Prayerful Pondering

by Pat Luffman Rowland

Category: nature

  • For the Beauty of the Skies

    Several springs ago, I spent a lot of early mornings on my patio.

  • “Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it” Isaiah 45:6 (NKJV). _____ A grey cloud hovers overhead. It is the promise of drink for dry ground and the uplifted…

  • Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness, when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, when I said, “This far you may come and no farther; here is where…

  • He delivered me because He delighted in me. –Psalm 18:19 (NKJV) I love to read the many descriptions of God in the Psalms and how He has provided for us.  He is our shelter and fortress, a place to hide from the enemy and a place to be replenished.  He is revealed as our shield,…

  • I have seen the beauty of God this week.  I’ve seen cattle on green hills, the bloom of redbud, and forsythia under mighty oaks yet to leaf.  I’ve watched the sun climb into the sky and declare a new day, as birds heralded its arrival with chirping song.   I’ve seen an abused dog made healthy…

  • The seas have lifted up, O Lord, the seas have lifted up their voice, the seas have lifted up their pounding waves. Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea – the Lord on high is mighty. Psalm 93:3-4 (NIV) Perhaps this scripture tells why I love the…

  • The skies are grey with snow.  Big and small flakes fall from the sky.  There are drifts and whirls and a white frosting on the trees and ground.   It is beautiful.  I stand at the window and watch as this creation falls quietly to the earth, bringing calm to the day and whispers of sweet…

  • A Walk By the Sea

    I have always loved the sea and some years back, I would imagine myself there as a means of relaxing into sleep.  It helped me to bring closure to lingering anxieties of the day and provided a kind of sanctuary.  There I would surround myself with the sounds of the water and think how the dampness of the sandy shore would feel…