O satisfy me

O satisfy me...
in the morning with Thy lovingkindness

O satisfy me in the morning with Thy lovingkindness that I may sing for joy and be glad all my days. (Psalm 90:14)

The Psalmist encourages us that God is waiting to feed us with His presence. This morning, I read Psalm 84 that also encourages us to dwell in His love.

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A few weeks ago I had a vivid dream. A few days later, I realized it was from the Lord. In the dream, a kind person took me out on the water on a circular flat raft. It was very peaceful. When we came on shore, we sat on a pier together and continued to enjoy each other’s company. Then, I leaned my back against his arm. He said, “I’ve been waiting for this.” The next three mornings, the first thing I heard in my mind when I awoke was, “I’m waiting for you.”

Did you know that the Lord is moved by your eagerness to spend time with Him? He is waiting for you to fellowship with you and to feed you. All that is required is our leaning on Him.

Psalm 81:16 says, “But I would feed you with the finest of wheat and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” What feeds you and me? What is our diet… the way we spend our time? God’s Word always richly feeds. “How lovely are Your dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord Adonai; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God!” (Psalm 84:1-2)

Blessings, love and shalom,
Beth Ann

The O satisfy me story:

In the 1990s, I was in a glorious pansy-pressing frenzy. The artwork from the Florals Collections was created during these years. I created the border for this Art Card with torn paper I had painted with metallic ink.

My good friend De had asked me to script this verse (Psalm 90:14) for her to place on her wall right next to the area where she read God’s Word each day. She wanted to be reminded of God’s desire to meet her with His love and joy.

The elegant script writing that accompanies the floral designs is fun and relaxing to execute. It is accomplished with a pointed nib in an oblique pen holder designed after the old quill pen. For O satisfy me, I used brown walnut ink that I created myself. (You can see the images after the recipe!)

Back in those years, I attended the Penmen conventions. The master penmen who had mastered the art thought my ink was the best. Homemade walnut ink has a quality that flows through the nib easily, creating the sought-after thins and thicks of the script alphabets!

This fine art of script writing flourished in the late 1800s and early 1900s during the Golden Age of Ornamental Penmanship when master itinerant penmen competitively promoted and propagated their particular styles among school students and in business. Today, script writing and good penmanship are almost lost skills, but anyone can learn!

Gone Nuts, Beth Ann’s Walnut Ink Recipe

• Collect two pails of rotting, November walnut hulls.
• Fill soup kettles ¾ full with hulls, cover with water, and bring to a boil; Boil the hulls the entire day, occasionally mashing the mixture with a heavy potato masher.
• At the end of the day, spoon out hard walnuts and outer hull casing.
• Filter the liquid through a series of large, then finer sieves: a large net strainer, colander, hosiery, coffee filters.
• Boil the liquid down for two days, stirring occasionally to keep the hardened juice off the sides of the kettle.
• Spread the liquid onto baking parchment in pans and cover lightly to protect from dust.
• Allow the liquid to dry completely, breaking it up into crystals every several days to speed the drying process.
• When the ink is completely dry, store the crystals in a jar.
• To reconstitute, add distilled water, (a few crystals go a long way).
• This ink stains, so wipe up spills immediately.
• Never a finer ink will you find to achieve the perfect flow through your pointed pen, a rich, black-brown ink with exquisite, varying tones! Enjoy the beautiful gradations of earth tones that flow from your nib!

Teaching Script Writing

Part of the Script Class Handout

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