… watching for the brushstrokes of God
Less than half an ounce of fluff and a brain like a treasure map of summer seeds stored in a wide radius. To survive the cold dark nights of winter, the chickadee needs to eat well during the short daylight hours by relying on its memory of seeds stored.
What does your treasure map contain to nurture you during winter seasons?
Stillness opens our hearts to a sense of wonder, allowing us to discover the presence of God in the unexpected and ordinary.
What do you notice in stillness?
Redwing in winter
with leftovers in the snow
nourished by color
What nourishes you when life gets bare? How does God provide?
O that you would tear open the heavens and come down,
so that the mountains would quake at your presence… Isaiah 64:1
How are you longing for God’s presence this Advent season?
“I always think that that’s the secret of change — that there are huge gestations and fermentations going on in us that we are not even aware of. And then, sometimes, when we come to a threshold, crossing over, which we need to become different, that we’ll be able to be different, because secret work has been done in us, of which we’ve had no inkling.” John O’Donahue in an interview with Krista Tippett
As we stand at the threshold of the Advent season, how will you pay attention to the secret work God is doing within you?
“Something as earthbound as fabric and clay and paint can speak our most wordless longings, express our delight and grief. Beauty can connect our hearts to the divine heart.” ~ Grünewald Guild founder Richard Caemmerer
How do you express what words cannot?
With the Eyes of the Heart 