“Lord, I hope this day is good
I’m feeling empty and misunderstood.
I should be thankful, Lord, I know I should.
But, Lord, I hope this day is good.
I don’t need fortune and I don’t need fame.
Send down the thunder, Lord.
Send down the rain.
But when you’re planning just how it will be,
Plan a good day for me.”
Some of us have not yet been all that impressed with 2009 (I’ve attended one funeral of a friend, lost another relationship to debilitating illness, and WTF is coming on with a vengeance; I’m aware of other calamities and disappointments among blogfriends). However, we remain hopeful. Maybe it’s just a slow-starter, late-bloomer kind of year.
I Peter 5:7
What Was I Thinking? 
Maybe it’s just hangover from 2008? So sorry about your friend.
I guess, like any other year, we take it one day at a time.
Hugs, dear sister.
Glad to see a Sunday Post, but so sorry 2009 is not being friendly to you yet. Thanks for the Don Williams song…led me on a listening spree for more! Not a bad prayer song to add to the repertoire! Better days ahead Susie!
squirl, yep, we’ll go with hangover. (And the year really was so bad it should’ve had its keys taken away.) One day at a time; that makes perfect sense. And is really all I can handle.
barb, I once saw DW in concert, decades ago. I’ve rarely had a more pleasant experience. I remember thinking I could just sit there and listen until one of us fell over dead.
Here’s to better days!
There’s a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of cathedral tunes.
Heavenly hurt it gives us;
We can find no scar,
But internal difference
Where the meanings are.
…
~ Emily Dickinson
There’s more to the poem, but this is the better part. I love the photo you chose to go with this post. I am partial to window light myself.
Alex and I have high hopes for 2009. Those hopes did not include the Gaza conflict or our being contacted by a woman who conned me out of thousands of dollars trying another con. Both have happened, but we still have high hopes.
Sabbath blessings to you, Susie
I love that song. And I can understand how you could sit and listen to him till one of you fell over dead. Such a smooth voice.
It’s sure to get better, right? It will. Hang in there.
Gentle hugs to you. I’ve yet to form an opinion, but not having a husband for five weeks (and trying to go without treats for the duration) is bound to make it a pisser for me, too.
Let’s hope neither you nor Don falls over dead anytime soon.
So sorry about your friends, and the WTF situation. I like your idea of a fresh start on your birthday. Two more days, and everything will straighten out, right? RIGHT?!?
Okay, so get the crap out of the way at the beginning of the year, and let it go uphill from here.
Awesome picture. Yay for a Sunday post.
After looking up the passage of Bible Dot com. and all the various edition translations
I like the one where we can cast our “anxieties” to God.
Altough the Wycliffe New Testament was fun to read.
“and cast ye all your busyness into him, for to him is care of you”
I am sorry about your friend and they way 2009 is going, but the take off and landing are always the most bumpy.
I was so hopeful to see a Sunday Post again…
I’m not very good at casting — I’m more likely to hook my jacket right off my shoulder — but I’m all for dumping that anxiety backpack. And some Don Williams.
May you soon feel like it is a new year with a new (WTF-free) you!!
I am hoping for everybody that 2009’s good parts FAAAAAAR outweigh the bad parts. Hang in there and hugs to you and everybody else who needs ’em!
I’m not particularly impressed with 2009 either my dear. I’m sorry about your friend. I’m sorry that WTF is giving you grief and losing relationships to anything often sucks.
On the bright side, my daughter’s 19th birthday is tomorrow. Although it makes me older than I like to think about right now, I am most greatful to celebrate the day she entered my world.
Peace and hugs.
lots of Hugs to you, my dear. 2009 will come in like a lion and out like a lamb…oh no wait, no more Twilight references! Gah!
yea! Sunday post!
They have been missed.
The opera world lost a great benefactor and patron today, but we assume she is in heaven listening to all the great choral music she loved with a front-row, pain-free seat.
I am officially telling WTF to take a hike in 2009, to be followed up by a 2×4 with nails to its backside if it doesn’t listen.
OG
I think ’09 is just taking the direct approach. Every year must include its own share of unpleasantness, but some years try to hide it by starting out all rosy and then sneaking the bad stuff in without warning. Maybe ’09 is simply getting the crap out of the way right off the bat, so we can cruise through the remainder without fear.
Um… wow. Lookit me, all merry sunshine and shit! I’ll try to get back to my usual skepticism by next post.
i think it is (was) perfectly good…you were led to a Sunday post…and those were (are) always a wonderful way for us to start our week.
Thank you!
2009, one day at a time
Happy Birthday Susie! and Happy New Year!
I’m behind, but I just smiled when I saw your lyrics. They are sung by SpyDad’s favorite singer, and the first part was played as he entered the church on our wedding day.
I’ll pray that every day puts a smile on your face just as it did to me when I remember that wonderful, precious day so many years ago.
I like this, Susie. I like this a lot. Thank you.
I’m here because Moxy Jane told me to come…and I usually do what she says…she’s never sent me anywhere bad!!
That Don Williams song I do believe was written for me…I actually stopped into the church yesterday to, you know, just hang in His presence for awhile…reminding Him that I am still here and could really use a break now and again.
I like the way you think Susie…I hope it’s okay that I come back and maybe hang out sometimes.
Sending you good thoughts, warm hugs and rays of sunshine wherever you go.
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