Meaning ~

The Wise Old Monk said: "He will get at you with things that make you struggle: an insuperable problem, a divorce, cancer, a loss . . . That will make you return to Him, where you belong".

Open Mine Eyes ~

Despite all my neglect, He lets spring come again to greet me at my window.

Morning News Report ~

In North Carolina Edward Cantrell, 36, a soldier, wrapped a blanket around himself and ran into the burning house to save his two daughters, 4 and 6.

He and his daughters perished in the flames.

Earthbound ~

Even when in complete solitude the banal concerns of each passing hour keep me from rising aloft to You.