Attentiveness...is questioning, meditating, awaiting, the step over into the more wakeful glimpse of the wonder - the wonder that a world is "worlding" around us at all... there are ...
Beings rather than nothing, that things are and we ourselves are in their midst, that we ourselves are and yet Barely know who we are, and Barely know that we do not know all this.” ~ Martin Heidegger "
Dreaming of the New Year and Special Moments Shared in the Garden" ~ JC Raulston Arboretum
Filling the treasury of [my] soul with images of the coming Renewal; without them, it will be nigh impossible to [me] this the anchor of your soul...Foggy and vague do not inspire, ever...“It doesn’t matter whether it’s a dull lie or a dull truth. Dullness, not doubt, is the strongest enemy of faith.” Peter Kreeft, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Heaven qtd. by John Eldredge All Things New
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "Each mortal thing does one thing and the same. . . . Crying
Whát I dó is me: for that I came. "As Kingfishers Catch Fire"
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength." ~ Deuteronomy 6:4-5
"...Intervenes; Jesus Christ comes to overthrow the evil one and ransom us. He begins the healing of our lives; he gives each of us a role in the church’s great mission. In the next chapter, our powerful and creative Father re-creates us and the earth. He then tells us to do exactly what he told Adam and Eve to do: reign. “You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth” (Revelation 5:10). Do you follow the story? Do you see the exciting connection?" All Things New by John Eldredge
"Kingdom means the restoration of all things: “Look, I am making everything new!” Revelation 21:5
"Meanwhile, the joyful anticipation deepens." Romans 8:18 –21 The Message
"Need to begin to make conscious, deliberate decisions to give our hearts to the return of Jesus and the renewal of all things." p. 196 ~ John Eldredge All Things New
"Our lives simply do not, and will not, make sense without eternity as a backdrop on which God can
manifest his endless love, redemptive power, and enabling grace...
Perspective alone has the potential to revolutionize the universe." Gary Black, Preparing for Heaven
"Questioning, is meditating, is awaiting, is the step over into the more wakeful glimpse of the wonder - the wonder that a world is worlding around us at all..." ~ Martin Heidegger
Rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will Rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more...They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.” (Isaiah 65:17–19, 21)
"Something golden is just around the corner. But you must let this go in order to find that." ~ John Eldredge All Things New
2 Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work."
"Vision: To progress in spiritual formation we need to be ravished by a vision of life in the Kingdom of God through reliance upon Jesus." ~ Dallas Willard
"We need to embody God’s love in the world today. The human race is not well; things fall apart. We must care for the planet and all creation; we must fight injustice. But we speak of that work so casually... Without a glorious hope blazing in your heart, you will be crushed by the pain of the world." John Eldredge All Things New
“You will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.” C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
You really want to make a difference in the world, the best thing you can do is exactly what the Scriptures command you to do—grab the promised Renewal with both hands and make it the anchor of your soul: We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right
to the very presence of God. Hebrews 6:18–19 The Message
Ziggurats : in ancient Mesopotamia; a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.
Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel Genesis 11:1–9.
source and images I heard it
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these first 3 were "for" Janice Swab :)
thank you Doyles :)
thank you Doyles :)
"O Father of mercies and the Lord of all, comfort her health in time of need... Our story ends the way it began. Mostly."
one of my favs this week
Artists Draw Their Hope for the Future
