Inspirations Jan 24 through Feb 7, 2021

Amaryllis blooms in sunlight, glorious from every angle
"And in the perfect time, O perfect God,
When we are in our home, our natal home,
When joy shall carry every sacred load,
And from its life and peace no heart shall roam,
What if thou make us able to make like thee— 
To light with moons, to clothe with greenery, 
To hang gold sunsets o’er a rose and purple sea.
p. 30 Diary of an Old Soul qtd. by Dallas Willard
Building Community Any Way We Can - All Souls New London - January 24, 2021 
Cryoseism more commonly known as an "ice quake" or "frost quake", a minor seismic event caused by the sudden cracking action in frozen soil or rock that's saturated with water or ice more here
 photo by me Jan 31, 2019 
Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard and Diary of an Old Soul  by George Macdonald
Enter into the joy of our Lord” Matthew 25:21
"Firmly fixed in our minds what our future is to be like. We want to live fully in the kingdom now, and for that purpose our future must make sense to us." p. 533 The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
"Golden thread that winds its way through the entire discussion of kingdom living by Jesus, continually correcting our vision and giving us hope." p.308
"He teaches us how to be in prayer what we are in life and How to be in life what we are in prayer." Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
"Invest your life in what God is doing, which cannot be lost." Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
Joy” is, of course, the creation and care of what is good, in all its dimensions. A place in God’s creative order has been reserved for each one of us from before the beginnings of cosmic existence. p. 536 The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
Kumquat: fun word to say, amazing little gem to add to tea and most recently, chicken sautéed in butter and salt in cast iron skillet
"Let God know what you want. And the peace which God himself has will, beyond anything we can intellectually grasp, stand guard over your hearts and minds, which are within the reality of Jesus the Anointed” Philippians 4:6–7 p. 309  The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
Modern Christians hope to save the world by being like it, but it will never work. The Church’s power over the world springs out of her unlikeness to it, never her integration into it.” A.W. Tozer
New moral power will flow back into the Church when we stop preaching social adjustment and begin to preach social repudiation and cross carrying Modern Christians hope to save the world by being like it, but it will never work.” A.W. Tozer
Our whole body is well directed,” is “full of light” Matthew 6:23 "Our old age is the scorching of the bush / By life’s indwelling, incorruptible blaze. / O life, burn at this feeble shell of me, Till I the sore singed garment off shall push, Flap out my Psyche wings, and to thee rush." p.32 The Diary of an Old Soul by George Macdonald
"Peace as wholeness, as fullness of function, as the restful but unending creativity involved in a cosmos wide, cooperative pursuit of a created order that continuously approaches but never reaches the limitless goodness and greatness of the triune personality of God, its source. p. 555-7 The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
 Quantum change is a "vivid, surprising, benevolent, and enduring personal transformation" involving a shift in perception and the realization of a new reality" at a deep level.  p. 171 of Chapter 9 Transformational Change article
Reading and re-reading the book of Isaiah... with help from this Tim Mackie teaching series
Story is still being written. It’s being written in us, the church." Donnie Williams, 31 Jan 2021
"This is the golden thread that winds its way through the entire discussion of kingdom living by Jesus, continually correcting our vision and giving us hope." p.308 The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
Unifying stories... "Unbounded freedom and ease, and with laughter in her eyes..." John Friend from forward of Yoga from the Inside Out by Christina Sell 

"What A Beautiful Name" - Hillsong Worship - listen here
eXploring Isaiah - An Intensive Study by Tim Mackie (The Bible Project)
Your heart will be where what you treasure is,” Jesus tells us Matthew 6:21
Zera : a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "seeds, beginning"

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