Night’s gentle peace
Moonlight’s silhouette
Dreams dancing step by step
Playing harmony’s cornet
Night’s final act
Cloudless sky above
Memories at full tide
Editing script, filled with love
Night’s breathless tone
Voices gather round
Echoes escaping past
Transforming passion abounds
Night’s flaming light
Home’s welcome fireplace
Bright warmth breathes eternal
Kindling spirits to embrace
Night’s lasting charm
Upgrades at sunrise
Contentment rewritten
Savoring morning’s franchise
From the words of American pastor and Christian author, Charles Swindoll: “Thanksgiving is a time of quiet reflection . . . an annual reminder that God has, again, been ever so faithful. The solid and simple things of life are brought into clear focus.”
National tradition
Year’s intentional pause
Coming together as one
With purposeful cause
Nation’s heart now gathers
Thanksgiving welcomes all
Putting aside differences
Mercy’s blessed call
Family’s homeward steps
Cherished goodness brightens
Strengthening tomorrow’s bonds
Grace shall enlighten
Love fills another home
Peace refreshes outlook
Praying with one single voice
Heaven’s warm chinook
Harmony writes new psalm
Tranquility’s fellowship
Sharing gratitude today
Praise from every lip
From Revelation 7:12: “Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
Mystery ahead
Shadows can’t hide
Each spirit drinks deeply
Endless dreams collide
Pathway of echoes
These woods speak out
Tomorrow surrenders
Darkened voices sprout
Moonlight’s reflections
Mirrors of light
Backwoods’ invitation
Shared from nature’s birthright
Night’s melody plays
Whispers gift-wrapped
Each note of harmony
Composed to adapt
Mystery now found
Morn’s grateful dawn
Spirits return to sleep
Dreams wait to be drawn
Evening’s darkness deepens
Silence now awakens
Nature never rests
While daylight feels forsaken
Gentle spirit’s exhale
Dreams stand ready to climb
Day now forgotten
Headlines swallowed up in time
Starlight scatters its dust
World seemingly asleep
Patience to unfold
Caught up in submerging deep
Harmony’s dawn rises
New day set to embrace
Morning shares goodness
Propelled by bountiful grace
Glorious morning’s start
Grasping Creator’s hand
Warmed by faithful, rising sun
Waking His precious land
Nature’s intimate breath
Towering forest sings
Harmony’s rhythm soaring
Flying on eagle’s wings
Portrait’s autumn colors
Bordering every street
Imagination sails free
Painting each scene, repeat
Gentle spirit gathers
Energizing each thought
Another page waits to breathe
Tying landscape’s love knot
Trusted clock standing still
Adjusting every view
Tomorrow postponed for now
Tasting fall’s freshest brew
Summer forgotten
Autumn’s colorful menu—
Dining out . . . just fine
Precious earth cooling
Harvest finally gathered—
November waiting
Fall’s eternal breath
Illustrating every page—
Nature’s brightest flame
Harmony, balance, and rhythm. They’re all the three things that stay with you your whole life.
Perhaps the seeds of redemption lay not just in perseverance, hard work, and rugged individualism. Perhaps they lay in something more fundamental–the simple notion of everyone pitching in and pulling together.
Daniel James Brown (born 1951) is an American author. He specializes in creating narrative nonfiction books. The above quotes come from his book, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Stillness of morning’s breath
Tranquility fills heart
Horizon’s brightening light
Opening with day’s fresh start
Majestic giants stir
Delicate, swaying leaves
Darkness now evaporates
Wearing new day on its sleeve
Harmony’s early tune
Silent, yet always heard
Freedom composed, set to sing
Listening to treebound birds
Creator sketches scene
Every detail pronounced
Day renewed in nature’s midst
Colored with life, as announced
Waking at midnight
Blessed with moon-free sky
Peering into galaxy’s midst
Endless stars twinkle “hi”
Waking with silence
Moonlight dropping in
Feeling heavens’ distant light
Harmony’s smiling grin
Waking in darkness
Storm’s thunder crashes
Rolling over quiet thoughts
Lightning’s outburst flashes
Waking to calmness
Creek gently rolls by
Flowing with tranquil spirit
Landscape waving “goodbye”
Dreaming no longer
Each hour filled with rest
Composing nightly rhythm
Set for tomorrow’s quest
From Genesis 1:1-3: “When God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”
Stillness of another day
Creator’s spirit thrives
Composing eloquent song
Gentleness arrives
Morning’s sun always arrives
Creator’s love surrounds
Flowing with eternal peace
Harmony’s background
Wilderness coming alive
Creator’s welcome breath
Fathering tomorrow’s hope
Life renews from death
Nature’s intimate whispers
Creator’s rhythmic beat
Offering eternal joy
Love where rivers meet
Daylight replaces nightfall
Creator’s timeless clock
Aligning earth with heavens
Spirit’s key unlocks
From John 1:1-3: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.”
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