Saturday, January 5, 2008

Dawn Ice


"Out of God's deepest mercy

a dawn will come from on high,

light for those shadowed by death,

a guide for our feet on the way to peace."

Luke 1:78-79

These verses are the end of Zechariah's hymn after naming his son, John the Baptist. I prayed them right after I took this picture this morning. The sun was not up yet but I noticed that the sky was turning red and pink in the east. When I looked back at the Lake the newly frozen ice and the clouds in the northwest were catching some of the color. Not twelve drummers drumming, but a much more splendid gift on this 12th Day of Christmas.

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