Dear God of My Praise,
I lift up Your name and praise You this day,
Today and everyday are the days that You have made...
This is the day the LORD has made;ļæ½We will rejoice and be glad in it.ļæ½Psalm 118:24
You are the mighty God, creator of the universe, lover of mankind, sustainer of all, most magnificent and awesome father, most caring and devoted nurturer, most powerful, all-knowing and ever-present.
How can I even count the ways that You are worthy of my praise?
Thank You for Your gifts of love and life.
Thank You for Your promise of eternal life with You through Your righteous Son Jesus Christ.
Thank You for Jesus my Savior and for Your Holy Spirit who convicts and seals and guides me each day.
Thank You for Your Word, The Bible, which illuminates, instructs, and leads me.
I am grateful for who You are, all that You do and all that You will do.
In the beautiful name of Jesus I humbly come before You,
Amen. šš¾ā¤ļø
I have been here before !??š„¹š¤šš¾ā¤ļø
Sudden Light
BY DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
I have been here before,
But when or how I cannot tell:
I know the grass beyond the door,
The sweet keen smell,
The sighing sound, the lights around the shore.
You have been mine before,ā
How long ago I may not know:
But just when at that swallow's soar
Your neck turn'd so,
Some veil did fall,āI knew it all of yore.
Has this been thus before?
And shall not thus time's eddying flight
Still with our lives our love restore
In death's despite,
And day and night yield one delight once more?
Break Down ā¦
Sudden Light by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
āSudden Lightā by Dante Gabriel Rossetti describes a speakerās moments of recollection when faced with an emotional scene involving someone he loves.
The sights, sounds, and smells of the scene reminded of something he canāt quite place. He comes to the conclusion that he has lived this moment before alongside the intended listener of āSudden Lightā.
In the second stanza, he describes two moments that happen simultaneously. These are the flight of a swallow and the turning of his listenerās neck. They confirm to him that yes, he has seen these sights and felt these same feelings before.
In the final lines, he turns to his listener and asks, mostly rhetorically, if it is possible for their love to overcome death. He feels the two have a connection that could last beyond day and night, or life and death.











