December 25, 2013

  • MERRY CHRISTMAS /A precious moment;

     Merry Christmas to all my Xanga friends!

     

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    Un moment précieux 19 décembre 2013

    A precious moment

     

    English version below the picture

    Aujourd’hui  19 Décembre 2013,  j’ai passé tout l’ après-midi dans le jardin plié en deux  pour couper à la cisaille   les grandes tiges mortes des hautes fleurs qui occupaient les parterres de la cour, le pied des arbustes et  aussi,  çà et là, le potager: asters, glomis, pivoines , heliopsis, lierre. Toujours à la cisaille à main je coupais aussi un troène sui devenait trop encombrant. Je transportais le tout avec une brouette dans un coin de terre disponible dans le potager .

    Cela faisait déjà un bon tas que j’avais l’intention de brûler sur place . L’air était vif. Il avait  plu la veille au soir  . Je portais d’ailleurs chapeau, imperméable et bottes . Je commençais à fatiguer sérieusement. mais pour faire bonne mesure j’ allais arracher le plant de haricots verts morts que j' ajoutais au tas et je bêchais leur emplacement  Mais cette fois j’ étais épuisé et je trébuchais souvent dans la terre argileuse humide me retrouvant même parfois sur les genoux .

    J’avais aspergé le tas avec de l’essence et de loin j’y jetais un journal enflammé enroulé autour d’un caillou. Une belle explosion ma foi, mais hélas éphémère : trop d’humidité . Il ne me restait plus qu’à faire brûler ce damné tas de tiges humides en utilisant une à une  les pages  enflammées d’un vieux  journal  sans utiliser d’ essence. mais je devais toujours recommencer, mes efforts étaient vains. J ‘ étais donc là debout dans l’allée tentant de séparer le feuilles du journal que l’ humidité collait ensemble .

    Je commençais à ressentir l échec de ma tentative et une véritable débâcle physique dans mon corps . Et c’est à ce moment là qu’il se fit un vide en moi, que je réalisais qu’autour de moi c’ était le silence total et je voyais un grand soleil rouge réapparu  à demi caché par la cime des arbres au loin . Il était 4h et demi environ. Ce fut un instant indescriptible,  temps arrêté ,  joie d’être .
    J’étais avec  mon Créateur.

    michel dans le jardin soir du 19 dec 2013

      Today 19 December 2013, I spent the entire afternoon in the garden, folded in half to cut with shears large dead stems of tall flowers that filled the flowerbeds of the backyard, the foot of the shrubs and also here and there in the vegetable garden: asters, glomis, peonies, heliopsis, ivy. Still shears hand I also would cut a privet that became too thick . I carried everything with a wheelbarrow in a corner of land available in the garden.

    It was become  a great pile that I intended to burn on site. The air was crisp. It had rained the night before. I also wore hat, raincoat and boots. I was getting tired seriously. but for good measure I was going to pull the dead beans that I added to the pile and I tilled  the  location but this time I was exhausted and I often stumbled into the wet clay sometimes found myself on my knees.

      I sprinkled the pile with gasoline and  from far I threw inflamed newspaper wrapped around a stone. A beautiful explosion by the way, but alas ephemeral: too much moisture. It only remained for me to burn this damned pile of wet stems using the flaming pages of an old newspaper without using gasoline. but I always had to start again, my efforts were vain.. I  was standing in the garden  path trying to separate the sheets of paper that moisture sticking together

    I began to experience the failure of my attempt and a real physical debacle in my body. And it is at this time that it happened a void in me, I realized around me it was a total silence and I saw a big red sun half hidden by the trees in the distance . It was 4 pm and a half. It was an indescribable moment, time stopped, joy to be

     I was with my Creator.

     

Comments (57)

  • it seems you might have been getting somewhat impatient with the burning of the debris...and God sent the sun to dry out the moisture and put you in a more reverent disposition...what a precious moment indeed! Merry Christmas to You and Yours....ilym

    • You are right Marsha I believe I have been impatient but I wanted to get my garden cleaned for Christmas Anyway as murisopsis
      says below "Sometimes in our exhaustion and disappointment God makes manifest His glory. I envy the experience"

  • That was a beautiful moment for you to remember. There is no garden work going on here..our ground is covered with snow. It is also beautiful when we don't have to go outside and drive on the icy roads or shovel the heavy snow. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your family..
    Love, Barbara

  • so you did that? drew? you are good!
    yes, it was nice here,too in Texas

  • I can just imagine what a beautiful sight and feeling you had. Silence always intensifies an experience, I think.

    RYC Pearl Harbor: The Japanese made a big mistake with that attack. I wonder what Hitler thought when he heard about it?

  • "...time stopped, joy to be, I was with my Creator"
    I love that.
    I've known those experiences.

