Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
(1 Peter 1:3-4 ESV)
{Photo} Day 14/366 {Not what you expected from me, I know} My denim jacket offered little protection from the cold as we stepped out of the warmth of the truck's cab and began wandering among the grave sites in this neglected rural cemetery. Many of Louis' family members, including his parents, are buried here, and the lack of attention the cemetery receives is sad and discouraging. The cold and frost-bitten ground only served to amplify the death represented in the disarray of tombstones and gravemarkers, but chiseled into the headstone of one of the graves were the words of life that those of us who know His great mercy can hope: "She has gone to a better land".
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How very young she was and what a great hope we have.
Visiting from Diedra's this morning. To know his great mercy is a beautiful thing. To experience and feel the embrace of his great mercy is life changing. God bless you today as you worship him through your blog.
Kerry-Ann
I love cemeteries and the stories that can be imagined. Remembering the headstone we saw in our local cemetery that said, "Here lies A. Gidner." And next to it, "Wife of A. Gidner." What story might be in that?
I enjoy old cemeteries especially very old ones. There is one in Halifax, Nova Scotia that has graves dating back to well before 1749 when it became an official european settlement. My dad and I spent an afternoon reading them. So many of them had really interesting bits of info and poems chiseled into them.
One of my favorite vacations included a trip with the family, walking the Freedom Trail in Boston. We spent lots of time in the cemetery there, walking quietly, reading the headstones in hushed tones, and then standing silently. I imagined the lives lived. It's such a mystery isn't it? Life and death and everything in between.
I love old cemeteries...oh yes a better land - this is not our home...
Reading the inscriptions on tombstones ... always makes me wonder about the persons life. Their joys, their sorrows ...
I love reading cemetary stories - the love, the faith, the sorrow, the celebration that today we have meds that would have saved so many babies, so many mothers giving birth. Their statements of faith are a powerful reminder!
She was young, wasn't she? What great hope, indeed!
Thank you, Kerry-Ann.
I think it is especially interesting to imagine the stories when its family. One of the grave markers was for a relative of Louis' who fought in the Spanish American War.
I would love to visit an old historic cemetery like that. This one was very small and poorly maintained. Even so, the lives of those buried there are just as valuable and interesting as those buried in more attractive cemeteries. They might even be more interesting.
Such a mystery - truly.
Amen!!! Cuz my "home" is wearing out! =)
....and in this particulary cemetery, with the graves of many of Louis' relatives, those inscriptions were even more meaningful to us.
I thought about that, too....especially when reading the stone inscriptions on the graves of babies....twins in one of them.
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