Of Learning Curves and Growing Pains

'Live and learn' has become an oft-repeated mantra in my life!Fumbles and stumbles to teach mewhat I thought I already knew/learned...On the bright side, it keeps life from becoming predictable, doesn't it?!And often reminds us of the loving-kindness and patience of God! On the cusp of Dusk-dimmed vistas waits a whole new ‘live and learn’... Due to the lack of sunshine in the past month in southern Ontario,when it suddenly made a late-day appearanceI couldn't resist putting supper-prep on pause and dashing out to the fieldsbehind my neighbor's barn!Sub-zero temps made recording challenging because I couldn't be without mittensfor more than 30 seconds! But the chill added to the exhilaration!! 6No one is like you, Lord;you are great,and your name is mighty in power. Then, just like that it's morning once more...a gray one, dappled with colorful birds...(pics below) Daylight drives afar the darkness of the heavens; mercy reignsOnce again, we face the grace of learning curves and growing painsFor Time never fully severs us from ties of ‘no return’On the cusp of Dusk-dimmed vistas waits a whole new ‘live and learn’ Soft, dawn’s lofty lintels flower, filling bowers with TodayPray God’s armor thwarts the charmer bent on luring us astrayPray the fight twixt wrong and right draws us to He whose love/truth sustainsHe who knows the highs and lows of learning curves and growing pains No matter how high on ladders of success, Faith plants its prayerAlways still, another hill to climb, another hurt/cross to bearSudden swerve on Learning’s Curve, or fresh onslaught of Growing’s painAnd Day’s Light to pierce night’s Darkness and God’s mercy, new again © Janet Martin So, here's to a new day of living and learning to be kinder, humbler, holier, not on our ownbut through Christ in us! I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength and as mentioned, bird pics!