    I'm not much good at pulling down gardens... I can never bring myself to uproot life.

    Many blessings to you,
    Lynn

  • Sometimes in our exhaustion and disappointment God makes manifest His glory. I envy the experience... Love the drawing!

  • Such a defining moment! What an imagery you have presented us with Michel. Thank you. It goes to show that His presence is always with us.

  • That was just precious! Thanks for sharing. :)

  • This brought tears to my eyes.
    Thank you for sharing your experience and feelings in words and drawing, Michel!
    "Be still and know..."
    I love how he shows up in the mundane, in the quiet, in the noise, in the chaos...he is always there...and just to spend time with him in silence is a beautiful thing. :-)
    HUGS!!! :-)

  • What a beautiful picture you painted with words and a picture. This year I have been outside doing chores almost every day because Honey is so busy working in the trenches. :-) Even when it's cold I enjoy the beauties of nature. Like you, I see God in it. Thank-you for the reminder this morning!

  • It drew you back to what is really important. Loved your drawing. Does this link help? http://cheri-herald.xanga.com/

  • Beautiful moment with the Creator of all beauty ~ :)

  • The setting sun, a beautiful sight to behold...

    Your body was telling you, enough for one day, finish it tomorrow.....

    • I wanted to apply the saying:"Do not put off until tomorrow what you can do today”. But I had to stop,the dead stems were too wet and I was, indeed, too tired

  • We started the week with a snow storm and six inches of snow. Today there was no snow on the ground!! My body does not know how to respond!!

  • Merry Christmas.

  • About this time of year, I start dreaming of gardens. I wake up feeling sad, because everything will be covered in snow for several months.

  • Once when I was young I tried to burn grass clippings (a huge wet pile) by pouring gasoline on it. The loud BOOM! brought my dad out to see what had happened. He figured it out right away and I got a good scolding.

    • Using gasoline to burn dry plants needs more precaution, reflection and self control.It must not be a habit

  • How wonderful you write!

    Michel we live in the middle of Texas so it is not unusual to find orange trees. It's just people don't know how to prune for good crops and many spoil on the ground. I think of my father at those times and his fruit and vegetables. No oranges in PA where he farmed.

    Wil went to church today, he sees his doctor tomorrow. I will be asking about his cough and voice. Probably allergy.

  • Bénédictions, mon ami.

  • I see that you still sketch the passage of time in our lives. Wonderful.

    Want to wish you, Janine and your family a Blessed and Merry Christmas. Looking forward to visiting you and your family in great family gatherings and love. Merry Christmas my dear Michel. love Marilyn (thistlepatch) Thysell. ♥

  • It sounds like it was a productive day. Maybe all that debris could be used for composting?

  • Merveilleuse expérience Michel. Le Soleil est bien la Source de la Vie. Par ailleurs, il reste le mystère de la pensée, de la parole et cela peut ainsi rester un mystère nous rendant humbles devant la Création. - A part cela, ce même 19 décembre, en Anjou, la maman de notre belle-fille vivait une chirurgie compliquée (3 pontages coronariens) et nous étions tous très en pensées avec elle. Depuis elle se remet très doucement ... il faudra encore beaucoup de patience dans sa convalescence. Sa fille, notre fils et le petit Adrien sont près d'elle et nous fêteront Noël avec eux via Skype en compagnie de notre plus jeune fils et de son amie.

    A vous réunis à 25 ou même plus, tous nos très sincères voeux de bonheur. Joyeux Noël! Cheers!

  • Great story, and excellent sketch! I always enjoy your drawings.

  • I think it is a mark of good character that you can turn a frustrating incident into something positive and uplifting. A lot of people would have been in a bad mood the rest of the day and taken it out upon their family. But you turned away from your frustration and looked at the wider world and your place in it.
    I like your sketch as well, it has a lot of energy and perfectly captures the feeling of what happened.
    Wishing you and your family a Very Merry Christmas!

  • "Dieu par Anne Terri avec le Saint-Esprit: Nous avons partagé beaucoup de moments privilégiés en famille. Avec autant de me suivre maintenant, et nous pas sur Xanga, Nous voulons vous souhaiter un très joyeux Noël. AMEN "

  • Merry Christmas, Michel

    You had a wonderful moment in the presence of God. That has happened to me a few tmes and it is a blessed never forgetting moment in time.

    blessings

    frank

  • I see you have a new photo at the top.
    Merry Christmas to you and your family

  • Merry Christmas, Michel! Love to you and your precious family! :-)
    HUGS!!! :-)

  • Christmas is love
    Tugging people back to God
    With the powerful clasp of a
    Tiny hand
    Reaching out from a bed
    Of straw
    :-)

  • Joyeux Noël

    Plusieurs fois, nos échecs nous portent à une plus grande gloire

    • Oui, John, il faut souvent expérimenter parfois durement pour arriver à quelque chose
      Yes , John , the repeated exprience, sometimes hard, often is needed to reach a goal

  • Et votre rendu raconte l'histoire remarquable très bien

  • Merry Christmas

  • blessings and a joyous Christmas to you and your family.Your drawings are wonderful! :)

  • Merry Christmas, my kind and loving friend. :) Many blessings upon you and your family :)

    ~ Marica

  • Merry Christmas Michel, and many happy returns.

