bold in beauty

no crisis of identity

this flowers stands

singular, unafraid

no surrounding clusters

uncluttered, no need 

for comparison

bold in her beauty

wild, bright, free

proclaiming the glory

of her Creator

would I be as brave?

If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, 

most of them never even seen, 

don’t you think he’ll attend to you, 

take pride in you, do his best for you?

Luke 12:28 The Message

only in silence

In reality, 

only in silence 

can man succeed in listening, 

in the intimacy of his conscience, 

to the voice of God, 

which truly makes him free.

John Paul II

looking for a silence spot with Sandy

windy free

loose edges

curled

free in the breeze

delicate and wild

here I see

my heart

shredded beauty

perfect in imperfection

walking with Emily and those who are broken yet redeemed

 

Call to freedom

When you are interiorly free 

you call others to freedom, 

whether you know it or not.  

Freedom attracts wherever it appears.  

A free man or a free woman 

creates a space where others feel safe 

and want to dwell.  

Our world is so full of conditions, 

demands, requirements, and obligations 

that we often wonder what is expected of us.  

But when we meet a truly free person, 

there are no expectations, 

only an invitation to reach into ourselves 

and discover there our own freedom.

Where true inner freedom is, there is God.  

And where God is, there we want to be.

Henri Nouwen

Seeking a still place with Sandy

 

Free indeed

So if the Son liberates you

[makes you free men],

then you are really

and unquestionably free.

John 8:36 Amplified

Stopping this morning to rejoice in Who He Is

with Deidra and the chorus of awe