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"You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and
hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the
field will clap their hands." Isaiah 55:12


"The trees of the field will clap their hands". I like that song
from the psalms, but have always thought the words were sort of
stupid. Until that day on the top of the mountain, on a grassy
plateau overlooking valleys, mountain peaks, and somewhere down
there- rivers and towns. The alpine meadow was strewn with
wildflowers and blanketed with patches of purple lupine, yellow and
orange paintbrush, and ivory milkweed.


Reminiscent of the Sermon on the Mount and the Beattitudes, we were
sitting around listening to a man teach. That's when I noticed that
the tall grass was dancing and waving in the breeze, and the blue
spruce was swaying with its branches moving and "clapping".


The pastor waved his arm widely, and said, "If God can do all this
(panorama) with dirt, think of what He can do with us."

Yes, think!

Contributed by Sally I. Kennedy: boca7565@bellsouth.net Sally is the
author of "52 Little Parables from Ireland" Creation House Press.

PRAYER
"If only I possessed the grace, good Jesus, to be utterly at one with you! Amidst all the variety of worldly things around me, Lord, the only thing I crave is unity with you. You are all my soul needs. Unite, dear friend of my heart, this unique little soul of mine to your perfect goodness. You are all mine; when shall I be yours? Lord Jesus, my beloved, be the magnet of my heart; clasp, press, unite me for ever to your sacred heart. You have made me for yourself; make me one with you. Absorb this tiny drop of life into the ocean of goodness whence it came." (Prayer of Francis de Sales, 1567-1622)

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