Tuesday, January 30, 2007

CyberTale 11 - Blue Heron

As promised yesterday...

Here's the Blue Heron story, one of my original CyberTales, written in 1999 about my experiences in the 80's in Nebraska.

But since then, even until now, there are many more wonderful stories of Blue Heron crossing my horizon at times when I most needed direction and assurance. Each time it seemed so real that through the Blue Heron God was blessing me.

Now I'm hoping that this Blue Heron blog will be a blessing ... to me and others. TO LIFE.!

Love and God's Blessing

Dale


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Blue Heron
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God watches out for me when I travel. The blue heron tells me so.

Driving the Nebraska sandhills can be perilous.
There is neither lurking danger nor ominous threat.
The peril is in the monotony of solitary travel on quiet and desolate roads.

Happening upon a blue heron would shatter that monotony for me.
Sometimes I would see a heron silhouetted against the rim of a wet meadow punctuated with tufts of big blue stem.
Sometimes I would sight a heron lifting slowly and powerfully from the damp roadside ditch, and heading straight for the tops of a nearby windbreak of cottonwood trees.

Always the heron awakened me to the danger of the hypnotic weariness to which I was succumbing.
Always I thanked God for the timely gift of the blue heron and the blessing of having life.

I continue to travel today, back and forth over different but similarly wearisome roads,
but with little peril.
For I have marked in my mind every pond and puddle, every turn and treetop where I have seen a blue heron.

As I approach one of those spots my attention heightens.
I scan the horizon for a glimpse of a blue heron.
The dangerous monotony of the road is shattered.
And I am thankful again for God’s traveling mercies.

God is watching out for me. The blue heron tells me so.

Good News Morning - Gone Scaling

Good news.

Stepped on the scale and lost another 2 pounds. Third week in a row. Shaklee's Cinch plan really works. www.cinchplan.com/desmoines. I was glad to discover someone blogging Cinch. Check out cinchwithkaren.blogspot.com

Then, more good news.

I saw on CCTV9 (channel 265 on Dish) that the 6-party talks are scheduled to resume Feb 8. One necessary path to peace, whether in our own lives or among peoples and nations, is talk. If adversaries cannot meet, no accords will stand.

I'm losing weight to enhance my life. I pray for the nations, let the talks begin.
TO LIFE.!

Love and God's Blessing

Monday, January 29, 2007

The Blue Heron is born

Finally.! This is so cool. The Blue Heron has life, yes!!

A few stories to tell. Lots of questions and new learnings. And - Plenty of room for you.

I need to learn more about natural nutrition. about health. about taking care of the planet. I'm losing weight. Practice yoga. Moved to a town of 270 people, perfect for me. I love stories about God at work in the world. I call them Blue Heron stories - more about that tomorrow. I'm studying the Chinese language, thinking about getting my passport. Tons more.

In the Broadway plan Fiddler on the Roof Tevya and the other men sing a song LaChaim, to Life. I think that's what it is called. To life, to life, LaChaim. From the day I saw that play in New York (maybe 1973 or 74) that phrase, to life, to life, LaChaim has been sort of a mantra for me.

Now The Blue Heron has life. And it's dedicated, dedicated TO LIFE.

Love and God's Blessing,
Dale

The Blue Heron