Wisps

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A morning kiss after 48 good years of everyday touches. A tiny flower within an imbedded plant between rocks never noticed before. Your child opening eyes from a coma. Walking a pinkish dew laden path through the woods in red sunrise. Standing on shore gazing on first winter ice sunset reflection. Five of a million intentional wisps of heaven.

Gary

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Outdoors Man, Hunter, Fisherman, Guide, Writer / Author, Photographer, Public Speaker, Musician, Song Writer, Story Teller, Follower Of Jesus. Love God and family and total strangers

61 thoughts on “Wisps”

  3. Thanks Gary, for taking the time and sharing. Great to hear from you and receive another look into the far North Country again. What a place. Your photos and words are great blessings. No one creates a living landscape like the Lord. I hope y’all are well and that your daughter has been making progress. Blessings

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    1. The more I see RJ, the more I realize I miss so much. I often wonder if the blind healed can see way more than physical eyes do. God puts so much out there for the blind (who think they see) to bump into

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    1. Thankyou Mandy. One can never capture more than what is there…it was just good to be there. Some intentionality required as I had told my wife the day before “if I see any decent sunset coming, I wanted to catch the reflection in the new iced-over lake”. I saw it coming, grabbed the camera and hopped on the ATV to get to my “sunset viewing” spot.

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    1. Thanks Nancy, those moments make me want to launch into the full thousand words. I had to rewrite the post 5 times to allow the readers their own thoughts with a little starter material. A very fun sunset though. I then walked on the new ice and fell through on step 2. Good thing it wasn’t step 22

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  11. I am always amazed how quickly these edge-of-daylight images pass. Usually there is not even time to call to another, “Hey, come and look at this!” It makes me think how it will be at His coming, in the twinkling of the eye. Let no one believe he will sort things out then.

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    1. You got it! Those sunsets and rises are a transition edge Jon. That moment of day/night so tied with mortal/immortal. A blink away from eternity. I see/imagine? extended fingers and nail pierced hands in the setting sometimes.

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    1. Thanks Patty. Mixing pictures with words seems to plug the gaps in my attempts to convey thoughts. My wife covers for me often, as in “um, your pictures and words don’t help each other”. That translates into “say more with less words”

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    1. It’s a great way to pray Kathy. Spiritually we are all born blind. None of us can see without our eyes being opened. In my mind the ultimate pride is not admitting anything exists beyond what I see. It’s frustrating to realize I default easily into drifting with the flow of the world around me. Sunsets do something in me way beyond myself. Eternity beyond the here and now…

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    1. Thanks Edward. When I saw the sun setting with color I grabbed the camera, jumped on the atv and raced the quarter mile to a good lake spot, hoping the new ice would reflect well. Now with 5″ of new snow that sunset look will change drastically…like look colder.

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      1. You did great getting to that perfect spot. Wow, 5” of snow already? Yeah, it’s going to look a lot different. Happy Thanksgiving, and I hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow with your family.

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  25. Gary, say what? 🍃🌷🍃 a miracle! I re-re-read to make sure. After how long? You all must be so v besides yrselves with joy. I can’t imagine this.

    We have a few friends( and ourselves) battling chronic conditions at home. This is so very empowering to hear. God bless you each over and over with renewed strength and protection. Hugggz to family from ours, in Jesus’ name. ✝️🛐🎶

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    1. Ah…Yes Rayla. Wisps. A miracle to wake up but not to a whole body yet. But she is different. There are some things too big to understand. The miracle of even being home now with such a comeback yet still have much work to do to gain strength. It makes me wonder…when Jesus brought Lazarous back, did he still have a bad back or arthritis in his hands? My friend who just had a complicated back surgery this summer (operated from front and back) and it didn’t change a thing. Still lying in bed half the time on good days. 3 weeks ago, he was in a leadership meeting, and he felt led to have the team pray for him. He felt movement within, and his back is straight, and all his pain is gone. He is working again. He is incredibly weak still and very vulnerable even though healed. He now has to be on a program to gain strength. Our Tania has many more miraculous stories, but always partial healing…I have no Theology for that other than Gods ways are so far beyond mine. All I get a wisps in this vapor

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      1. So happy grateful for every bit of good here, even about yr friend.

        Did Lazaraus have a bad back, who knows.

        But I’m certain his townsfolk (at least some) would’ve tattled tales about him being a ‘ghost who walks now’ or such like. Must’ve had his share of this & that.

        We as a family here know how Wisps feel. Our son goes back and forth. But recently, more forth than back, as our requests get more slender.
        May yr Tania totally recover. Certainly God has His Arm on her. You both, stay strong.

        Our daughter here says, “Ma, its not that Yona worsens, he gets better. Its just that we’re niiw more used to well being, are more tired, and expect Lil more. ”
        some truth. Praying clarity strength and healing laughter.
        🙂
        Also certain that once they got used to Lazarus, they’d’ve let lil humor kick in?

        Sometimes Noe and I find nothing funny. But there are some days when everything is…😅

        We pray the Joy of the Lord be our strength. (We call it JOTL fixes😃)

        🙏🏼in Christ alone.

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  26. “Wisps of heaven”–beautiful imagery to conclude your poem, Gary. (Even if it’s not laid out like a poem, it reads like one)! You’ve inspired me to look for more of those wisps–and I look forward to reading more of yours.

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