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Still Saturday: Miraculous Change

March 31, 2012 By Sandra Heska King

If Spring came but once in a century, instead of once a year,
or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake,
and not in silence,
what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts
to behold the miraculous change!
But now the silent succession suggests nothing but necessity.
To most men only the cessation of the miracle would be miraculous
and the perpetual exercise of God’s power seems
less wonderful
than its withdrawal would be.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Let’s not take His miracles for granted.

Now it’s your turn.

Where has your heart beheld His exercise of power with wonder and expectation?

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  1. Patricia @ Pollywog Creek says

    March 31, 2012 at 7:41 am

    Amen!!!! I’m headed outside to wonder at them all right now!

    Beautiful photos, Sandra…have a super Saturday, sweet friend.

    • Sandra says

      March 31, 2012 at 10:04 am

      It’s turned cold again here…but we’ve made it through yet another drama, so I’m thanking God for miracles! 🙂

  2. Dawn says

    March 31, 2012 at 8:02 am

    Beautiful images, Sandy. Who doesn’t love Spring. So glad it rolls around EVERY year. Once in a lifetime would never be enough.

    • Sandra says

      March 31, 2012 at 10:14 am

      Agreed! And if we could teach ourselves to find spring in every day… 🙂

  3. Michelle DeRusha says

    March 31, 2012 at 10:18 am

    I have to say, I do appreciate the miracle of spring every year — and this year it’s so early!!

    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2012 at 10:04 am

      I have no problems with early. 🙂

  4. Lyla Lindquist says

    March 31, 2012 at 10:25 am

    Beautiful as always, Sandy. I’m in Kansas this weekend with a friend, and the drive down through progressive greening and blooming through Nebraska was unspeakable.

    Praying for your latest, um, misadventure? Love you, my friend.

    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2012 at 10:11 am

      I’ve come north, so some of the greening progressively diminished as I traveled, and there’s still a little snow on the ski hills. I hope I’m not here long enough to see the bloom bursts all again–though that would make a longer stay bearable. :}

  5. Julee @ Grey Barn STORIES says

    March 31, 2012 at 10:48 am

    I have a crabapple, we used to call the PROM tree, because we always used to take prom pictures beside it … IN MAY!

    It’s almost done for the year already!

    Have a blessed Holy Week

    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2012 at 10:14 am

      I love that–the prom tree. Definitely an early spring. I noticed our plum was in bloom–and then it wasn’t. Strange year. Thanks so much for linking up today, Julee. Joy to you.

  6. Cindee Snider Re says

    March 31, 2012 at 11:07 am

    Sandy, that Longfellow quote, those pictures…ohhhh….perfect! Such stillness for a Saturday morning. Such breadth and depth to simply, silently savor.

    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2012 at 11:23 am

      I had to read it several times. How often do we not notice until it’s not there to notice?

  7. laura says

    March 31, 2012 at 11:45 am

    Beauty. 🙂

    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2012 at 11:23 am

      🙂

  8. Megan Willome says

    March 31, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Since last year’s drought robbed us of a spring, I am especially appreciating it this year. The drought isn’t over, the aquifers are still low, but we have bluebonnets and paintbrushes and prairie verbena everywhere.

    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2012 at 11:26 am

      Are those Indian paintbrushes? We used to find those in the woods all the time. I think that I would like to experience a Texas spring. Praying for soft, soaking rains.

  9. Jean Wise says

    March 31, 2012 at 4:29 pm

    Love these photo and the smell of springtime!

    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2012 at 11:28 am

      I can’t wait for the fragrance of lilacs!

  10. david Rupert says

    March 31, 2012 at 11:17 pm

    I spent todaywith fences. 80 and sunny. Loved it

    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2012 at 11:29 am

      I need to get myself out in the sun more and fill up my Vitamin D well. I wonder where the sun went…

  11. Shari @ Leaving A Legacy says

    April 1, 2012 at 12:19 am

    I loved the poem you picked for your pictures. How true! We need to be careful not to take God’s beautiful creation for granted.

    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2012 at 11:52 am

      Amen, Shari!

  12. S. Etole says

    April 1, 2012 at 12:21 am

    Awaiting that beauty here … so glad you shared yours.

    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2012 at 11:52 am

      There can be beauty in the waiting, sometimes. 🙂

  13. Carol J. Garvin says

    April 1, 2012 at 1:40 am

    I have no weekend posts to link to yours this week, Sandy, so sharing yours is even more meaningful than usual to me.

    As we enter Holy Week I am very aware of God’s awe-inspiring miracles, especially the love he has for me — the love that brings us to this special time — it’s beyond my comprehension.

    Blessings to you. I’m upholding you in prayer as you cope with the current family situation.

    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2012 at 11:54 am

      A hard thing to grasp sometimes. Praying that the blanket that fell on you this morning will soon give way to even more beautiful and colorful new life. xoxo

  14. Monica Sharman says

    April 1, 2012 at 8:07 pm

    Wow…
    Only the cessation would be considered a miracle. I just gotta quit being like that.
    That Longfellow is quite a guy, huh?

    • Sandra says

      April 2, 2012 at 4:25 pm

      Me, too. I gotta quit, too.

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