… 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?
“Something inside me
constantly bleeds towards god.
That’s why I keep writing,
slipping messages under the door.” ~ Dorothy Walters
Could it be the other way as well? God slipping messages under our door?
“There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathless and beautiful.” ~ Howard Thurman
Where is that place in your life?
Imitate the habit of twilight,
Taking time to open the well of color
that fostered the brightness of the day. ~ John O’Donohue
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?
With the Eyes of the Heart 