Are you surprised at how it feels, dear one? Are you surprised at the lightness of it? The washed-in-fresh-water sensation of it?
Now you know the power of His blood. Now you know how well it washes clean till all the grime of sin is gone and like a child the innocence is back.
Child-like faith, child-like hope, child-like clean again! And to think that you did not believe in second chances . . . well, you were wrong.
Artwork: Evening by Maxfield Parrish
Three cheers for Iceland! Or rather thousands of glorious cheers.
Iceland imprisoned its bankers. Iceland put its people first. Iceland refused to save the banks and it allowed them to fail! Hooray for such a courageous folk!
And what of Iceland now? Iceland’s economy is growing fast; faster than the U.S. and Europe. The government created better banks and forgave the people much of their debt. The brave, fighting folk of the cold north are wise, with wiser leaders than we have in the United States.
Remember us, Iceland, as we begin our fight . . . for we shall remember you and your great victory and it shall help us in our own dark night.
Photograph: handcuffed man, unknown; Iceland, unknown
