Our tears can be a release. What a beautiful picture. That those very tears - the deep cry that comes from your belly and leaves you breathless - that ache that somehow overwhelms what you thought you understood... that that would be a release - not a release to allow those emotions to overwhelm you [...]
sacred moments
And the sacred moments do come - if only we have souls attentive enough to recognize them - and courage enough to embrace the wild unknown that may follow the rabbit trail of creativity that could last brief moments or much longer (if one is lucky) - to discard the to do list long enough [...]
let’s try this again…
Well it turns out the daily quotes did not prove as successful as I had hoped : ) But I am now back in the swing of things and just allowing blog posts to come as they come - there may be times I need to establish a routine of daily writing - but one [...]
risk
"Then the time came when the risk it took to remain in a bud was far greater than the risk it took to blossom." -Anais Nin
“…I shall be lost in Him; that is, I shall find myself.”
“There exists some point at which I can meet God in a real and experiential contact with His infinite actuality. This is the ‘place’ of God, His sanctuary, it is the point where my contingent being depends upon His love. Within myself is a metaphorical apex of existence at which I am held in being [...]
“…now I am going to lead you into the substance”
"I prepared excitedly for my departure, as if this journey had a mysterious significance. I had decided to change my mode of life, 'til now,' I told myself, 'you have only seen the shadow and been well content with it; now, I am going to lead you into the substance.'" -Nikos Kazantzakis
Holiness – the exquisite pun of the first syllable
“Holiness has most often been revealed to me in the exquisite pun of the first syllable, in holes – in not enough help, in brokenness, mess. High holy places, with ethereal sounds and stained glass, can massage my illusion of holiness, but in holes and lostness I can pick up the light of small ordinary [...]
L’Engle
Excerpts from Madeline L'Engle's "Walking on Water" "The only way we can brush against the hem of the Lord...is to have the courage, the faith, to abandon control." "The deepest communion with God is beyond words, on the other side of silence." "It is a frightening thing to open oneself to this strange and dark [...]
and so it begins…
A little fact about me - I am slightly obsessed with quotes - many of you may already know this odd fact about me, but if not, you will soon discover it for yourself : ) For years, quotes have challenged and deepened me, caused me to wrestle with preconceived ideas or notions of which [...]
jenn crider 