Awash With Glory

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I walked down the hill, asking the Lord,

"What do You wish to show me?"

Worried I'd missed His timing,

Concerned there was somehow now nothing He could reveal 

in this gathering gloom--

Then I rounded the bend, and I saw.

The full majesty of an October sunset shone forth,

Advancing from a distant peak as from Mount Zion itself.

The firmament shot through and suffused with holy fire,

The pavement of the dwelling place of the Most High

 awash with His glory.

To the left, falling into a quasi-display of the Northern Lights;

To the right, eddying into flawless brushstrokes of pink and lilac.

And with the sight came a surety:

God is.
God loves.




And then there's this, because everyone should have the chance to see this picture.

Comments

  1. Katie HannaOctober 8, 2015 at 8:14 PM

    THANK YOU.
    Girl, you're the best. This is just what I needed :)

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    1. OliviaOctober 9, 2015 at 7:24 PM

      *blushes and grins profusely* Thank YOU, Jessica! I'm so glad it encouraged you:)

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  2. AnonymousOctober 8, 2015 at 9:20 PM

    Wow, you wrote this?! It's so beautiful! :) I write poems (different to that - I tend to do rhyming words ones) but nothing quite so beautiful. I think I may have to read it three times over. :D
    ~Miss Meg March

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    1. AnonymousOctober 8, 2015 at 9:22 PM

      Oh, and also, those last two lines give me shivers. The good kind. "God is. God loves." Amen. :)
      ~Miss Meg

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    2. OliviaOctober 9, 2015 at 7:27 PM

      Aww, thank you so much, Miss Meg! Oh, you do? That's so awesome--I admire people who write rhyming poetry. I can do it sometimes but usually it just comes out rather trite and awful. So the people who can do it and work at it successfully deserve a lot of admiration, in my opinion;) Pish-tush! I'm sure yours are BEAUTIFUL. Daww, thanks:D I'm so glad it gave you shivers! That makes me happy:)

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    3. AnonymousOctober 10, 2015 at 11:04 PM

      Thank you, as a matter of fact, I've shown you one of my poems before. :) If you are curious, then it was on your part three of the "Ask Me Anything" you did sometime around May, and it was in the comments. Those are the kind of poems I write. :D
      ~Miss Meg

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    4. OliviaOctober 11, 2015 at 5:51 PM

      I thought so! I remember your poem from your turn in the Society of Literary Ladies, and--oh, yes! That one! I really, really like the last stanza of that poem;D

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  3. AbigailOctober 8, 2015 at 10:07 PM

    Olivia, that was beautiful! Keep writing!

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    1. OliviaOctober 9, 2015 at 7:27 PM

      Thank you so much, Abigail! You're too sweet:)

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  4. Naomi PittsOctober 9, 2015 at 2:24 AM

    Amen!!! If you wrote this, that's beautiful and amazing!

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    1. OliviaOctober 9, 2015 at 7:28 PM

      Thanks a bunch, Naomi! I really appreciate it!

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  5. Rosie McCannOctober 9, 2015 at 9:42 AM

    Did you write this? Either way, it is Amazingly Lovely! Thanks for sharing it!!!

    Oh, and that picture. Soooooooo cute! :)

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    1. OliviaOctober 9, 2015 at 7:29 PM

      Well, sort of...most of it was just God speaking to me through the sunset:) But thank you so much, Rosie!!!

      (I KNOW. LOOK AT DA BABY.)

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    2. Rosie McCannOctober 9, 2015 at 8:19 PM

      Your welcome :) I love sunsets - I know what exactly what you mean, although I am not at all able to put it into words the way you do. Looking at them you can just SEE and FEEL the wonderful presence of God.

      Maybe you could name him. What about Cedar? Of course you don't have to ;)

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  6. Emma JaneOctober 9, 2015 at 9:48 AM

    Olivia, this is just right. Beautiful. :-D

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  7. Miss MarchOctober 9, 2015 at 10:50 AM

    Beautiful, Olivia! Simply beautiful!

    ~Miss March

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    1. OliviaOctober 9, 2015 at 7:30 PM

      Thank you so much, Miss March! You guys are all just the sweetest people *hugs*

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  8. NatalieOctober 9, 2015 at 12:00 PM

    Ohhh, this is simply lovely!! Wonderful job, Olivia. You paint a marvelous picture with your words!

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    1. OliviaOctober 9, 2015 at 7:31 PM

      Oh! Thank you so much, Natalie! That means so much to me:)

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  9. Erudessa ArandurielOctober 9, 2015 at 3:36 PM

    Beautiful Olivia.

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  10. EkaterinaOctober 10, 2015 at 1:02 AM

    This is so beautiful! Thank you for making my day.

    P.S. I love the picture. :-)

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    1. OliviaOctober 11, 2015 at 5:51 PM

      Oh! Thank YOU for making MY day, Ekaterina!

      Heehee, yes, isn't it darling?:)

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  11. EvangelineOctober 10, 2015 at 2:51 AM

    Hear that squeaking over the squirrel? Yeah that's me! I love the poem! :D

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