Niggle is for sure one of Tolkien’s best things, along with LOTR of course. I think of it a lot, when I am annoyed with something I must do and I would rather be doing something else. And oh the loss of his life’s work, when his great painting was used to mend a roof, and then even the last leaf was destroyed. But oh! His real life’s work was there with him, far better even than he had managed to accomplish it…..It’s a brilliant story, written by a man who did some real thinking.
Happy those who have been given the gift of the faith. Happier those who after much thought and diligent search find Jesus , believe in HIm, love Him, accept all His teachings, and practice them.
I thought this week’s hymn would be “ Lord Jesus, Think on Me”, but I’m glad you chose this one. It’s moving in either version, but I particularly love the elegant Latiin. Perhaps that’s because I can actually figure it out (just about) on my own. (I had the opportunity to study Latin at the age of 67, seventeen years ago, & took it so I could understand hymns better
Andrew Wyeth captured the essence of "Do children think?" in painting his young son, Jamie, then about eight-years old, sitting dreamily on brown grass wearing a coonskin cap. He titled his portrait of Jamie: "Faraway."
AMEN!
Niggle is for sure one of Tolkien’s best things, along with LOTR of course. I think of it a lot, when I am annoyed with something I must do and I would rather be doing something else. And oh the loss of his life’s work, when his great painting was used to mend a roof, and then even the last leaf was destroyed. But oh! His real life’s work was there with him, far better even than he had managed to accomplish it…..It’s a brilliant story, written by a man who did some real thinking.
Happy those who have been given the gift of the faith. Happier those who after much thought and diligent search find Jesus , believe in HIm, love Him, accept all His teachings, and practice them.
I thought this week’s hymn would be “ Lord Jesus, Think on Me”, but I’m glad you chose this one. It’s moving in either version, but I particularly love the elegant Latiin. Perhaps that’s because I can actually figure it out (just about) on my own. (I had the opportunity to study Latin at the age of 67, seventeen years ago, & took it so I could understand hymns better
Andrew Wyeth captured the essence of "Do children think?" in painting his young son, Jamie, then about eight-years old, sitting dreamily on brown grass wearing a coonskin cap. He titled his portrait of Jamie: "Faraway."