Starting Anew

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Summer is over on the Prairies and fall is definitely here. Dull skies and brisk winds blowing have me wishing for a few more weeks of summer sunshine and stillness.

With the turning of seasons perhaps a new grip on discipline in daily writing will come with the new season of Autumn. I have not posted much over the summer month's, with fall here and all activities in full swing, finding a few moments here and there to post might be more frequent.

My newest book purchase: Writing the Scared - A Psalm-inspired path to appreciating and writing scared poetry, by Ray McGinnis. Check out Ray's website, he has posted a few journal prompts that are intriguing.
On one of the writting prompts he posted a poem by Leonard Cohen. Before I became a Christ Follower, Leonard Cohens songs would capture my heart, well, after reading this poem I wonder if Christ captured Leonard's heart? Let me know what you think?

It Is To You I Turn

"It is to you I turn.
The table stands on tiptoe.
Every object leaps to its place.
The closed book rises on its thousand pages
and wakefulness rejoices.

I turn to you,
my song in the house of night,
my shield against the quarrels.

I turn to you,
who unifies the upward heart.
Your name is the foundation of the night.
The Accuser, with his thousand voices,
stands in the place you are not named.

Blessed is the name that holds this house
in the firmness of mercy,
and binds this song to the rock."

- Leonard Cohen