Comments on: Like drinking from a fire hydrant

By: Jennifer D

Jennifer D — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:33:30 +0000

In a sick household this weekend, I needed this reminder that God is all around me–I just need to look beyond the Kleenex. Time to go star-gazing tonight.

By: L.T. Elliot

L.T. Elliot — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:07:11 +0000

I loved that you said Grace is closer to Weight. The weight of God. For me, that weight is like my favorite, heavy quilt. Warm, thick, and enfolding. Is that not also Grace? Everyday I am enfolded with blessings I cannot possibly see, recognize, or number and yet there’s just enough understanding for me to feel the weight of God and know that I am–and therefore, am loved.

By: Roxane B. Salonen

Roxane B. Salonen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:52:57 +0000

Billy, this is the part loved most: But I’ve never lost sight of that other sermon, the one I am a witness to every day. It’s a silent one, ever present, given to believer and doubter alike.

What strikes me now, as it did in earlier times before I read your words, is that we ALL have access to God’s beauty and breath, even when we don’t recognize it as such. I am so grateful to have eyes to see it, and ears to hear it. It is so much grander when we can look “behind the music” and know the Creator of the artwork and His story, and not just be in awe of the work itself.

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By: Amy Sorrells

Amy Sorrells — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:14:17 +0000

Stars = God sneezed a miracle = beautiful. Checked out the first part of your book you’ve posted, too, and your metaphors and language is gorgeous. Thanks for brightening the world with all this. Cheering on your publishing debut!

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:04:33 +0000

I loved this! Thank you!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:47:54 +0000

It’s posts like this that make me want to be able to read your book now. “Wondering at the stars,” “Orion stands guard,” and the way you describe what your children see in the stars. Excellent. Good to read this morning.
~ Wendy

By: Maureen

Maureen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:46:20 +0000

Another wonderful post. . . You just keep them coming!

An experience I’ve never forgotten: I was high in the mountains of Colorado very late at night. Our car rounded a bend to find cars suddenly stopping and pulling off. We pulled off, too, and got out to see what everyone was pointing to. Looking up, we saw the most magnificent arc of stars, the Milky Way, impossible to see down below where city lights make the sky disappear. We all started clapping. Hearts just filled. I felt like I’d gone to heaven that night.

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:32:25 +0000

Hi Billy – I’m lovin’ all the new snapshots of you. Neat to see you out of a baseball cap and cowboy hat!

Your writing is beautiful – truly inspiring and always gives me something to ponder about God’s truths!

Blessings,
Jill

By: Joyce

Joyce — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:32:23 +0000

I read this post very early this morning. The sky was still just slightly dark and I could see four deer standing on the hillside behind my house under a nearly full moon. Applause to the Ceator is all I have to say today. Sometimes I see the beauty in creation and I wonder how anyone can say there is no God?