Like a Lake
Canon 5D Mark 2, 24-70 L, 2.8 aperture. 1/320 shutter, 100 ISO
The image above was not taken on a frozen lake or pond, but in my neighbor’s pasture after a week of snow and ice. The icy surface makes the normally rough pasture reflective and glassy. It is particularly beautiful at sunset, appearing as if the sun itself is coming to meet me at my feet in the reflection.
Sara Groves wrote an amazing song with the same title as the image, “Like a Lake”. The song describes living with overwhelming pain and yet fighting to remain accessible to others. It is a beautiful song, and I feel it would be better to write her lyrics here than to describe them with my own words.
Like a Lake by Sara Groves
so much hurt and preservation
like a tendril round my soul
so much painful information
no clear way on how to hold it
when everything in me is tightening
curling in around this ache
I will lay my heart wide open
like the surface of a lake
wide open like a lake
standing at this waters edge
looking in at God’s own heart
I’ve no idea where to begin
to swallow up the way things are
everything in me is drawing in
closing in around this pain
I will lay my heart wide open
like the surface of a lake
wide open like a lake
bring the wind and bring the thunder
bring the rain till I am tried
when it’s over bring me stillness
let my face reflect the sky
and all the grace and all the wonder
of a peace that I can’t fake
wide open like a lake
everything in me is tightening
curling in around this ache
I am fighting to stay open
I am fighting to stay open
open open oh wide open
open like a lake
Day 13 done. Stay open.
2 Comments
That is possibly one of my favorite songs. When I saw the title for this day I wondered to myself if that song is what you were referring to. This is a great picture. It reminds me of the joys and peace God can bring simply through His creation.
[…] them and share them here. I am moved when I look back at the snow that created what looked like a glimmering lake on my neighbor’s pasture. I am taken back to that time and I can remember how I felt then as […]