Waters of Salt

Waters of salt, acres of sand,
lying here on this peaceful land.
Down I peer to the rocks below,
so jagged and sharp – a sailor's foe.
Stretched out sea, no land in sight,
the view is vast – earth's curve is slight.
Shriek of a gull, a mournful sound,
I watch it dive to a clam on the ground.
Daring, mysterious, and carefree –
It takes more than words to define the sea.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE: New Blog URL

Hello my blog readers! No doubt that upon reading this you have noticed my new blog title and and design. "Courage, dear heart" is a quote from one of my favourite childhood books, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader," by C.S. Lewis.  I would like to keep all of my previous posts on my blog, so instead of creating an entire new blog, I am just changing the title and web address. This means that the URL "thoughsparklingeyes.blogspot.ca" will very soon cease to work! Please take note that my new blog address will be www.sarah-martina.blogspot.ca.

The URL change should happen in about a week or two. If you could give me a head's up that you have read this post and noted this upcoming change, that would be greatly appreciated. Just comment below or give me a +1.

- Sarah

P.S. Does anyone happen to know what will happen to the followers on my blog when I change the web address?

Time and Eternity // Father Lasance

I thought upon the days of old: and I had in my mind the eternal years.

-Ps. 76:6.

The following are excerpts from today's reflection on time and eternity from "Lift Up Your Hearts" by Fr Lasance.

For not to hoard the golden spoil

Of earthly mines, we bow the knee - 

Our labor is the saintly toil

Whose hire is Eternity.

-Gerald Griffin

All our time is given to us in order to our employing it in the service of our Maker and by that means securing for our souls a happy eternity. 

The number of the days of men at the most are a hundred years: as a drop of water of the sea are they esteemed; and as a pebble of the sand, so are a few years compared to eternity. 

-Eccles 18:9-10

God sees everything in eternity. It is in relation to eternity that He judges and values all things. The same should be the rule of our judgments: "I had in my mind the eternal years" (Ps. 76:6) Let us consider everything from this supernatural point of view; for this will be to judge everything according to the truth. Amidst the darkness that surrounds us and often obscures our view, eternity is like a lighthouse, always shining and sending forth a bright light for those who do not turn away their eyes.

A sacred burden is this life ye bear;

Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly;

Stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly.

Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin,

But onward, upward, till the goal ye win.

-Anon