DIR Return Create A Forum - Home
---------------------------------------------------------
LIVING WATER CHRISTIAN FORUM
HTML https://livingwater.createaforum.com
---------------------------------------------------------
*****************************************************
DIR Return to: Secular And Social Chatroom
*****************************************************
#Post#: 9266--------------------------------------------------
A moment(s) in time.
By: Helen Date: October 18, 2016, 10:50 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Pat and I are on a facebook page all about art. Started by my
brother Neil. < kings art.uk >
As neither Pat or myself paint much these days, first she,
then Neil, ( and now I ) started posting short poems. Any
type...in fact on that page "anything goes"! ha!
So when Pat posted her last poem...(about a walk she took) I
thought.."That may work as a pleasant thread on LW " One of my
responses to her poem was -
< Helen Vitler to Pat Ball,....that sounds like "a moment
in time" we don't get many of them..but when we do, as you
say...they are unforgettable. >
So, I for one would be interested in the 'moments in time'
that you have had, and now have as cherished memories. We don't
get many of them in our life, but we all get a few now and
again. Moments, things that stick in our minds and caused us to
'pause'.
I remember when I was about 8 years old and being very sick
in bed with asthma ( which was a regular occurrence while still
in England)...Neil my older brother came into the bedroom and
lay across the end of the bed. ( about 13 yrs old) the doctor,
and my mum were always trying to get me to breath DEEP &
SLOWLY...but as I couldn't breath at all, or get oxygen, my
breathing was short and fast. ( which I believe as a child
allowed the spirit of fear to grab hold of me ...and took many a
year to get delivered from it!!)
Neil was trying to distract me and slow me down. He
started making up a story about an elf living in our garden.
To cut a long story short, the Elf ended up on the window sill,
and he knocked to be let in, Neil at that point started
laughing...he could hardly choke it out, ...that when I went to
open the window I knocked the poor Elf right off the sill!ing so
hard with Neil !
Now why that sticks in my mind so strongly I don't
know....maybe my laughing ( has anyone tried laughing, with
Asthma??? ) ..cured my shallow breathing I have no idea. But
that "moment in time" sticks strongly as an early 'precious,
happy, memory.'
-
#Post#: 9268--------------------------------------------------
Re: A moment(s) in time.
By: Pat Date: October 18, 2016, 11:36 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Good thread Helen. I'll put my poem on. One cure or help for
asthma sufferers was to get them to learn to play a brass or
woodwind instrument to control the breathing.
#Post#: 9269--------------------------------------------------
Re: A moment(s) in time.
By: Pat Date: October 18, 2016, 11:53 am
---------------------------------------------------------
MISTY MORNING
Today I thought I’d take a walk
Through the early morning park
And what a vision met my sight,
A scene of wonder and delight.
The sun’s rays shone down through the mist
And bare black trees with diamonds kissed.
Their ghostly shapes, so black and cold,
Were truly lovely to behold.
A sight so magical and fresh
I had to pause to catch my breath;
The sunshine, warm upon my face,
Thoughts of another time and place.
A scene straight out of fairyland,
Created by the Master’s hand;
A precious moment, caught in time
That in memory is for ever mine.
This was a few years ago when I went for a walk in our park
which is just across the road. The entry across from us leads on
to the highest part of the park looking over the lower levels
which are near the river bank. There was a mist in the hollow
but the sun was shining and lit up the dew on the branches of
the bare winter trees and it look absolutely wonderfully
beautiful and fantastic. I've never seen it like that before or
since.
#Post#: 9344--------------------------------------------------
Re: A moment(s) in time.
By: Pat Date: October 28, 2016, 1:18 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
It's all been a bit quiet on here for the last few days so I
thought I'd add another of my 'moments'.
AN AIR OF CHANGE
It’s very still on this October morning;
The dove-grey clouds send down a soft grey mist,
Which forms a slick upon the slate-grey rooftops.
And dampness hangs suspended in the air.
The birds fly high on this October morning;
Black silhouettes against the dove-grey sky;
Whirling and diving, both in pairs and singly
Flaunt their air-borne skills in the morning air.
The trees hang limp on this October morning;
Their colours changing to autumnal gold;
Still heavy with the leaves which have not fallen,
Dewed by the Scotch mist in the morning air.
Now stirs the wind on this October morning;
Those dove-grey clouds are now a darker hue;
And trees now toss and sway their laden branches
Drenched by the rainfall in the morning air.
Roof tops are dry, on this October evening;
And sunlight filters through the breaking clouds.
No hint of breezes stir autumnal branches
Now hanging heavy in the evening air.
Now at the close of this October evening;
The sky is blue with pearly, golden clouds.
This sunset ends this mix of autumn weather
As darkness once more claims the evening air.
© Pat Ball 08.10.05
#Post#: 9346--------------------------------------------------
Re: A moment(s) in time.
By: James Date: October 29, 2016, 4:37 am
---------------------------------------------------------
[font=comic sans ms]I read this the other day and thought I can
not think of anything that has stuck with me.
Then a lot later when not thinking I remembered a long time ago
when I was about 9 passing my Dad's bedroom and seeing him
kneeling by his bed in prayer. It stamped a picture that if I
think of him, and how he must have felt praying for years for
our salvation ( now having walked in his shoes for 70 years )
this is the picture that comes to mind. It is a picture that
encourages me when ever I get fed up and think is anything going
to change. He saw the change and so have I but I so quickly
forget and a man in a black suit kneeling by a bed gives me
strength. I still miss him![/font]
#Post#: 9350--------------------------------------------------
Re: A moment(s) in time.
By: Helen Date: October 29, 2016, 9:07 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
A good one James. As you say, one that sticks.
I remember the same man, too old and sick to kneel any
more...but the night he died, we got him into bed with his
oxygen tube...I walked away saying I would check back in a
moment. I did, he had his bible open and was reading ALOUD from
Psalm 86, needless to say..I was totally AMAZED, he could hardly
breath (fluid on the lungs) let alone READ ALOUD...he then
closed his bible and closed his eyes and prayed in tongues. As
you said..NOT a memory that every leaves..a true 'moment in
time'.
That's the night I saw the angels, I knew he was going that
night..as they came into our bedroom too..giving comfort and a
'knowing'....they came for him..which is ANOTHER moment in time
that I shall never ever forget. He left his 'tent' at 1am.
#Post#: 9356--------------------------------------------------
Re: A moment(s) in time.
By: Pat Date: November 2, 2016, 12:22 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Just reading Dave's post on the other site reminded me of
another' moment' that I will always remember. We were driving
through Hardknott Pass in the Lake district one snowy Boxing Day
afternoon just as the sun was setting and the golden light from
the sun reflecting off the snow was breathtakingly beautiful.
As always when I see such beauty my heart praises God who
created it.
*****************************************************