If these walls could talk.
Seems they do. In
today’s UCC devotional, Pastor Talitha Arnold writes about a time when former
Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall spoke at her church. She expected a political theme to his
message, but he started out by talking about his childhood. Specifically, he reminisced about the walls
of his home, adorned with Scripture samplers made by his mother and
sisters. Those words inspired and
empowered his life’s work. See the whole
article here.
It made me think back to my childhood. The most prominent wall hanging I can
remember is the Jesus painting that always had a place of honor. Christ was
always present in my home, if not always in my heart. In my grandparents’ house, there was a
painting that was on the wall directly in front of me when I laid on their sofa
in the front room to nap. It was a small
village, a cobblestone lane running at an upward slope between the cottages,
and a lady with a basket of flowers. The
colors seemed to shimmer in a way that made the painting come to life. It sparked my curiosity and imagination –
where was she going? Where had she
been? It was a peaceful scene that made
me dream of foreign places. When I moved
to Switzerland,
I returned to that village in real time.
On my walls now – a print that we bought in Tennessee – our Ebenezer
print – a reminder that God has and will always help us . A collection of
ceramic crosses. Our degrees and
professional certificates – a reminder of happy accomplishments. A flamingo watercolor painted by a 9-year old
Kate – the bright yellow sun always makes me smile. And many more…
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