Friday, April 1, 2022

A is for....Ancient


 There is a song that runs through my mind when I use the word ancient, Ancient Words.  We used to sing this at the church where I grew up and spent most of my adult years.  "Ancient words, ever true, changing me and changing you.  We have come with open hearts, oh let the ancient words impart."  

When I was in Mexico with the youth from church the summer of 2019, we were visiting the home of one of the girls from our youth group and she took us to the ruins of an old Spanish hacienda.  Each day we would have quiet time and this day we had our quiet time beneath this ancient Joshua Tree.  It felt a little bit like sacred ground.  How much went on around this tree over the many years that it has stood there.  It has seen much more life than I have and God has known it all.

"Holy words, long preserved, for our walk in this world.  They resound with God's own heart, oh let the ancient words impart."

Beneath the Joshua Tree


12 comments:

  1. Lovely sketches. The words to the song are a perfect pairing.

    Maggie visiting from AtoZ https://fromcavewalls.wordpress.com

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    1. Thanks, I do love the song and the sketches...but then I am partial.

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  2. What lovely images and memories. Joshua trees always seem so magical and otherwordly to me.

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    1. Thanks, they are very unique and stand out on the horizon

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  3. Great sketches! I'm visiting from April A to Z Roadtrip!

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  4. Beautiful sketches and visualization of sitting below the tree in silence! Such serenity! Hoping over from the A-Z road trip!

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  5. Beautiful song. And the tree looks ancient in your sketches.
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  6. Your sketches are wonderful! I love your watercolor technique. I really get a feel for the location.

    AnjelaCurtis.com via AtoZ Road Trip... 🚗

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  7. Fantastic looking tree. Sounds like a good memory.

    Stopping by from the A to Z ROAD TRIP!
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  8. A lovely post. I'm visiting from the A to Z Road trip A to Z 2022 Christmas

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  9. Stopping by from the A to Z Road Trip. I enjoyed your sketches in April!

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