{"id":92,"date":"2019-02-25T20:50:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T20:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/?p=92"},"modified":"2019-02-25T20:50:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T20:50:39","slug":"an-evening-office-walking-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/2019\/02\/25\/an-evening-office-walking-in-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"An evening office, walking in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Reflection<\/i><br \/>\nThe walk began in the dusk,<br \/>\nA pinky purple fringe still lit the horizon.<br \/>\nA small bat blazed the trail ahead,<br \/>\nAs we wound our way along a track.<br \/>\nLittered with twigs and stones,<br \/>\nThe uneven ground kept us guessing.<br \/>\nA stream, a wooden bridge, a path uphill;<br \/>\nThe station nestles beside the line.<br \/>\nLater the stars said it all:<br \/>\nYou are wonderfully made,<br \/>\nAn integral part of this enormous universe.<\/p>\n<p><i>Remembered Bible<\/i><br \/>\nLook at the stars:<br \/>\nCan you count them?<br \/>\nLift your eyes to the skies.<br \/>\nLook at the skyline,<br \/>\nThe purple headed mountains:<br \/>\nLift your eyes to the hills.<br \/>\nBe still and know God.<\/p>\n<p><i>We give thanks<\/i><br \/>\nFor the pattern of our days;<br \/>\nFor the relationships that mend and sustain us;<br \/>\nFor our memories of those who have died;<br \/>\nFor the hope that is in us.<br \/>\nHoly One, hear us.<\/p>\n<p><i>Nunc Dimitiss&nbsp;<\/i><br \/>\nNow let your servant go in peace<br \/>\nAccording to your Word,<br \/>\nFor I have seen the lifeline you have prepared for me and for all people,<br \/>\nTo be a light to outsiders and a challenge to insiders.<br \/>\nAnd a glory to you forever Creator,  Companion and Spirit,<br \/>\nAs the universe spins on and on.<\/p>\n<p><b>Amen, Amen, Amen. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>JAL 25.02.2019<br \/>\n<i><br \/>\nInspired at Coed-y-Bleiddiau, North Wales.<br \/>\nBeing the anniversary of the birthday of my late Mother, Anne Lees.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflection The walk began in the dusk, A pinky purple fringe still lit the horizon. A small bat blazed the trail ahead, As we wound our way along a track. Littered with twigs and stones, The uneven ground kept us guessing. A stream, a wooden bridge, a path uphill; The station nestles beside the line. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/2019\/02\/25\/an-evening-office-walking-in-wales\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;An evening office, walking in Wales&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}