Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent

Oh for the wonder that bubbles into my soul. — D.H. Lawrence

A setting sun going down into the ocean, radiant in color, and then disappears. Where did it go? Beaches and rising or setting suns obviously “bubble into my soul.” I suspect each of us see, hear, or smell something that causes us wonderment. Even a newborn child finds wonder in finding his/her hands and feet. We find wonder when we witness this phenomena.

I suspect D. H. Lawrence is going beyond oceans, scents, or discovery of hands. I think he is describing the wonder of God’s love that transcends understanding. How can anyone but God forgive it all — all of our foibles and transgressions are wiped away, and we are called simply to be loved in comforting arms.

My grandmother had a housekeeper who was an image of God’s love. No matter how much trouble I got into or deserved, I could run to Fanny and she would love me, hold me and feed me. My children experienced this as well. I remember a time when the woman who was our housekeeper, baby-sitter, and close, close friend can out one day after Suzy and I had been out of town, saying before I could even get out of the car, “Webb Hubbell don’t you do anything to hurt my babies, they didn’t do anything wrong.”

In that image we view a small portion of God’s unconditional love for all of us. That love is the “wonder that bubbles in(to) our souls.”

About the author

Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.

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