BOOK 08, CHAPTER 2, PAGE 16

 

The Windows of Gold

There is a legend that has often been told

Of the boy who searched for

THE WINDOWS OF GOLD

The beautiful windows he saw far away

When he looked in the valley at sunrise each day

And he yearned to go down to the valley below

But he lived on a mountain that was covered with snow

And he knew it would be a difficult trek.

But that was a journey he wanted to make,

So he planned by day and he dreamed by night

Of how he could reach THE GREAT SHINING LIGHT

And one golden morning when dawn broke through

And the valley sparked with diamonds of dew

He started to climb down the mountainside

With THE WINDOWS OF GOLD as his goal and his guide…

He traveled all day and weary and worn

With bleeding feet and clothes that were torn

He entered the peaceful valley town

Just as the golden sun went down

But he seemed to have lost his GUIDING LIGHT

The windows were dark that had once been so bright,

And hungry and tired and lonely and cold

He cried, WON’T YOU SHOW ME THE WONDOWS OF GOLD?

And a kind hand touch him and said, BEHOLD

HIGH ON THE MOUNTAIN ARE

THE WINDOWS OF GOLD.

For the sun going down in a great golden ball

Had burnished the windows of his cabin so small

And THE KINGDOM OF GOD with its

GREAT SHINING LIGHT,

Like the golden windows that shone so bright,

Is not a far distant place somewhere,

It’s as close to you as a silent prayer…

And your search for God will end and begin

When you look for HIM and

FIND HIM WITHIN

Helen Steiner Rice

 

GOOD MORNING !

I sorta feel like that boy searching for his golden windows today. The weekend has come and I’m wishing and looking for SPRING .

Our trip to the campground was cancelled today and we won’t go now for a few weeks. It is not good weather to be moving a camper today for sure. It is only 15 degrees outside.

Tomorrow I’lll still go shopping with DD to see what kind of sales we can find, so that will help to brighten things a bit. They will probably have a lot of winter clearance.

I found this old calendar picture when I was cleaning out some things the other day so I scanned it in my computer to share with you all today

 

Just in case you cannot read it what it says --

And thank you Lord for every major appliance

That either hasn’t broken down in the past 12 months

Or is still under warranty

Isn’t it the truth, that we can find lots to be thankful for in our every day lives.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

He answers him from His holy heaven With the saving power of His right hand

Psalm 20:6

May your day be blessed with a few SMILES

and lots of SUNSHINE to warm your heart

MA

 

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