… watching for the brushstrokes of God
“At the edges of our borders you wait, and at the territorial lines you linger, because the place where we touch beyond our boundaries is where you take your delight.
And when we learn to read the landscape of our fears, and when we come to know the terrain of every sorrow, then will we turn our fences into bridges and our borders into paths of peace.“ ~ Jan Richardson, Night Visions
What edge of yours is God waiting at?
Dare to
declare
who you
are. It
isn’t
far from
the shores
of silence
to the
boundaries
of speech.
The road
is not
long but
the way
is deep.
And you
must not
only
walk there,
you must
be prepared
to leap. ~ Nicola Slee, Praying Like a Woman, SPCK, 2004
Are you prepared?
“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism… Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr., I have a dream
Where does the sunlit path lead you?
“I don’t think we’ll understand Advent correctly until we see it as a preparation for a revolution.” ~ Robert Barron
Do you see it?
“The process of growth is always uneasy, because growth never comes through ease. It comes through stretching and expanding of one’s own capacity… the unease is a strategy of the soul to protect you from all the things as usual that could harm this new life being grown in you.” ~ Scott Ericksen, Honest Advent
What unease might God use to stretch you into new life?
“When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage. So long as mists envelop you, be still; be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists — as it surely will. Then act with courage.” ~ Chief White Eagle, Ponca
Time to be still or act with courage?
With the Eyes of the Heart 