Here is the hymn of comfort….
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Wren learned a “new” old hymn for the hymn of comfort today! Enjoy the lightning show going on in the background!!
It’s a gloomy afternoon here, so why not a little ditty to get you up and moving! Wren wanted to compose something for today’s “hymn of comfort”. We have been watching the baby squirrels clown around in the backyard, and this is what her inspiration was for this piece. It’s pretty short, and I can hear her composition teacher now… you need to make this longer!! For now, just listen a couple of times 🙂
I found the most amazing place today. It was just me and the creatures! While this post is named for the Hymn of comfort, when I finished my hike it did look “Like” I had tried to cross “a River”… And the Hike was “Glorious!” This place has no developed trails – this may be why I was alone!
I am definitely going to have to come back to this place to follow the seasons! Of course, I was excited to see the birds, but it was equally exciting to see all of the green coming up throughout the prairie and many things starting to bloom!
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arranged by Anna Laura (Nonnie) Page
The Hymn of Comfort for today is In Christ Alone. We hope you are finding peace and joy in these days…
There are so many reasons for hope!
The hymn of comfort today is God is Love; His Mercy Brightens. I went back to visit the owls today. One way I know God is Love is by the way he provides for his creation. I was able to watch all 3 owls. The mother was flying between trees because another couple was walking too close to the owlet (I think this is why), so I was able to get some “in flight” photos. The pictures aren’t the best, but you can see the amazing feet/claws, and the gorgeous wings. Owl flight is totally silent! This makes them amazing hunters and providers for their young.
I want to keep celebrating Earth Day (Week) by sharing some photos of this beautiful world with you! There is beauty everywhere you look, including your backyard, but I want to share some photos from some amazing places I’ve been, and of some amazing creatures! Wren’s “hymn of comfort” is not a hymn today…but we thought Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World was appropriate!
Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. I wish we didn’t have to have a day that reminded people that we need to care for the earth. I wish it was just what we did because it was the right thing to do!! We chose the name Wren for our amazing kid because we wanted her to know that she can play a special role in caring for God’s creation! We wanted to acknowledge that God loves wrens of all kinds and that caring for creation was a way to love our neighbors (human and non-human). Right after she was born, her Nonnie was holding her and singing about the birds in our yard…and the song, Wren’s Song, came to be.
The hymn of comfort is our Wren, playing Wren’s Song with her Nonnie (on piano) 11 years later! The text to the song will follow the video.
I see a bird up in the tree, I know it’s singing a song for me. Tweedle-deedle-dee, high up in the tree, thank you God for making birds to see! Tweedle-deedle-dee, high up in the tree, thank you God for loving me!
I see the lilies of the field, soft and white and my heart is filled. Joy and Peace, never cease. Thank you God for making flowers to see. Joy and Peace, never cease. Thank you God for loving me!
Tweedle-deedle-dee. High up in the tree. Thank you God for making birds to see. Joy and Peace, never cease. Thank you God for loving me!
The hymn of comfort tonight is How Great Thou Art. We love how the words of this hymn describes the majesty of God! Seemed fitting for Earth Week
We also have some GREAT news!!! The GREAT horned owlet is fine! We saw it tonight (and mamma owl). I underestimated the age of the owl, and so I was worried when it wasn’t in the nest. I’m thinking this owlet must be around 4-5 weeks. It’s starting to get some of its adult feathers, and is moving away from the nest. The mom owl is still around keeping a close watch!!! Just so you know, I have a long lens on my camera, and It try to keep a good distance from the owls. We don’t walk between the mom and the baby either!
I can only tell this is the female, because it is the owl that was on the nest – male and female Great Horned Owls are slightly different sizes, but otherwise not very different.
There were other beautiful things to see tonight!!
This is Earth Week! Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of Earth Week, and so we want to spend the week highlighting God’s amazing creation! One of the most spectacular things I’ve been able to show Wren was the Milky Way. When we were in Utah last summer, we went out into Canyonlands National Park (one of the darkest skies in the US) to watch the sunset and the stars emerge.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:3-9
What an awesome blessing that we have been asked to care for this amazing creation! Earth Week is a great time to think about how we are living out this call! This Earth Week is giving us a unique opportunity. We are all being forced to live more simply and more slowly. Scientists are already noticing changes – carbon emissions are down, light pollution is decreased, air quality is increased…and I’m sure there are other less-obvious benefits. Things we haven’t thought to measure yet. I know scientists are measuring changes in the soundscape, and I’ve noticed slight changes in animal behavior! Living out this “shelter-at-home” lifestyle might just help us see the ways we can change our impacts on creation through our consumption of resources! Creation will benefit if we see how we can maintain these changes.
Wren’s hymn of comfort tonight is How Firm a Foundation. We were thinking about the stars today before she recorded, so you might hear a little Twinkle sneak it’s way into what she played…
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