Active Rest

There is something about the changing of summer to fall that makes me introspective.

I am not sure exactly where I began my introspection, whether it started that day I yielded to the cooler weather and bravely closed my kitchen window, or the boots and sweaters that were starting to surface amid the flipflops.

Seems musing is synonymous with slowing down and storing up the fruits and memories that generous summer bestows.

My heart has been focusing on an acrostic I read somewhere for the word REST.

I found it to be a powerful message to me and while I meditate on grace and the Lord's provision and pursuit in all the details of my life. I am challenged to let go of fretting and  fully REST.

R repentant spirit

E eternal perspective

S surrendered mind

T trusting heart

A little word that I ponder the whole of; with the inevitable change of life, 
breath and seasons.

                        There's much to learn in nature and it's creatures.


Wait on the Lord. Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart. Wait I say on the Lord. 
           Psalms 27:14

Free To Be

     
                                                                 please listen..

                                                           



                                     In spite of me , in spite of you
                                           In spite of all I can  not do.
                                      I reach beyond what is and isn't.
                                    I keep my heart here on the present.

                                                      In spite of courage waning fast,
                                                         In spite of living moments past.
                                                    In all my insecurities,
                                                        The real and false identities.

                                         In spite of hurt, in spite of guilt.
                                          In spite of every truth revealed.
                                          I dream, I think, I feel, I love,
                                        I pray, I laugh and look above.


                                

                                                 

Where would we be without grace? That gift that makes us able to relinquish our rights and simply be free to be who we are.
Though flawed and feeble I am loved. I rest in that amazing promise!

Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever...
             Psalm 107.
                                      my favorite Psalm