"Bountiful"
©created by Delia Stewart
"Wrap it up in yesterday's newspaper
Whatever you got to give we could use as well
A most unlikely place for Christmas
In a junkyard shop to find Emmanuel
Flim Flam preacher man fix it King
Arch rival of the squeaky clean
Out of broken pieces sees a beautiful thing
That's a Junkman
For this worn out world he loved so well
With a troubled treasured story to tell
There's not much time but it's yours and mine
Before the night is through
If you've got anything left to give
This is for you"
Junkman's Christmas Eve by Peter Mayer
Peter sings, "Out of broken pieces sees a beautiful thing"
You can see in the picture of Bountiful an upside down shovel. More specifically it is more in the spade category than a shovel. And being an upside down spade or shovel is probably an appropriate symbol for each one of us as we imagine and re-imagine all the gifts we've been given.
The psalmist wrote and sang, "What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty to me?" Psalm 116:12. So then, listen once again to Peter's words, "Out of broken pieces sees a beautiful thing."
There is plenty when we take time or make time to see and hear the beauty and bounty all around us. We're about half way to Christmas Day. I invite you to be like the "junkman" and adopt an attitude of gratitude. The world is full of beautiful and bountiful pieces and peaces of joy!
Sing Joy,
rtg
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