Scotland -- Day Four

Worship!

Halleluia!

I’m in church

and I’m not in charge!

Now that’s

a Halleluia!

moment!

Singing praise

looking upward

eyes guided by the song words

on the screen

looking upward

and seeing the high windows

joining the roofline

and spying

the blue sky

beyond

lifted eyes

lift spirit

upward

ever

upward

***

Shopping for clothes

for Ruaridh

and Zara

and Liz

and me

yes - the one

who can’t shut

her suitcase

decided that she

wanted --

nay

needed

more clothes

"Do you think it’s a sin

to love to shop for clothes?"

she asks her fellow minister

and friend

more friend than minister 

in the moment,

Liz reassuringly answers

“No”

I love this woman

***

Afternoon Sunday

just like back home

once the church scurry

is over

it’s total sabbath relaxation

whether hanging the laundry

washing the car

pulling weeds

or relishing the

nothing doing

of the moment

and it is glorious