This photo of a sign hung above an apothecary shop in Colonial Williamsburg was taken as I “looked up.”
Today’s post is in response to the daily photo challenge with the theme “Look up.” I became aware of the challenge on Joseph Elon Lillie’s blog:
The photo taken over the 4th of July holiday is of the sign hung above the apothecary shop in Colonial Williamsburg. Although I have not been actively involved with my former profession as a pharmacist for more than 22 years, my visit to Williamsburg reminded me that I am now dispensing “medications” of a different sort through my blog called “Dr. J’s Apothecary Shoppe” where I am “filling prescriptions to minister to the heart and soul.” Now I see that I am still compounding:
After the Art of the Apothecary
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment,
an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary:
it shall be an holy anointing oil.Exodus 30:25 [KJV]
I desire to follow recipes and not to vary
From the prescribed formulas for the remedies I need,
To compound after the art of the apothecary.I long to work circumspectly and always be wary,
To measure and mix precisely for love and not for greed.
I desire to follow recipes and not to vary.I recall yearning to learn from childhood days in Gary,
To weigh my decisions and follow as the Lord would lead,
To compound after the art of the apothecary.I seek to formulate my ideal art and to marry
Vocation and avocation as one of love and need.
I desire to follow recipes and not to vary.I attempt to move with wisdom but never to tarry
To master each prescription, to excel and to succeed,
To compound after the art of the apothecary.The sweet smelling savor I desire my life to carry
Is the pure, holy anointing oil tempered of my need.
I desire to follow recipes and not to vary,
To compound after the art of the apothecary.
In a previous blog post, I concluded with a music video described as another dose of good medicine: Medicine (for someone else) by Ruben Studdard:
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