‘Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees, takes off his shoes, The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries, And daub their natural faces unaware.’ (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Lee) I have spent the last while traveling and gathering, and this thought from Elizabeth Barrett Browning …
There is a line from Jeremiah 31:14 that keeps running through my mind this week: “…and my people will be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.” Within the context, this could mean that there will come a time when we (His people) will be completely filled with good things from Him: joy and peace …
So often life’s lessons are learned in the opposites. We feel opposition in everything, and usually more readily relate to the opposition that pushes against us when we are trying our hardest to do right. But I’ve noticed in this time of uncertainty that we are also given positive opposites-glimpses of light and hope in …
Have you ever experienced the illusion when once something is brought to your attention, you start seeing it everywhere? Like when you purchase a particular model of car, you start seeing it more frequently on the roads? (This is a real phenomenon! It even has a name-the ‘Baader-Meinhof’ phenomenon.) It isn’t really that the frequency …
Nearly every time I ponder writing something on this blog, I fight against the voices of doubt in my mind. It’s a stretching experience and that is uncomfortable. I often don’t know what to say or the best way to say it. What if nobody cares? What if I fail and others see that? The …
