We have a rhythm; you know my waking, hear my breathing change, feel the weight lift from my side of the bed; no matter how gently I rise, you know that I’ve left, and you follow me. But you sense when I need to keep sleeping, slip out so that though your moving rouses me, Continue reading “Rhythm”
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This Joy
This joy pushes at my skin, leaves my heart fluttering in breathless wonder — I am allowed to create; so, may I write in humility, a beautiful lowliness, the recognition that I am a created being guarded by the Almighty, shaped by His hands, safe in His arms, one through Jesus. I am overwhelmed byContinue reading “This Joy”
Standing Under Trees II
“I took a walk in the woods and left taller than the trees.” — Henry David Thoreau Sometimes standing under trees is the only way I can breathe deeply enough to relax, to calm myself into remembering what I am — this steady pacing, a day to day reckoning of the joys and consequences ofContinue reading “Standing Under Trees II”
Before Blooming
Before the bloom there must be gentle care, a tending to ensure the heart imbibes nutrients for strength and growth. There must be life-giving light, the rays from sun to filter through and provide what is necessary to thrive. The roots need room to push through and find home deep within the soil, far enoughContinue reading “Before Blooming”
Just Walk
I just want us to walk and keep walking; we’ll pause long enough to touch the velvet petals of sweet roses we pass, enjoy the shade as we listen to any breeze through quaking aspen branches. We’ll amble past open fields, trudge the mud along river beds, saunter upon warm sandy beaches as we delightContinue reading “Just Walk”
A Mark for Courage
I have this little pink bookmark in my journal, an encouragement to write and share, for any form of expression takes courage, especially when your heart is in all you give out. These little writings, perhaps incidental to the world, reflect my soul opened, my thoughts laid bare, my profession of faith and often confessionsContinue reading “A Mark for Courage”
Nudges
I’ve developed a fondness for flowers, and I tell you, if you take the time to notice, they are different each day, each hour, really. I’ve become enamored of bees, only recently realizing how many I’ll see if I slow down and seek them amid blooms near me. I have been standing under trees, findingContinue reading “Nudges”
Cello Dance
“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” – Pablo Casals. I plug my ears with cello song, breathe in deeply and slowly release air, stress, and all that is negative; the bow takes me to mountains, then through a green glade, and I finally find myself barefoot in sandContinue reading “Cello Dance”
Scatter Joy
I saw a sign that read, “Scatter your joy,” and I believe in that premise. You can’t hoard joy because joy can’t be hidden; it can’t be stored away in emotion silos for another day because when joy dawns the light effuses; joy warms and grows and fills every corner, finds and merges with otherContinue reading “Scatter Joy”
One
I contemplate what it is to exist — to be a created being, spinning on a created world, attended by a creative God. I stand before green grasslands, vast cerulean oceans, massive mountain ranges that reach to the sky; I stand beneath an expanse of blue that falls to endless black and I am awareContinue reading “One”
Poetic Meanderings 