O for a Closer Walk With God

O for a closer walk with God,
a calm and heav'nly frame,
a light to shine upon the road
that leads me to the Lamb!

Where is the blessedness I knew
when first I sought the Lord?
Where is the soul refreshing view
of Jesus and His Word?

What peaceful hours I then enjoyed!
How sweet their mem'ry still!
But they have left an aching void
the world can never fill.

Return, O holy Dove, return,
sweet messenger of rest;
I hate the sins that made Thee mourn,
and drove Thee from my breast.

The dearest idol I have known,
whate'er that idol be,
help me to tear it from Thy throne
and worship only Thee.

So shall my walk be close with God,
calm and serene my frame;
so purer light shall mark the road
that leads me to the Lamb.

- O for a Closer Walk With God by William Cowper

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The Beginning of Summer

"None of the children knew who Aslan was any more than you do; but the moment the Beaver had spoken these words everyone felt quite different. Perhaps it has sometimes happened to you in a dream that someone says something which you don't understand but in the dream it feels as if it had some enormous meaning--either a terrifying one which turns the whole dream into a nightmare or else a lovely meaning too lovely to put into words, which makes the dream so beautiful that you remember it all your life and are always wishing you could get into that dream again. It was like that now. At the name of Aslan each one of the children felt something jump in its inside. Edmund felt a sensation of mysterious horror. Peter felt suddenly brave and adventurous. Susan felt as if some delicious smell or some delightful strain of music had just floated by her. And Lucy got the feeling you have when you wake up in the morning and realize that it is the beginning of the holidays or the beginning of summer."

- C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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Spine Labels - Set 57

spine labels
noun (plural) - a collection of odds and ends that are as random as reading spine labels in a bookstore

Tomato-Feta Dip

Passport Cover and Luggage Tag, World Expedition Edition

Silver Piano/Organ Keyboard Bangle

STABILO Swing Cool Highlighter Wallet Set

Beatrix Potter Tea Tin

Amelia Earhart, Little People, BIG DREAMS

Doodling for Academics

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Literary nostalgia & Georgian splendour in Bath

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Holy God, We Praise Your Name

Holy God, we praise your name;
Sovereign God, we bow before you:
All on earth your scepter claim,
all the heavenly hosts adore you.
Infinite your vast domain,
everlasting is your reign.

Hark, the glad celestial hymn
angel choirs above are raising;
Cherubim and seraphim,
in unceasing chorus praising.
fill the heavens with joys aflame:
Holy, holy, is your name.

All apostles join the strain
as your sacred name they hallow;
Prophets swell the glad refrain,
and the blessed martyrs follow;
and from morn to set of sun,
through the church the song goes on.

Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, three we name you,
While in essence only one,
undivided God, we claim you;
So we gather reverently
to adore the mystery.

- author unknown

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