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Advent: Day 28
Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has wrought desolations in the earth.
Psalm 46:8, Revised Standard Version
Psalm 46:8, Revised Standard Version
Desolate places,
wrought by mighty spirit-hands—
are there no wrong turns?
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wrought by mighty spirit-hands—
are there no wrong turns?
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More Sensational Haiku Wednesday with the theme “Spirit” here
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Advent: Day 27
Praise the LORD from the earth, you sea monsters and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command!
Psalm 148:7-8, Revised Standard Version
Psalm 148:7-8, Revised Standard Version
Spirit of the snows,
teach the frost and fire and hail
holy words of praise.
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More Sensational Haiku Wednesday with the theme “Spirit” here
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teach the frost and fire and hail
holy words of praise.
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More Sensational Haiku Wednesday with the theme “Spirit” here
More Poetry Picnic Week 18 poems with the theme “Snow” here
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
More The Purple Treehouse haiku here
More Shadow Shot Sunday photos here
More SkyWatch Friday photos here
More Friday’s Fences photos here
More Himmelsk photos here
Advent: Day 26
He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes. He casts forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold?
Psalm 147:16-17, Revised Standard Version
Psalm 147:16-17, Revised Standard Version
These icy morsels
will not quell my hunger pangs—
Spirit, feed my heart!
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More Sensational Haiku Wednesday with the theme “Spirit” here
More Poetry Picnic Week 18 poems with the theme “Snow” here
More Shadow Shot Sunday photos here
More The Purple Treehouse haiku here
More I Heart Macro photos here
will not quell my hunger pangs—
Spirit, feed my heart!
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More Sensational Haiku Wednesday with the theme “Spirit” here
More Poetry Picnic Week 18 poems with the theme “Snow” here
More Shadow Shot Sunday photos here
More The Purple Treehouse haiku here
More I Heart Macro photos here
Advent: Day 25
Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD! Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore! From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the LORD is to be praised!
Psalm 113:1-3, Revised Standard Version
Psalm 113:1-3, Revised Standard Version
Advent: Day 24
Come and see what God has done: he is terrible in his deeds among men. He turned the sea into dry land; men passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him…
Psalm 66:5-6, Revised Standard Version
Psalm 66:5-6, Revised Standard Version
Spirit, turn the seas
and rivers into dry land,
so we may pass through.
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Photo: Northern Arizona
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and rivers into dry land,
so we may pass through.
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More Poetry Picnic Week 18 poems with the theme “Wildness” here
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Advent: Day 23
Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to thee, when my heart is faint. Lead thou me to the rock that is higher than I; for thou art my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.
Psalm 61:1-3, Revised Standard Version
Psalm 61:1-3, Revised Standard Version
Hear my cry, O God—
lead me to the highest rock
when my heart is faint.
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Photo: Northern Arizona
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lead me to the highest rock
when my heart is faint.
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More Poetry Picnic Week 18 poems with the theme “Wildness” here
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Advent: Day 22
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness, the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the LORD makes the oaks to whirl, and strips the forests bare; and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
Psalm 29:8-9, Revised Standard Version
Psalm 29:8-9, Revised Standard Version
Shake the wilderness
with Your mighty voice, Lord God—
strip the forests bare!
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Photo: Northern Arizona
More Poetry Picnic Week 18 poems with the theme “Wildness” here
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with Your mighty voice, Lord God—
strip the forests bare!
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More Poetry Picnic Week 18 poems with the theme “Wildness” here
More Postcards from Paradise at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
More Straight Out of the Camera shots here
More Shadow Shot Sunday photos here
More SkyWatch Friday photos here
More Himmelsk photos here
Advent: Day 21
My heart is in anguish within me, the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me. And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; yea, I would wander afar, I would lodge in the wilderness, I would haste to find me a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.”
Psalm 55:4-8, Revised Standard Version
Psalm 55:4-8, Revised Standard Version
If I were a dove,
I would fly to seek my rest
in the wilderness.
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More Poetry Picnic Week 18 poems with the theme “Wildness” here
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
More Straight Out of the Camera shots here
More Shadow Shot Sunday photos here
More SkyWatch Friday photos here
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I would fly to seek my rest
in the wilderness.
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More Poetry Picnic Week 18 poems with the theme “Wildness” here
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
More Straight Out of the Camera shots here
More Shadow Shot Sunday photos here
More SkyWatch Friday photos here
More Himmelsk photos here
Advent: Day 20
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalm 51:7, Revised Standard Version
Purge me with hyssop
and wash me whiter than snow—
my heart Your covert.
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More The Thursday Think Tank with the theme “Off the Cuff” here
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More Haiku Heights with the theme “Covert” here
More Shadow Shot Sunday photos here
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and wash me whiter than snow—
my heart Your covert.
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Photo: Northern Arizona
More The Thursday Think Tank with the theme “Off the Cuff” here
More Poetry Picnic Week 18 poems with the theme “Snow” here
More Haiku My Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon here
More Haiku Heights with the theme “Covert” here
More Shadow Shot Sunday photos here
More SkyWatch Friday photos here
More Himmelsk photos here
Advent: Day 19
The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
Psalm 50:1, Revised Standard Version
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