[Faith-talk] FW: [safehavenofrest] I AM my Father's Child by Maria Egilsson

[Eric Calhoun]

Original Message: 
From: "tbonesgirl77" <tbonesgirl77 at yahoo.com>
To: safehavenofrest at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [safehavenofrest] I AM my Father's Child by Maria Egilsson
Date: 
Sat, 12 Mar 2011 05:34:54 -0000

A Pregnant Pause
<http://thewoman2woman.blogspot.com/2011/03/pregnant-pause.html>       
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Spring has come early to the prairies and the fields are dry from snow 
long gone. Steel grey skies no longer hold the threat of snow to come. 
Buds begin to bulge on branches that are ready to embrace the new life 
as sap begins to run. Early blooms push bravely up seeking the rays of 
the sun.

There is the sense of a pregnant pause across the land; a waiting that 
is expectant in its quietness. It is as if the land is on the cusp of 
something new and wonderful, an awakening of sorts. Dust swirls in 
chaotic dance as the wind gently blows across the brittleness of last 
year's grass.

Trees seem to spread their branches even lower trying to catch the wind.
A flash of red breast announces the return of the robin; a herald of 
springs return. There is a whisper carried on the breeze; the voice of 
God calling forth that which has lain dormant through the long dark day 
of winter.

Nature bends its ear to hear the voice of Him who calls. Hope springs 
eternal as seasons of life come and go and come again. New life will 
spring forth; in His time and in its season. God whispers His promise in
the wind; "rain will come, it will fall on the dry and thirsty
land." A  gentle mist begins to fall gently onto the waiting tender
buds as  hungrily they drink in of its life giving flow. God whispers
and the  land will bloom again.

Link to song for this page...Healing Rain!
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31D2g7t5Bjs&feature=player_embedded>  
by Maria Egilsson