Day 4: What an amazing, wonderfully tiring day! As we all settled in this much colder evening, I began thinking about the many juxtapositions we experienced today. Strength. Humility. Light & darkness. We began our Sunday morning with worship at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The history around and beneath us was absolutely breathtaking. This was what we would call 'high church,'and the service was sung in entirety. Although it was very different than our norm (and sometimes difficult to fight the lull of softly lit architecture and mantras) the one thing many of us discussed afterward was the holiness that was present. The reverence & humility was astonishing. We then toured Windsor Castle & the beautiful town built around this occupied fortress, & Yes! The Queen was in residence! We exhausted the evening hours -& ourselves- with "The Ghosts of London Tour," continuing to experience the macabre history of this great city. In reflection, I began to think about the main scripture from today's beautiful service, Psalm 18. I think it no coincident ( my sister calls it a God-incident) that The Scripture God gave us today spoke with strength and humility light and darkness. In times of and certainty, there is always one thing for certain is that "...The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower...For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness." Windsor Castle? A force to be reckoned with for hundreds of years. Our God? THE force to be reckoned with from the very beginning to the end of time. Our light among utter darkness. "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength."
For our fitter-by-the-minute travelers & followers: 15,556 steps, 7.54 miles, & 35 flights of stairs ascended...
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