This year we celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary, so we decided to celebrate all year. Siesta Key, Florida is the location of this celebration. It began with the Siesta Key Drum Circle, then a beautiful ending to a beautiful day.
a little older but none the wiser at least it feels that way saying goodbye to this day i see the light slip away like the fading memories that fill my mind
so many would have could have should have moments that i can’t reach but they reach me they teach me to walk with heaven in view it’s okay to be somewhat new
tired of all the blame at the end of the shame game open my eyes to see the new you’ve place in me
so i can rise above the gravity and rest in stillness the silence of deliverance the calming resonance of your presence eternity in me
there is Truth that doesn’t fade away a Light that glows bright through the day and through the night healing mending making all things right like they were meant to be weightless melodies singing endless songs free to sing along redeemed from all that's wrong
you see i’m finding life is letting go of all the why and it’s okay to cry to mourn to feel every lament so i can fly towards the light not just a leap of faith it’s accepting grace and shining bright swimming in eternal light finding the story of me in the Way the Truth the Life
a misty morning a cup of joe a reader's digest prayer i gotta go still doing ...something still going ...somewhere all this thinking has got me ...swirling ...sinking ...unfurled before unexamined winds wait
i tell myself to take it slow to ponder to wonder do i know who i am am i present in this moment i'll choose being let the doing go and remember to stay in in the midst of a misty morning and just
listen to the music of the stillness i'll sing along a wordless song entering this eternal moment letting go of shadows as the light rises in my soul
who knows where this moment will lead if i listen and trust if i surrender all that i think i must do and live in the light and stay right here then maybe i'll be free from the shadows of doing and going i want to meet my true self and just be me
My day job is as a pastor in a church that regularly offers short term mission opportunities. Last year I fell in love with the people of Guatemala, so I returned this summer. This post, and the next few, will contain images from our 10 day trip. These are images of the property where we stayed in San Lucas Sacatepéquez, and images of beautiful Nueva Santa Rosa.
would like to see a few things stay the untroubled giggles of a child a sunset that kaleidoscopes for hours an embrace that fills my heart with peace a haunting melody that sinks into my soul and reminds me that there is love
would like to see a few things stay the knowing when our eyes connect the crashing waves and their rhythmic balm the birdsong soaring through the sad sky colors leaping from a flower spilling on my heavy brow reminding me that there is life
would like to see a few things stay a tree that shades me from all harm a crystal river of understanding shadows stretching through deep green woods the Light that helps me see the Way a hand to hold that guides through the pain reminding me that someone’s there to share a lonely road
oh stay with me lover of my soul let me see the calm before i lose myself nowhere to go the words of life spoken long ago an anchor for an old old soul reminding me that You are here in the mess in my tears reminding me that You are rest
so in my heart it’s raining the stars don’t mind the sun stays behind the sad sad showers just pitter patter and i just stare aware of the polyrhythmic percussion perfectly synchronized with the confusion and the emotional concussion
there’s no melody for this deep blue song it just reminds me of all that has gone wrong
we’re still feeling the falling living with the distance the canyon of longing and sighing and crying and dying looking for morning for light for life and love for the endless morning of light and love
she loved flowers and it seems like they loved her too countless plants happily shared the rooms of our home my mom would call each one by name no strange plants in her home it takes someone special to see that life thrives the colorful flowers the herbs and the spices the garden outside was no different than the garden of our hearts she tended to each one of us and we grew in love and tenderness because she knew that all things that are loved grow and sing and shine all things loved grow and sing and shine
i would like to shine
bright as a sunny day
and shimmer
like a jacob collier song
but i often find
that old pride inside
and i stumble and lose my way
and it can go so wrong
when the shame gets strong
and i reach for a new identity
no matter how i try
i’m never free
when i think i don’t need
to be me
so i run back home
to the lover of my soul
it’s an uphill path
the lies inside
just laugh
so i bring to my mind
and heart
the One who has kept me
from the start
oh sing of the treasure
of His love
for me
for you
it shimmers
and shines
His mercy
shimmers
and shines
the Light of the world
lives inside
and He
always
shimmers
and shines
hello sunrise it’s so nice to find you here you’ve been on my mind it feels like such a long long time and i’m kinda down can you stay a while and listen to this song it’s not like everything’s wrong but some dreams are gone some tears are here to stay a little older now how will i find my way the world is spinning too fast looking for things that last
i am learning how they can only be found in the slowing down and holy wondering speaking less much more silence reflection connection surrender and union with my Maker hello sunrise such a nice surprise sing along with me i’m choosing to be free detached to all that pulls me down standing tall on my knees please Light of the world oh please help me see
where is the solace when life only brings darkness an achromatic sunrise unable to chase shadows a sunset that never leaves where is the gentle breeze when life storms around and within can’t breathe the rain soaked air while i try to put on a smile the pulse rate of my soul diminished where are the hands cradling a countenance when the lonely tears are seeking an embrace standing in the middle of the universe i guess the view is nice but no one is there to share the stars i’ve heard it said there is a place where melodies and harmonies take flight like lullabies that never say goodnight music you can taste and hold in hand or pull towards your heart music that covers you with a blanket of love and grace the softest peace a delicate abyss of joy so i run to this place in the darkness and the storm i lift up my eyes when it feels i can’t breathe i fall into faith when the tears want to stay i tell my story and let the music fill in the gaps the star maker knows each page of sorrow each gaze of wonder the calming comfort of trust if i’m in the pain of the valley or the delight of the clouds the star maker knows my name he knows my now and my yesterdays my what is to come i breathe in timeless hope i fall into a vast fissure of love and rest another valley is near but He is nearer
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