Tag Archives: rain

A Closer Witness

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Doc Arnett

There is no sense of sky this morning,
just a low-lying grayness that closes in,
shutting off the sense of anything
beyond the near bluffs and hills
just past the creek. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged beauty, dew on rose, northeast Kansas, optimism, perspective, rain, raindrops on a rose, rainy morning, roses, sadness, seeing what is near | Comments Off

An Ill Wind

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Doc Arnett

After several minutes of encroaching claps of thunder, the strength of the storm erupted in the early hours of our Sunday morning in Kansas. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged birth, blood clots, C-section, daughter, family, he, Kansas, lightning, rain, shortness of breath, storms, thunder, wind | Comments Off

Those who approach in hungry humility, eager for the very words of life, hearts and minds yearning for the refreshing of the Spirit, find a filling in Scripture that cannot be found in anything else. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged barn lot, Bible study, end of winter, feeding horses, grass growing, green, horses, rain, refreshing, scripture, slow rain, spring | Comments Off

After the Storm

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Doc Arnett

but I think
that when we have survived the storm
we ought to be cautious
in noting our inconveniences. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged blessing, farm, farming, feeding horses, Kansas, mud, rain, storm, survival, surviving, testing, trials, wind | Comments Off

A Single Shelter

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Fringed with the dark red of autumn’s ending, its cluster of leaves holds thick enough that the horses still seek its shelter and hold to their spot as if tied there. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Family, Farming, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged autumn, Bradford Pear, geldings, horses, rain, shade, shelter, support, togetherness | Comments Off

Scattered Showers

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Doc Arnett

For a while the wind stirred the dance of branches, a swishing and swaying of muted greens seen through the screen of the second story window. It seemed we would surely have rain but none came. The storm slid further to the north and east and we found not the least traces of darkened earth or gravel, not even a gathering on the windshields of the car and truck parked outside. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blessings, fields, hay, horses, lightning, pastures, rain, self-pity, showers, thunderstorms | Comments Off

Spring Floods

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Doc Arnett

The river runs heavy,

dark and angry along the levee, Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged destruction, farmland, flooding, levee, levee breach, rain, rivers, spring floods | Comments Off

Promise in the Clouds

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Doc Arnett

There are wonders beyond our explanation that though inexplicable can yet be definitely experienced or otherwise witnessed. Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged beauty, colors, nature, phenomenon, prism, rain, rainbow, wonders | Comments Off

Looking Toward Day

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Inconvenience is so much less trying than tragedy and aggravation easier to negotiate than catastrophe.
Continue reading →

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Good Morning and Good Blessings

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Doc Arnett

What is there more welcome than sunshine after a long stretch of gloomy weather? Continue reading →

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