the word
Saturday morning, more or less, mainly less, a confirmation that our ospreys have migrated. I don’t know why they bother, considering that our winters here are an affront to the word. But it’s their habit, custom, nature is the word, instinct.
The three new ospreys in the Colorado nest are long gone, birds mature so fast you almost can watch their feathers grow in. I’m glad we humans are slower, or maybe the Time of it is a state of mind and Being. Like Narnia, where I lived in my forties.
Facebook and Twitter and Linked In, I don’t do those sites, not pridefully nor boastfully, it just doesn’t happen. Do I have better things to do, no, just other. Post a +Time link on FB most days but no scrolling down. Which may mean I miss a lot, but it’s okay, there’s a lot I don’t miss and a lot more I do miss. It goes with the stage .
Scroll down: tomorrow’s first lesson. Must be quite a lazy man. Sits at the city gate basking in self-importance. The word is sorry. One doubts he knows how to turn on the washing machine, or how much detergent to put in.
Proverbs 31:10-31
A capable wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
She seeks wool and flax,
and works with willing hands.
She is like the ships of the merchant,
she brings her food from far away.
She rises while it is still night
and provides food for her household
and tasks for her servant-girls.
She considers a field and buys it;
with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
She girds herself with strength,
and makes her arms strong.
She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
Her lamp does not go out at night.
She puts her hands to the distaff,
and her hands hold the spindle.
She opens her hand to the poor,
and reaches out her hands to the needy.
She is not afraid for her household when it snows,
for all her household are clothed in crimson.
She makes herself coverings;
her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Her husband is known in the city gates,
taking his seat among the elders of the land.
She makes linen garments and sells them;
she supplies the merchant with sashes.
Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.
She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
She looks well to the ways of her household,
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and call her happy;
her husband too, and he praises her:
“Many women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all.”
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Give her a share in the fruit of her hands,
and let her works praise her in the city gates.
and let her works praise her in the city gates.
