Tag Archives: Life

Through the Lens…

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I used to think the dark was very dark…until I learned that in the dark was light…sometimes beginning only like a shadow – other times as a little spark far off in the distance.  Yes, there is light in the dark and I think more often than not we are walking in that little glimmer of light in the dark…more often than walking in the light, void of the dark.  I used to think I walked in clarity….with “sometimes episodes” of blurry, but came to understand that mostly I walk in blurry, but in the clarity within the blurry.  Life is a paradox.  We live in mystery.  We live in faith.

“At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face.  At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.” 1 Co 13:12

Single-Hearted…

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Single-hearted…

Strive to be.

Misunderstood in the din of distractions…

And the grasps of gratifications.

But…

Single-hearted…

Strive to be.

“Find your delight in the Lord who will give you your heart’s desire.” Ps 37:4

Slipping and Sliding…

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Slipping and sliding through life…

The rush of the path,

Cushioned by the flow of water…

Until all dries up…

Painful the burn of the journey…when all comes to a standstill.

Oh dehydrated soul

Whose busy-ness of self has forgotten the Source.

Thirst for the living water…

that immerses, that saturates, that floods.

Float back into the current of grace.

Again…Slipping and Sliding through life.

“A clean heart create for me, God;  renew in me a steadfast spirit.  Do not drive me from your presence, nor take from me your Holy Spirit.  Restore my joy in your salvation; sustain in me a willing spirit.” Ps 51: 12-14

Contagious…

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“They might not need me; but they might.

I’ll let my head be just in sight.

A smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.” (Emily Dickinson)

A smile takes such little effort…but given away can become a gift of utmost value.

May your weekend be filled with smiles given and received….they really are contagious you know!

God’s abundant blessings on you and yours this weekend,

The Heart of J

On the Road of Now…

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Stepping from the whirlwind of life…

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I’ve made a decision…again it wells up from within…renewed conviction…

To be PRESENT…

Fully alive to the gift of today….

Immersed in the wonder of the now.

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Allowing it to fill this chalice to overflowing.

Lifting it upward…

In profound gratitude.

My footprints upon the earth…receiving, believing, and adoring.

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On the narrow road that leads to home.

Heart of J is back after a brief respite

Back on the road….will you travel with me?

There’s plenty of room in the “I am” of this day….everyday.

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“You set a table before me as my enemies watch; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.  Only goodness and love ill pursue me all the days of my life; I ill dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come.” Ps 23:5-6

Patchwork Post…

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Patchwork Post…

End of the year shuffle…graduations…traveling guests…days at beach…sunburns and sweet ice tea…friends…heart to heart talks…good news/bad news…joys and trials…laughs and tears…summer heat and barefoot…being grateful…being humbled…to do lists…bucket lists…books that inspire…”Word”s that convict…kaleidoscope skies…sleepy saturdays…zumba and park runs…prayer and presence…dogs and lemonade…stray kittens…going fast…going slow…family…taking deep breaths…inhaling/exhaling…joy in the eyes….laughter in the voice…fresh peaches…juicy tomatoes…flowers galore…fresh cut grass…the smell of jasmine…whirlwind days…everything’s connected…all is Grace…

the Stuff of “Life”…

Busy but Beautiful…

Bountiful and Blessed…

A “Gallimaufry”… (isn’t that a fun word?!)

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“I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will declare all your wondrous deeds.  I will delight and rejoice in you; I will sing hymns to your name, Most High. ” Ps 9:2-3

I’m knee deep in the “gallimaufry” of life…but promise to be back soon! From the Heart of J!

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Prayer For A Tired Branch…

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“Jesus,

I am one worn out tired branch…

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And I need the newness of the vine of you to start the hope-life running through the streams of me again.

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Lord, be my vine and I’ll be your branch…

But free me please from this withered cut off feeling…

And deliver others from the pain I carve into their branches.

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Let your life-giving sap of grace flow into me constantly

That I become unable to survive without it.”

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(poem by Macrina Wiedrekehr and adapted by Tiny McPhillips)

“Remain in me, as I remain in you.  Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.  I am  the vine, you are the branches.  Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.” John 15:4-5

No Such Thing As A Counterfeit…

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If you aren’t a writer…be the story.

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If you aren’t an artist be the paint.

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If you aren’t a sculptor be the clay.

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If you aren’t a singer be the song.

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If you aren’t a dancer be the moves.

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If you aren’t an athlete be the fan.

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Discover “YOU”… the real version.

Because if you aren’t “YOU”…there is no such thing as a counterfeit!

“In him we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the one who accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will, so that we might exist for the praise of his glory, we who first hoped in Christ.” Eph 1″ 111-12

Falling and Getting Back Up…

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Is “Wholeness” perfection?

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Or rather in this life is “wholeness” realizing we are sinners doing the best we can,

falling and getting back up as we journey through the chaos of the world?

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Always, however, embraced in His love and mercy.

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“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you everybody else,

means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight;

and never stop fighting.” (E.E. Cummings)

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“Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.  In you I seek shelter.  In the shadows of  your wings I seek shelter till harm pass by.” Ps 57:2