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
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
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
It was a wonderful way to begin the day! Thanks for stopping by.
no sun today and that's ok i won't tell the clouds to go away they can stay it's a cloudrise day
dear cloudrise help me feel the sad in me and to be real and just be free to be sad pensive gray apprehensive stay here with me
there is beauty in the shadow longing in the sky questions in my soul sometimes all i know is i don't know why it's overcast and colorless and with a sigh the teacher said everything is meaningless so i just breathe just breathe
so help me wait in this pale dawn help me to see that i belong to You though the light is dim i still see Him and i will remain still quiet hopeful one day no tears one day no fear one day all will be right all will be Light until then my tears will help me welcome this cloudrise
dear Lord when i am restless let the tranquility of your Spirit the comfort of your word the light of your love be my peace and still my stirring
when i am anxious let the power of your grace the assurance of your sovereignty the goodness of your will warm the frozen fear i feel inside release the heart shackles and settle my thoughts in the river of your presence
when i am triggered angry let your mercy help me remember how much is broken in me let your justice be the end of my longing let my heart be open to you and this world send me as your loving healing presence as i receive your love and your healing
when i am lost bring me home when i am so sad that light seems a memory and hope a forgotten song reorient my mind reset my spirit
help me see that the suffering is but a moment that all i long for awaits in your house no more tears no need of light or sun no darkness
thank you my dear Lord thank you
you are not the lies that tattle and rattle inside a beauty will rise when you tell those lies to slip away and die in the Light of your Maker oh the song of your life is greater than those failures want you to believe because we’re all a crazy remix and mash up of brilliant stars and tattered rags of bumps and dents that’s who we are so don’t do anything just stand in the Light of your Maker oh the song of your life is greater than shame and blame want you to believe breathe just be and breathe and see the Light inside you breathe just be and breathe and see the Light inside you you are more than all you do just breathe your identity is more than all you do you are here a masterpiece just breathe and be at peace and receive His love His light receive
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