I penned a little note this morning to send away to my sewing friend thanking her for hosting our Sewing Group just this past Saturday in her gracious home. I knew it must be put into the mailbox before noon to go out. I opened the screen door and I noticed that it was steadily raining. Always clinging to the adage that" I am not made of sugar, I won't melt", I confidently opened my umbrella and headed down the graveled driveway. The sharp pitter-patter of the raindrops hitting my umbrella and the rain's nervous tapping on the tree's leaves along with the abrasive crunching of my sandals on the gravel filled me with marvelous sound/word pictures. I was reminded of how I once read that Laura Ingalls Wilder in her Little House series learned this art as a young girl while describing the prairie to a blind Mary.
We have become accustomed to movies, videos, and YouTube channels showing us everything, leaving us with little or no imagination needed to fill in the gaps. Have you ever read a book, then later watch the movie version of that book? How different was it from the pictures you had developed in your brain? Did the characters look similar, were the rooms described in your own mind the same as those depicted in the movie? And this can function the other way as well. You may watch a movie and then read the book. How influenced are you by the characters developed in the movie? Did you imagine them basically the same way? Did you continue with the movie's character images, its furniture, houses, streets, and location?
Oh, be ye gladOh, be ye gladEvery debt that you ever hadHas been paid up in fullBy the grace of the LordBe ye glad, be ye glad, be ye glad
I owned this CD back when I was a younger woman and I am extremely glad every time I sing it thinking about what He had purchased for me.
"I will rejoice and be glad in Thee: I will sing praise to Thy name, O Thou most high." Psalm 9:2
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