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
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
did you ever let your mind wander back and forth like standing in line at six flags you zig and zag trying to make your way to a ride of your memories and all that's inside some things you wish you didn’t find and the questions rise why did i why didn’t i or just why sometimes your breath is taken away by the pain of yesterdays and the sorrows of today i guess living is embracing the cloudless sky and the rain that ache within some things you don't get to do again sorry i missed so much on the first try and i remember love surrounding me i can see the gifts like a mighty tree of grace and kindness covering me with shades of beauty shadows of heaven and this sunrise helps me lift my eyes and rest in grateful songs i’ll remember all the love surrounding me
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
it's not that the light has surrendered or darkness has won it's not that the day is done or the night has begun it's the rhythm of all things the spinning and turning the inhaling and exhaling the rising and setting it's the beauty that accompanies all that is held together the colors that connect your soul to the Artist of infinite insight to the Artist who created colors colors so exquisitely subtle shades and hues as countless as the sand on the shore it's the clouds and their random patterns their playful textures it's the breathless moment when our eyes are transfixed when we are able to analyze and explain and yet have no understanding when our minds our hearts finally see something greater we intuit the real and that place of longing awakens for love that lasts for peace that endures for hope fulfilled for faith that comforts let's chase Light embrace the colors take the long narrow way of other-centered living and loving and seek the Artist of our souls
not sure that i'm ok doesn't matter anyway it's just another day feeling like i lost my way running here and running there things to do but i just don't care got a few more likes is this real life a venti latte if you please is anyone else ill at ease i wonder if i scream will i wake up from this dream and feel again and breathe again the preacher said that He's alive oh God i really hope that's true i guess i want to be made new all the old is just so hard learn stuff get stuff and find a cause i know i want to be set free would really love to be just me Jesus did you rise that high higher than my shame inside cause if you did please hear my cry something has to change inside confession is so hard for me Jesus here is the real me help me rise and live again help me please i'm on my knees dear God please rise dear Jesus come alive in me
is there a sunrise in all that is setting in me will all the shadows in this blackhole that is me finally flee o rise great Light of mine please rise i’m overwhelmed inside so rise great Light of mine please rise i don’t know where to go so great Light of mine rise i keep leaving the same place i’ve been here before i surrender again remember again the story of me is yours o rise great Light of mine please rise won’t you hear my cries and rise please still my wandering heart start something new inside great Light of mine rise there’s a never ending dawn i long to see i’ll cast aside these anchors finally free i’ll be just the me you always dreamed for me and just rest so rise great Light of mine please rise i’ve got another step to take i can’t bear all the weight but i choose to wait for you great Light of mine please rise
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