Envelopes of Light

I recently discovered a source for Pierce Pettis CD's that have been out of print for a very long time. OK, so Amazon.com isn't really a new discovery, just that it was new to me that you could get used CD's on the site. Anyhow, I have now successfully replaced two CD's that I have had on tape (yes, cassette tape) until now. I am sharing this because it makes me happy. I'm also sharing this because Pierce Pettis is one of those singer-songwriters who teach my heart things it kinda already knows but just doesn't know how to say it as well as he does. I received my "envelopes of light" about a week apart, which has given me time to digest again the beauty they contain. In his song, Envelopes of Light, Pettis tells the story of a man who goes out in search of himself: "At the sign of the times/He hesitates to navigate his course/His rite of passage/Up the stream of consciousness to find its source". While he's "gone" a woman waits for him to return, but "when he's down so dark/She mails him little envelopes of light". These "envelopes" are reminders of God's ambiance, His presence by way of small miracles of sight and sounds that tell the man who he is.

I hope to receive more of these envelopes, and even more, to be entrusted to deliver some of them to the people God has chosen to decorate my life with. We all seem to have this need to be reminded on a daily basis of the good gifts we have been given. I hope that is the reason I started blogging. Not just because I have some narcissistic desire to share my thoughts with the world (and I'm sure I do), but to also seek to open these envelopes and share the joys and heartaches with fellow travelers.