… watching for the brushstrokes of God
“While some nations vow never to forget, our American battle has always been over what we allow ourselves to remember.… The distinction between equity and injustice, riot and uprising, hinges on whose hand holds the pen. So often, it seems, our history is hiding from us, preventing the possibility that we do look back and tell the truth —afraid of what doing so may require of us now.” ~ Wesley Lowery in 400 Souls
What does our past require of us?
“We must be still and still be moving
into another intensity
for a further union, a deeper communion
through the dark cold and the empty desolation,
the waves cry, the wind cry, the vast waters
of the petrel and the poor boys. In my end is my
beginning.“ ~ T.S. Eliot
…and still be moving?
“If we are followers of an unhurried Savior, what should our pace of life look like?” ~ Alan Fadling
This quieting is the letting go of structures, the letting go of techniques, the letting go of all the ways that we attempt to control the situation, all of the ways we try to manipulate God. That’s the type of quieting that needs to happen here: quieting my instinct to control things; quieting my desire for the familiar, my desire to always trod the familiar paths and not to risk the unknown. ~ Thomas Green, Experiencing God
How do you let go in prayer?
“I discovered the Sabbath isn’t about what is done or left undone as much as breathing in the goodness of God. The more I inhale the more I desired another long breath.“ ~ Margaret Feinberg
How do you breathe in?
Sabbath becomes a decisive, concrete, visible way of opting for and aligning with the God of rest.” ~ Walter Brueggemann
How do you align with God?
With the Eyes of the Heart 