“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” (Eccles. 3:11)
There is a unique beauty about a winter landscape as there is with the other three seasons and there is also a terrible beauty about this ‘winter time’ we are moving through in the world.
As we are forced to ‘slow down’ we have the opportunity to reflect on fundamental questions about life and it’s meaning and to learn afresh to appreciate and enjoy ‘home’ and family. These are just two of the ‘silver linings’.
This is also a time of learning to trust God more fully and to be open to new possibilities. Both of these come into play when an income source dries up and people have to look out beyond ‘the box’ they’ve been in.
The little video above says more than a thousand words. Hilary has been learning to exercise her creativity by launching WEEONESWEAR. You can visit it here.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/weeoneswearshop
As she spends time in her craft room researching and designing and making these beautiful ‘one off’ items of clothing for ‘one off’ ‘wee ones’, she has been putting on the CDs we have been privelidged to record over the years.
Quite honestly after finishing a recording I’m not inclined to spend much time listening to these songs that I’ve heard thousands of times during the recording and mixing process! However as Hilary has been playing them in the background we have both found these albums to be an incredible gift not just to others but to ourselves once again!
The scripture based lyrics enhanced by the God given melodies so build up our spirits, as we sing or whistle or hum along, adding those other elements given spontaneously by the spirit to make the song once again a fresh and unique expression of worship.
In this ‘spontaneous’ recording made as I went to summon Hilary for dinner, you can hear her add in that missing whistled harmony that was always needed to ‘complement’ Norman and Carol’s beautiful singing on a song from ‘Good Morning’ Dad’, about coming to know God’s faithfulness : – )
How appropriate for these days when all may seem ‘dead and bare’ above the ground, but where faith sees ‘life and and hope’ abounding beneath the surface….. and beauty in it all.
When we do venture out in the car we no longer tune in to MPR’s diet of Covid fear mongering propaganda, but are incredibly blessed as we now revisit the uplifting and faith building CD recordings of our son’s songs!
We are indeed blessed beyond words!!