tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post8433853387604590193..comments2023-05-01T04:51:15.777-07:00Comments on Gladsome Lights: Homesick in Our HomesGretchenJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-16918909520555495182009-12-20T05:15:11.090-08:002009-12-20T05:15:11.090-08:00Years ago, at camp in British Columbia, I noticed ...Years ago, at camp in British Columbia, I noticed college students longing for "home" but not an earthly home. They craved the home this poem speaks of. They would try to order their bunk, their meals, their responsibilities as they worked there, up in the fjords of the Princess Louisa Inlet. This place smelled of wet trees, lush green ferns and wood smoke. The view was high mountains jutting out of the water, toward the sky and cold salty waters with an occasional seal quietly gliding along. The meals were communal in a dining room built on rocks,overlooking rapids. It was such a metaphor to me, the way the young people loved this temporary home as they longed for true HOME. Oh, that we would allow our hearts more space and time to hear the call of HOME.Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-64259878497622110932009-12-19T06:39:54.272-08:002009-12-19T06:39:54.272-08:00"And our peace is put in impossible things
Wh..."And our peace is put in impossible things<br />Where clashed and thundered unthinkable wings<br />Round an incredible star."<br /><br />Just wow. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing this.gretchen from lifenuthttp://www.lifenut.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-14594277409491016302009-12-18T17:13:30.626-08:002009-12-18T17:13:30.626-08:00Last year I read, and remained in, Isaiah 11 durin...Last year I read, and remained in, Isaiah 11 during Advent. It fanned the flame of that homesickness. O come O come Emmanuel indeed.Janethttp://acrossthepage.netnoreply@blogger.com