  • Merry Christmas!

  • Merry Christmas, Michel ~

  • Even the very worst day in the garden is better than being cooped up inside. By the way, my mother always told me that playing with fire would make you wet the bed. I don't get the connection but you may want to wear some extra layers tonight.

  • Buon Natale,
    I would have liked to see it : Launching the flaming paper like a Molotov. In the US the FBI would have been there to investgate potential terrorism.
    Reminds me of the burning bush. It is good that the creator did not hand to you the Stones or , more modern, some tablet, with some new commandaments , like Moses.

    Amitie

    Carlo

  • Joyeuses Fêtes, passées (Noël) et à venir, à toi, Janine et la famille.

    Hier soir (le 25) ils ont repassé ce documentaire sur les cathédrales sur le réseau PBS américain (leur réseau public) et où ils expliquaient en détail toutes les interventions faites au cours des siècle pour éviter que la cathédrale d'Amiens ne s'écroule. Ils ont entièrement numérisé l'intérieur de cathédrale avec des rayons laser et on voit ainsi très bien les forces qui s'exercent. La dernière intervention, un anneau de fer près des plafonds, serait apparemment ce qui fait qu'elle soit encore debout. En tout cas, c'était super intéressant et naturellement comme c'était celle d'Amiens, j'avais un intérêt supplémentaire. ;-)

  • RYC: I've made bread for a long time. Since the boys are no longer living at home I usually only do a little except when they are visiting.
    Have a Happy New Year. I may not be around again until "next year".
    Hugs and smiles, Char

  • God speaks to us when we need him most. He came to give you that wonderful intimate expression of his Love. Do no overwork and become too tired. He does not want us to exhaust our bodies but glory in them. Lots of love to you and Janine <3

  • Beautiful!

    Now for the practical: next time, get several (8,10,12) complete, substantial, folded newsparers; roll them into separate logs (put rubber bands around them); saturate them all with gasoline from the inside out by pouring into a rolled end; pile the compost you want to burn upon a base arrangement of them all; then light it as you did. The beautiful explosion will not be ephemeral but will shoot to the sky like a jet rocket and devour all that is upon it!

  • I'm trying to hang on to my friends but there is so much going on around me.....I painted store windows again this year but only 3. The weather would not cooperate. So that stressed me. Then there was the Christmas gifts and I have one who expects so much that...well there was stress there too. I had planned this big Christmas Eve get together party with games and food ...more stress. I ended up with a whopping case of stomach distress and I am fighting it now with medicine. I really want to get back to my friends on Xanga but it seems to be lost under a great pile of things I must do first. I do update on Facebook some but I know you don't go there much. I do hope you and your family had a beautiful Christmas. My New Year's resolution will be : I will devote more time to my friends on Xanga. Your friendship means more to me than you know. Now I will go catch up on your blogs that I enjoy so much.

  • Michel was that you on the right in Lift up your Hands?

  • RYC: Thank you so much, Michel! You make me smile SO BIG! :-) I had a great Christmas! Happy New Year to you, too...and to your precious family!
    HUGS!!! ;-)

  • Oh wonderful Michel I am able to get to your Xanga site from my word press.
    I hope that you and your lovely family had a wonderful Christmas and that you will all be blessed in the new year.

  • RYC: I don't know how to put a video up here on Xanga 2.0. :-( I could do it on the old Xanga and I know how to do it on WordPress. It's easy to put up youtube and other videos on my WordPress site.

    I tried here, but I think you have to have the video saved to your computer somehow and I don't know how to do that with a video from youtube or the internet...a video that is not my own video. :-(

    If you find out how to do it...please let me know. If I find out, I'll let you know!

    HUGS!!! :-)

  • I figured out the video thing! And left you a comment on your latest post about it. See if that helps!
    HUGS!!! :-)

  • And a wonderful New Year to you and your family.

    Thank you for the wonderful cards (the Christmas one came in today's (12/31/) post).

    In friendship, Yvonne

    P.S. While I have not figured out how to follow the Xanga feeds on FB, I do check in here every once in a while.

  • I so much appreciate your eye for small things to treasure. And I appreciate your care for me too! You prompted me to blog and tell the story of our recent vacation. Much love.

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