… watching for the brushstrokes of God
“The essence of being in God’s image is our ability, like God, to stop. We imitate God by stopping our work and resting. If we can stop for one day a week, or for mini-Sabbaths each day, we touch something deep within us as image bearers of God. ~ Peter Scazzero
How do you rest?
The changing of the season, autumn leaves ablaze with color, invites us to be present: to be amazed at the splendorous display of colors; to shed what will become fertile soil for future new growth; to get bare enough to find the bones of what is important.
What do you notice in the changing of this season?
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting
-over and over announcing your place
in the family of things. – Mary Oliver
How does the world offer itself to your imagination?
The command is “Do not work.” Just make space. Attend to what is around you. Learn that you don’t have to do to be. Except the grace of doing nothing. Stay with it until you stop jerking and squirming.~ Dallas Willard
How do you make space?
I love the ocean, listening to the rhythm of the waves. Ebb and flow, coming and receding. They speak of life, of activism and contemplation, engagement and withdrawal.
How do these rhythms resonate in your life?
Do we cruise beneath the surface?Or do we make waves? How do we stay playful? Or rise to make a splash? Do we remember to come up for air?
With the Eyes of the Heart 