Still Saturday::to stand in awe of the Master Artist...

Sunsets are inevitable. Each day ends with one. That's the way it's been since God said, "Let there be light," and he separated the light from the darkness, calling the light "day" and the darkness "night." Yet most of us pay little or no attention to this ordinary occurrence that is an extraordinary moment in our day, life, and world. Ordinary moments are the pages in our life's story.

~ Matt Knisely, Framing Faith, p. 73

I'm Joining the Applause at sunset today. And you?

I {LOVE} Sunday::to applaud and praise...

The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;

where morning dawns, where evening fades,

you call forth songs of joy.

Psalm 65.8 {NIV}

For the Beauty of the Earth
by Folliott S. Pierpoint (1835-1917).

For the beauty of the earth For the glory of the skies, 

For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies.

 Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise. 
 For the beauty of each hour, Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree and flower, Sun and moon, and stars of light.

 Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise. 
 For the joy of ear and eye, For the heart and mind’s delight, For the mystic harmony Linking sense to sound and sight.

 Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise. 
 For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth and friends above, For all gentle thoughts and mild.

 Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise. 
 For Thy Church, that evermore Lifteth holy hands above, Offering up on every shoreHer pure sacrifice of love.

 Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise. 
 For the martyrs’ crown of light, For Thy prophets’ eagle eye, For Thy bold confessors’ might, For the lips of infancy.

 Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise. 
 For Thy virgins’ robes of snow, For Thy maiden mother mild, For Thyself, with hearts aglow, Jesu, Victim undefiled.

 Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise. 
 For each perfect gift of Thine, To our race so freely given, Graces human and divine, Flowers of earth and buds of Heaven.

 Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise.

Joining the ApplauseSandra Heska King

{Photos - The Applause - when morning dawned on Pollywog Creek and evening faded on the Caloosahatchee River downtown}

All day yesterday, that beautiful hymn was in my thoughts and on my lips. Did you join the applause, too? 

If you posted a photo for the Global Applause Day, I'll love to know about it. I don't have Mr. Linky, and because it keeps spammers out, I don't allow links in comments, but if you will send me an email at  patriciawhunter (at) gmail (dot) com with a link to your photo or post, I will add it to this post for you so we can applaud and praise the Lord with you. 

Linking on Sundays with Deidra...

Week{ending}::Applause...

Today's the day - {a global applause for the Creator} because gratitude really does change everything. 

Tomorrow - July 1 - I'll post a place for everyone to link to their "Applause Day" photos. Won't you join me?

That there be places of quiet stillness before the Lord each day - linking on Saturdays with Sandra...