Hand Maiden's Muse: September 2010

9.29.2010

better than a hallelujah

i LOVE this SONG!!

i've been listening to it over and over and over again.....

i hope you are having a great week so far..:)

♥
Ruth

p.s: thank you for your love and prayers!

9.26.2010

...uninspired

thats me....

i know i've been MIA again this whole week... this time its not my sick PC that keeps me away from blogging. its ME... uninspired me....

if you are clueless about why i'm not inspired... i have no special reason other than my hectic work schedule. i've been working six days, 12 hours a day... and that's tiring!

and i'm feeling a little conflicted deep within... i have had to make decisions... tough ones. although i'm excited about what God has instored for me i also feel a deep sense of loneliness and i'm scared to death... at times. at times i feel my heart churns out inspiration like a stream of river and i'm elated... but there is this unknown dilemma that kicks in what ifs... i'm stepping out in FAITH nevertheless...

have you ever felt that way...conflicted ?

i'm sorry this post have to be this way... but i just wanted to be honest with you y'all my sweet friends. 'cause i know y'all understand.

and now that i have a few hours by myself before i get to bed... i'm going to make myself some coffee, and perhaps listen to some country songs while i sit and sip my coffee... staring out the window.

so until next post,

have a blessed week sweet friends!!

♥

Ruth

9.18.2010

the wonder of it all....

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? ~ Psalm 8: 4

of late i have been so drawn to the beauty of God's beautiful creation. the beauty that i see in sunrise or sunset or just a little flower blooming fills me with wonder. i'm thrilled beyond words to know that i am LOVED by the God who created all these. and i find myself singing this song.. morning, day and night....

There’s the wonder at sunset at evening

The wondrous sunrise I see

But the wonder of wonders that thrills my soul

Is the wonder that God loves me

The wonder of it all

Just to think that God loves me

Oh the wonder of it all

The wonder of it all

Just to think that God loves me

There’s the wonder of spring time and harvest

The sky, the stars, the sun

But the wonder of wonders that thrills my soul

Is the wonder that’s only begun

Please visit Spiritual Sunday for uplifting posts.

Have a great weekend!!

♥

Ruth

9.17.2010

i'm back...

i've missed you all! my PC was so sick the whole week... i had to have a tech come over to fix it... my that hurt my budget. but i'm happy... the bad virus that made my PC sick is killed and gotten rid of...:) and now that i have my PC back... up and running... i'm going to try and catch up with what i missed out during the week.

i thank you all for stopping by...thank you also for your sweet comments and emails.

while i was MIA in blog land , i did something i've always wanted to do....

trudge....

in a place like this... it was fun!

and now i must get visiting the lovely blogs...:) thanks for stopping by... and while you're here, do tell my PC not to fall so sick again! lets look forward to a great weekend!!

Love,

Ruth

9.10.2010

I look at the swaling sunset

thank you all for the sweet sweet comments left on my previous post. my computer crashed and i have no access to the Internet since my previous post... i'm posting this from my friend's to let y'all know that I've not forgotten you, and i miss visiting and reading your posts. i hope to get it fixed soon. now lets look forward to a great weekend....leaving you one of my sunset pictures and a favorite poem for now...:)

I look at the swaling sunset

And wish I could go also

Through the red doors beyond the black-purple bar.

I wish that I could go

Through the red doors where I could put off

My shame like shoes in the porch,

My pain like garments,

And leave my flesh discarded lying

Like luggage of some departed traveller

Gone one knows not where.

Then I would turn round,

And seeing my cast-off body lying like lumber,

I would laugh with joy.

~David Herbert Lawrence

Love you all!!

Ruth

9.05.2010

mount with wings...

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. - Isaiah 40:30,31

i don't know what kind of bird it is (in the pic), but i was watching it feeding on something on a huge branch. for no apparent reason it all of a sudden spread its powerful wings, spiraled upward. It soared higher, eventually dissolved into something like a tiny dot and disappeared.

this sight reminded me of the above uplifting verses from Isaiah 40. it says that when we trust and wait on the Lord, we shall mount with wings... rise above difficulties... fly above the mists and darkness of earth into the clear sunshine of God’s presence. just how cool that is !

i learned that the eagle has rapidity of flight, power of scent and keenness of vision. so when God says that we will mount up with wings like eagles, it means our mounting up is not only a matter of rising above difficulties, it involves a JOYOUS and QUICK DISCERNMENT of the WILL and WAY of God for us and the keen VISION of Himself by FAITH.

here's a beautiful song Everlasting God by Lincoln Brewster.