January 2, 2009

Free pleasures from a good God



Just a few from the top of my head to start a new year. The pleasures are familiar but still as fresh as the first time!

1: Savoring the first cup of tea of the day and reading the bible in the bedroom before the kids wake up...




2: The smell of toast and marmalade permeating the house...




3: The wind waving through the tops of the pine trees...

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4: The first deep drink from your favorite pint...



5: A smile from your daughter!




6: Connecting lips with your wife!




7: The energizing rush of listening to a great album for the first time...



8: Fascinating patterns of fast-moving clouds...



9: The beauty and satisfaction of narrative power and visual images from a new novel...



In the spring of her 22nd year, Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life. An intense love, a veritable tornado sweeping across the plains - flattening everything in its path, tossing things up in the air, ripping them to shreds, crushing them to bits. The tornado's intensity doesn't abate for a second as it blasts across the ocean, laying waste to Angkor Wat, incinerating an Indian jungle, tigers and all, transforming itself into a Persian desert sandstorm, burying an exotic fortress city under a sea of sand. In short, a love of truly monumental proportions...

10: An unexpected phone call from good friends...








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