Month: December 2012

“For as the earth brings forth its shoots, as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up.  So the Sovereign God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.  Isaiah 61:11   Good New Coming Earth teach me stillness as the grasses are stilled with light. Earth teach…

If I were alone in a desert and feeling afraid, I would want a child to be with me. For then my fear would disappear and I would be made strong. This is what life itself can do because it is so noble, so fully of pleasure and so powerful. ~Meister Eckhart

I have committed myself to joy. I have come to realize that those who make space for joy, those who prefer nothing to joy, those who desire the utter reality, will most assuredly have it.   We must not be afraid to announce it to refugees, slum dwellers, saddened prisoners, angry prophets. Now and then…

O God, As I look back at my life I see many little pieces of light. They have given me hope and comfort in my bleak and weary times. I thank you for the radiance Of a dark sky full of stars, and for the faithful light of dawn which follows every turn of darkness.…

The desert will sing and rejoice and the wilderness will blossom with flowers; and will see the Lord’s splendor, see the Lord’s greatness and power.   Tell everyone who is anxious; be strong and don’t be afraid. The blind will be able to see; the deaf will be able to hear; the lame will leap…