… watching for the brushstrokes of God
I have been thinking about the word “impact”. Heroes make an impact, so does a disaster. Meteors leave a crater upon impact due to speed and height and weight. A featherlight bird, almost invisible unless we pay attention, lifts our soul …a different kind of impact.
How do we see our impact?
“If we see the soul’s journey as cyclical, like the seasons … then we can accept the reality that periods of despair or fallowness are like winter – a resting time that offers us a period of creative hibernation, purification, and regeneration that prepare us for the births of spring.” ~ Linda Leonard, Call to Create
How do you pay attention to areas of winter?
There is a simple line in the birth story of John the Baptist that jumped out at me this year. “No, his name is John.” Simple, not Zechariah but John – not unusual in our days – in those days it stirred up the whole hill country.
What simple little shifts change your world?
Recently I was introduced to the word chaordic which is “used to describe recognizable and predictable patterns within systems of chaos”. In the days of unpredictability, change and chaos we need to learn to look for the hidden patterns that are signs of God’s continuing presence to anchor and guide us.
How do you discover the order hidden underneath the chaos?
“New beginnings start in darkness, in the process of letting go, and stepping down, just as we see in nature, as the trees lose their leaves, and seeds fall to be buried in the Earth.” ~ Abbey of the Arts
What new beginnings might your letting go invite?
Someone recently shared with me the concept of a Japanese seedbomb. A bunch of different seeds are put in a ball of clay. The seedbomb is then tossed into a field. The soil is best for whatever seeds grow well from the mix.
In what area of life or work are you pondering the soil? What seeds do you have to toss? How long are you willing to watch for growth?
With the Eyes of the Heart 