Day Four - Relaxation

 

A Sunday on the Ile de La Grande Jatte
by George Seurat  The Art Institute of Chicago

How to relax.  It's like catching a butterfly.  Reach out and grab at it, and surely it will be crushed.  Keep still and it might alight on you.  Relaxation is a 'mind, body and spirit' experience.  It is the essence of the sabbath, the day of rest.  Isn't it wonderful that the day of rest is also the day we join together to meet with our Lord.  Here is Psalm 46.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
    though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam,
    though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah

4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
    the holy habitation of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
    God will help her when morning dawns.
6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
    he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

PRAYER:  Be in our midst, for you are our source of life.  Peace is found in your presence.

Bathers at Asnieres, By George Seurat
National Gallery, London

Seeing Seuart's Chicago paint made me wonder how far apart the locations of Ile de la Grand Jatte and Asnieres are in Paris.  It's hard to tell but googlemaps says about 3 km.  But now these paintings are a 7 hour flight apart (from Heathrow to O'Hara International Airport, Chicago). 

Did you notice that Google celebrated Seurat's birthday on the 02.12.1859?  I missed it by two days.