{"id":401,"date":"2017-04-01T10:46:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T08:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=401"},"modified":"2023-03-01T23:11:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T22:11:20","slug":"quiet-near-a-little-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/01\/quiet-near-a-little-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiet near a little stream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:24px; background-color:#FFFFE0;padding:14px;font-family:Georgia, serif;\">With spring upon us, perhaps you can make some time to sit beside a little stream and meditate.<br \/>Here is some food for thought.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.<br \/>\nHe makes me lie down in green pastures,<br \/>\nhe leads me <strong>beside quiet waters<\/strong>,<br \/>\nhe refreshes my soul.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Psalm 23:1-3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"403\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/04\/01\/quiet-near-a-little-stream\/quiet-near-a-little-stream\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/quiet-near-a-little-stream.jpg?fit=743%2C708&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"743,708\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"quiet near a little stream\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/quiet-near-a-little-stream.jpg?fit=743%2C708&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-403\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/quiet-near-a-little-stream.jpg?resize=428%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/quiet-near-a-little-stream.jpg?w=743&amp;ssl=1 743w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/quiet-near-a-little-stream.jpg?resize=300%2C286&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 85vw, 428px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>from <em>Open House for Butterflies<\/em> (1960)<br \/>\nby children\u2019s author <strong>Ruth Krauss<\/strong> (1901\u20131993)<br \/>\nwith illustrations by <strong>Maurice Sendak<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>More verses featuring streams:<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Happy are those<br \/>\n    who do not follow the advice of the wicked,<br \/>\nor take the path that sinners tread,<br \/>\n    or sit in the seat of scoffers;<br \/>\nbut their delight is in the law of the Lord,<br \/>\n    and on his law they meditate day and night.<br \/>\nThey are like trees<br \/>\n    planted by <strong>streams<\/strong> of water,<br \/>\nwhich yield their fruit in its season,<br \/>\n    and their leaves do not wither.<br \/>\nIn all that they do, they prosper.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Psalm 1:1-3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As a deer longs for flowing <strong>streams<\/strong>, so my soul longs for you, O God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Psalm 42:1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By the <strong>streams<\/strong> the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Psalm 104:12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more about <em>Open House for Butterflies<\/em> and the special relationship between author and illustrator, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/2013\/07\/25\/ruth-krauss-maurice-sendak-open-house-for-butterflies\/\">brainpickings.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With spring upon us, perhaps you can make some time to sit beside a little stream and meditate.Here is some food for thought. 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