#for the beauty of the earth

[thriftsifter]

Not thrifted, but something cute my mother in law has on her wall.

I only noticed it because Ive sung an arrangement of this song in my choir before.

[libearyn]

What Did You Do on Your Summer Vacation?

“Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.”             ~ Bill ShanklyThe earth is filled with your love, Lord; teach me your decrees.~Psalm 119:64 Yes, you read that right.  What did YOU do on your summer vacation?  It was one of those things that one might expect during the first week of school in any given fall. There were stories of…

[bookwormchocaholic]

Another thing I loved about the recent episode was when the choir sang "For The Beauty of the Earth." I think got a little misty-eyed. I loved that hymn since "Little Women 1994."

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Our Little Secret on St. George Island :: This morning’s Sunday sunrise on Saint George Island, Florida, captured by Kimberly Crossen

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For the Beauty Of the Earth [hymn]

Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1864 [Key: D]

Verse 1 For the beauty of the earth For the glory of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies. Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise.

Verse 2 For the beauty of each hour, Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree and flower, Sun and moon, and stars of light. Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise.

Verse 3 For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth and friends above, For all gentle thoughts and mild. Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise.

Verse 4 For Thy Church, that evermore Lifteth holy hands above, Offering up on every shore Her pure sacrifice of love. Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Hymns of Hope - For The Beauty of The Earth The Worship Network | NoW worship leader Scott Dyer sings this fresh, new arrangement of the classic hymn "For The Beauty of the Earth."

[redpapercraness]

to lose you

[manny-jacinto]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANUEL LUIS JACINTO b. August 19, 1987 | Quezon City, Philippines

[virgosenterlude]

[academic-vampire]

“September came in with golden days and silver nights,”

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

[feloire]

[useless-catalanfacts]

Cadaqués, Comarques Gironines, Catalonia.

Photo by Xavier Forcadell on Flickr.

[onlymywishfulthinking]

"I own the night" - Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac

Interview With The Vampire (2022-) 2.08: And that's the end of it. There's nothing else.

[afropearl]

Health is Wealth 🎍

[inkskinned]

i love when words fit right. seize was always supposed to be that word, and so was jester. tuesday isn't quite right but thursday should be thursday, that's a good word for it. daisy has the perfect shape to it, almost like you're laughing when you say it; and tulip is correct most of the time. while keynote is fun to say, it's super wrong - i think they have to change the label for that one. but fox is spot-on.

most words are just, like, good enough, even if what they are describing is lovely. the night sky is a fine term for it but it isn't perfect the way november is the correct term for that month.

it's not just in english because in spanish the phrase eso si que es is correct, it should be that. sometimes other languages are also better than the english words, like how blue is sloped too far downwards but azul is perfect and hangs in the air like glitter. while butterfly is sweet, i think probably papillion is more correct, although for some butterflies féileacán is much better. year is fine but bliain is better. sometimes multiple languages got it right though, like how jueves and Πέμπτη are also the right names for thursday. maybe we as a species are just really good at naming thursdays.

and if we were really bored and had a moment and a picnic to split we could all sit down for a moment and sort out all the words that exist and find all the perfect words in every language. i would show you that while i like the word tree (it makes you smile to say it), i think arbor is correct. you could teach me from your language what words fit the right way, and that would be very exciting (exciting is not correct, it's just fine).

i think probably this is what was happening at the tower of babel, before the languages all got shifted across the world and smudged by the hand of god. by the way, hand isn't quite right, but i do like that the word god is only 3 letters, and that it is shaped like it is reflecting into itself, and that it kind of makes your mouth move into an echoing chapel when you cluck it. but the word god could also fit really well with a coathanger, and i can't explain that. i think donut has (weirdly) the same shape as a toothbrush, but we really got bagel right and i am really grateful for that.

grateful is close, but not like thunder. hopefully one day i am going to figure out how to shape the way i love my friends into a little ceramic (ceramic is very good, almost perfect) pot and when they hold it they can feel the weight of my care for them. they can put a plant in there. maybe a daisy.