I love to sing “One Raindrop” a bluegrass song about how one small event or a tiny touch of love can heal deep loneliness and completely transform a person’s experience of life
Imagine!
One little song,
one tiny touch of love
turning darkness into diamonds
by the light that’s from above!
There’s a child in us all
longing to express
a song in our souls
How can I learn to better care for creation?
One way is to simply step into nature and pay attention
Creation has so much to teach us!
“Very Good”
That was the seventh day
voiced with a loving look at all of creation
And how very good indeed that we be born
in the likeness of Divine’s capacity
to delight and give expression to Love’s creativity!
(The colorful drawing is from Creative Art.)
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I feel the welling up of Spirit in me today!
Like the well house that sends fresh water
to our Brenden Woods neighborhood,
the Spirit stirs us like a spring within, enlivening
and empowering the whole community of creation!
Come Holy Spirit, gift us with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control that we may be a cool drink in a world that thirsts for goodness and
embody the fullness of life that has no end
Gathered together at Maple Ridge Assisted Living
we were stirred to cheer so that everyone knew
“We’ve got the Spirit! How about you!” 🎉🔥🙏
Growing older we best be explorers
When memory fades
take heart and move into another intensity
Like Carol gifting her mom for her 96th birthday
a new phone with pictures of her loved ones
There is further union and communion growing old
I pray my aging heart be like a weathered mailbox,
open to give up and receive what makes me new
all the days of my life
I took a breath
took air in enough
to respect and listen to others
Giving them space
to express their beliefs
and those shared values we hold as sacred
How do I welcome you
Guest of my heart?
Do I pay attention to you
Offer you a cup of tea
Enter into communication?
Or do I leave you sitting alone
While I go busily onward
Feeling I’ve done my duty
By simply opening the door
And inviting you in?
Today: I will do more than open the door.
(Picture of door at St Edwards Church, England, Words from Eleanor Farjeon in Fragments of Your Ancient Name)
