my husband is not my love
nor my children
or friends
no one
no person
is my love
i have no lover
no love of my own
there is only One
Love
by grace
within me
almighty
God
His power
flowing in
filling
over
flowing
out
moving
living
life
giving
Love
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photograph, mcdowell mountain regional park, scottsdale arizona, feb. 2011
i know that they were there. the bobcat, the diamondback rattlesnake, coral snake, scorpion,
gila monster, tarantula, gecko, horned lizard, the black widow spider. but, they were hiding.
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photograph taken at the trail head, pinnacle peak park, scottsdale arizona, february 2011
i wouldn’t call this a stunning photo, and
i’m not sure what it is, but, there is something about this shot that i really like.
maybe it’s just that the image reminds me of how it felt to be there.
the park and trails are close to houses at the trail head.
when the park opens for the day there are people that live in the area that come to take
a hike on the trail that goes up the peak.
it was late morning and the wind was there, and cool. the thing about it though, is that the
houses are all low to the ground, and the sky so big and visible that it and the desert and hills
are the main event.
and the wind, it is the life, the movement, the dry swirling lifting drifts of movement,
that slows and then lifts and then swirls around your head and disappears…just to come
back and do it again.
it’s amazing, the feel of this place. like there is something alive in the air. however, i don’t
think i would want to be there in the summer. temps. above 100º fahrenheit, no thanks.
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we have already decided, for the most part, what is work and what is play.
however, we are all in need of a labeling adjustment. we don’t need to
label something work just because someone else calls it work.
what i am getting at, is that something becomes what we call it.
let me just say that names have power.
and what we call something gives it that power.
we have a choice how we want to look at something and how we want to
view it. looking at something a certain way over a period of time can
train our brain to think that way about it.
why do you think that politicians and advertisers come up with different
slogans and names?
why do you think that we don’t have a president named pookie?
or a wine called swill? or a hotel chain called camp work?
the name gives us an image of which our brain has mainly already been
trained how to think.
i have a friend that is in the process of writing his thesis. he has a full time job,
a wife who works, a child in grade school, a dog, etc. he keeps putting things
off because he “must” write his theses. and well, it sounds like a heavy weight
that he is dragging around on a chain, to tell you the truth.
and the reasoning is the culprit.
he is taking the classes, not because he wanted to learn from them, not because
he has any interest in them, but…because he thinks that it will make his job more
secure in the future. he has already given the class and the thesis a reason, and
and that makes a huge statement to his brain. the message to his brain is that this
is taking him away from what he would usually be doing, or things that he would
rather be doing. there is no room for any other type of thought.
when we are going to be doing something, the reason that we choose to see,
will colour and flavor and name it. and we can let this take over.
the thing is, if we face everyday and everything in a new light, with new possibilities,
with a sense of the unknown, in faith, with less of our own reasoning; then there is
room for new things to happen.
it is not work, it is not play, it is not what we think…, it is new.
it is following the Spirit in faith.
that gives God the room to colour, flavor and and name what we do each day.
God will make every day new to our head and to our heart.
are you willing to be renewed?
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(please, read slowly)
the feeling of play
remember
when you were a child
think about that feeling…
it was a feeling of your heart lifting,
sparked interest, imagination, creativity, goodness.
allow yourself to smile and feel this.
we allow this feeling to be taken away from us.
let your heart feel it.
remember, then feel it.
let your self remember play,
because i think this helps you to be aware of the
Holy Spirit that is living within you.
allow yourself to feel the perfect Spirit of the Holy God that is within you.
let the Spirit comfort your heart.
feel your wonderfully tender heart.
allow yourself
to feel
the goodness of the Spirit.
God is with you
in Jesus.
in the good and in the evil that is our life here,
God is as near as your heart.
take the courage given,
take the faith offered.
open your heart.
Love
.
.
vulnerable
is beautiful
brave
an open hand
a tender heart
guided
by the
Spirit
of Love
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The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing
and said, “If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—
also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now we have lost our appetite;
we never see anything but this manna!”
if this don’t get your week started
ain’t nothin’ gonna do it . . .
sing it, man.
put some heart into it.
it’s a high way to heaven
none can walk up there
but the pure in heart
it’s a highway to heaven
i’m walking up the King’s highway
walk
sing
shout
now, keep on walkin’
~
Therefore we do not lose heart.
Though outwardly we are wasting away,
yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16
one word – renewal . link-ups at peter’s blog
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The seed
that fell among thorns
stands for those
who hear,
but as they go
on their way
they are choked by
life’s worries, riches and pleasures,
and they
do not mature.
passage from Luke
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big sky darkness
you can see the stars here
in the purple desert
the earth rotates around us
as time meets it’s maker
mourning ends
where life begins
poem for one shoot sunday poetry challenge hosted by one stop poetry
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The people of Israel called the bread manna.
It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
exodus 16:31
1. don’t keep left overs. you will just have to clean it out from the back
of the fridge after it has turned yucky.
2. don’t worry, that simplifies a lot, without even lifting a finger.
3. use simple words.
4. think simple thoughts.
5. simply Love.
6. don’t fight, it makes things more complicated.
7. smile. things are easier when you smile.
8. say something nice to people. it’s a simple thing that does a lot of good.
9. never make a list of ten things. it’s just obnoxious.
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the light was
shining through clear blue like the flight of a silent arrow
kissing the hills to wake and rise for the day
glowing with warmth on smooth orange walls
turning a pool of ripples into shimmering diamonds
embracing the outstretched arms of the saguaro
catching it’s breath on long pink clouds
playing with the wind into the purple night
coming to rest on a sky-full of lonely stars
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