Sunday, January 27, 2013
relax...
have you noticed that some folks have a difficult time just relaxing into Him? they say something like...
oh i know He loves me...
i know all about grace...
i know we don't have to do anything to earn His blessing...
and then go about holding themselves as if they are walking on thin ice with Him
so sad the energy they spend on tying themselves into knots
when all He is after is
that we relax
and learn to live
in the unforced rhythms
of
Grace
Himself
the law...
think of all the opportunities Jesus had to shun folks…
the 10 lepers – who were obviously leprous because of sin…
the woman at the well who had been married many times and was now living with her boyfriend…
the 10 lepers – who were obviously leprous because of sin…
the woman at the well who had been married many times and was now living with her boyfriend…
the tax collector who took some for himself…
the woman taken in adultery [always wondered where was the man]…
the unclean woman with the issue of blood…
all the rowdies who were wine-bibbers…
to name a few…
all folks who were breaking ‘the law’…
He touched them…
loved on them…
wept and laughed and ate with them…
He healed them and encouraged them…
the only ones He castigated – and yet did not truly shun?...
the law keepers…
Saturday, January 26, 2013
watching...
have you
ever watched a hunting dog in the field with his master?
Every sense
alert…
eyes keen
to any movement…
ears up and
tuning in to sound as yet unheard by the hunter…
nose flared
testing the air…
body ready
to run…
waiting for
the discovery…
the
movement…
the sound…
the smell…
watchful…
ready…
kelly
be watchful
the Grace of God appears suddenly
it comes without warning
to an open heart
~rumi
the Grace of God appears suddenly
it comes without warning
to an open heart
~rumi
Monday, January 21, 2013
in the night...
singing in the
night…
because the dark
can’t hold us…
singing…
not out of fear…
singing…
out of liberty…
of the spirit…
of the soul…
in the midst of
the night…
in the midst of
the pain…
in the midst of
the tree boughs which do not support us…
singing…
because of
grace…
free…
not bound…
singing…
in the night…
kelly
kelly
"Be like a bird who, pausing in her
flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet
sings, knowing she hath wings. ~ Victor Hugo ~
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
it is...
this falls under the heading of 'never hurts to reiterate what we know'...
it is a kindness to give space for a hurting one to feel and express that hurt...
it is a kindness to give a hug...
it is a kindness to share some of the load...
it is a kindness to speak a gentle word of encouragement...
it is a kindness to not say, 'get your act together' to one who has stumbled...
it is a kindness
to be kind...
hope...
you may feel like a cut down tree…
you may feel as though your roots have grown old in the ground
… even that your stump has died
yet…
yet…
at the slightest whiff of water
… new buds of life will appear
… new shoots will be put forth
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