The Dusk of the Times

 An evening walk produced the following poem and pictures taken with my iPhone.

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The bright blue gray of dusk masks the trees, leaves, and grasses.

But the red clay beneath my feet keeps me walking tall and breathing steady.

Through the silvery edges of age lining the tree stumps, 

an echo of triumph and glory resounds in my chest.

Oh, light of old, a singer's thread, comes nigh and twix my tongue. 

 A still and quiet wakening is naught but mine to hold. 

 And when the solemn, silent gust of freedom should knock me down... 

 I rise again. Nay, I fly again, high, on this abundant coast.

This is Home.

This morning, I felt impressed to look up this song from the Chronicles of Narnia by Switchfoot entitled, "This is Home."

I've got my memories

They're always

Inside of me

But I can't go back

Back to how it was

I believe it now

I've come too far

But I can't go back

Back to how it was

Created for a place

I've never known

[Chorus]

This is home

Now I'm finally

Where I belong

Where I belong

Yeah, this is home

I've been searching

For a place of my own

Now I've found it

Maybe this is home

Yeah, this is home

Belief over misery

I've seen the enemy

And I won't go back

Back to how it was

And I've got my heart set

On what happens next

I've got my eyes wide

And it's not over yet

We are miracles

And we're not alone

(Chorus)

And now after all

My searching

After all my questions

I'm gonna call it home

I've got

A brand new mindset

I can finally see

The sunset

I'm gonna call it home

(Chorus)

Author C.S. Lewis wrote, "If I discover within myself the desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."

What I see in this music video and in the Chronicle of Narnia series is a feeling of dissatisfaction among the children who have tasted Narnia. They have experienced Aslan's kingdom as Kings and Queens of Narnia. They have defeated beasts and worked as a team. The land is breathtaking and wild. So they yearn. Their hearts are not satisfied in the world. They desire more because they have tasted more.

In the same way, I have experienced Heaven and tasted of its wonders. I have been physically and emotionally healed. I have fought for His kingdom. I am a Queen there. His leadership is perfect and the land is wild and mysterious.

I belong there. My spirit resonates with that fact every time I glimpse it more.

So remember when you are praying. When you are worshiping. When you are seeing restoration and when you are experiencing mystery.

This is Home.