know, recognize, be acquainted with, and understand Him;
let us be zealous to know the Lord, to appreciate, give heed to, and
cherish Him. His going forth is prepared and certain as the dawn, and
He will come to us as the heavy rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth."
(Hosea 6:1-3)
The Amplified Bible
Photograph courtesy/The Newport Plain Talk
More lovely grows the earth as we grow old,
More tenderness is in the dawning spring,
More bronze upon the blackbird's burnished wing;
And richer is the autumn cloth-of-gold;
A deeper meaning, too, the years unfold,
Until to waiting hearts each living thing
For very love its bounty seems to bring,
Intreating us with beauty to behold.
Or is it that with years we grow more wise
And reverent to the mystery profound--
Withheld from careless or indifferent eyes--
That broods in simple things the world around,
More conscious of the Love that glorifies
The common ways and makes them holy ground?
"More Lovely Grows The Earth As We Grow Older"
Helena Coleman
(1860-1953)
Canadian poet, music teacher, writer
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