Category: definitions

Wonder and Delight

 
My soul, wait silently for God alone,
For my expectation is from Him.
Psalm 62:5 NKJV
 
 

 
 
 
 
This weekend I was wondering if I should take a couple weeks off from blogging, so I gave myself persmission to do just that.
 
 
Then this morning, I noticed the two chairs I recently placed around the table, painted with the words: Wonder and Delight.
 
I chose delight last summer, so I decided to paint another word on the second folding chair. I thought to myself, what word goes with delight? Moments later, wonder popped into my mind. I was delighted.
 
Always needing more definition in my life, I went to the dictionary to search out the meaning.
 
wonder (n): a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar or inexplicable. (New American Oxford Dictionary)
 
Ahhh…the joy of words strung together like jewels on a necklace. As I marvelled over the depth of wonder, I began to worship the One who delights to reveal Himself through words.
 
Here is a little poem to our Wonderful God, who delights in our praises.
 
Why,
O, Lord, do such
New and amazing
Discoveries
Enter daily into my
Reality?
 
May this be your experience today:
 
Wide-
Opened eyes delighting in
New
Discoveries.
Embracing ever-widening
Reality.
 
 

 
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31 Days of Nourishment for the Soul {Day 6}

You may not have noticed, but I am participating in the 31 Days of Challenge offered by The Nester. It is a challenge to write on a topic for 31 days…so in October, I am going to write and post on the weekends, thus extending my goal of five days a week to a month of 31 days. Oh, I forgot to tell you my topic. Since I like to nourish souls, I will continue to offer this blog as “a place to feed on words” for the next 31 days.

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Today’s Word is PRAY.

Pray means “to address God…with adoration, confession, supplication, or thanksgiving”

It also means to entreat or implore, to make a request in a humble manner. (www.m-w.com)

I like the four-fold approach to prayer sometimes called ACTS of prayer.

Adoration: Praising God for Who He Is
Confession: Admitting my faults and need for a Savior
Thanksgiving: Giving God the credit for all the Graces in my life
Supplication: Making humble requests of a Loving Father in Heaven

I like acrostic poems, so I wrote four “pray” acrostics covering these aspects of prayer. I will list them in the order of ACTS.

Praising,
Rejoicing in &
Adoring…
Yahweh!

Paying
Real Close
Attention–
Yielding.

Presenting
Remembrances of
Acclaim to
Yahweh.

Placing humble
Requests of
All varieties to
Yahweh.

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