Balance and stillness

"Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find..." Matthew 7:7

Cremaster spiny little protuberance at the end of the abdomen of caterpillar, it fastens the pupa in the cocoon and holds it in place. It's the anchor point, from which the caterpillar hangs. p.126 When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd

Evidence of spiritual maturity in our lives is expressed in the fruit: 

Frozen 2 was delightful :)

Genesis 21:1-22:18 recommended for Week 4 Day 3 of Core52  in my mailbox this week... perfect timing

"If we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words' (Romans 8:25-26)." p.135 When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd

"Joy is a deep and enduring state of the soul that no circumstance, event, or human can steal away from us. It's delighting in God and choosing to rejoice in all things..." YouVersion "Fruit of the Spirit"

Knock, and it shall be opened unto you... and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Matthew 7:7-8

"Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties." ~ C.S. Lewis

Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him. If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth"

"On Waking" by John O'Donohue: "I give thanks for arriving / Safely in a new dawn / For the gift of eyes / To see the world / The gift of mind To feel at home / In my life / The waves of possibility / Breaking on the shore of dawn / The harvest of the past / That awaits my hunger / And all the furtherings / This new day will bring."

"Pride" and "Patience" are words the keep popping up for me lately

"Quiet core where God's Spirit dwells in us. 'Do you not know that ... God's Spirit dwells in you?" (1 Corinthians 3:16)." p. 127 When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd

"Rest is just as holy as work." p. 136 When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd

"Spiritual journeying" with Sue Monk Kidd "God guides us the long way round." p. 152

"T.S. Eliot wrote about a still point, a spiritual place where there's no going forward or going backward. A point within us where we're fastened, and around which everything turns... The still point is our cremaster. Without it, there's no dance of Transformation."  p. 127 

"Ultimately, we don't heal, transform, or create ourselves . We posture ourselves in ways that allow God to heal, transform, and create us... Ultimately, waiting is letting God be God." p. 136

Virginia O'Hanlon reading the Editorial "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" listen here

Wu wei Chinese attitude of expectant beingness p. 37 When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd

"eXcept for the point, the still point, there would be no dance." T.S. Eliot qtd. p. 127

Yielding ourselves to God's Spirit produces the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5

Zazzle package came and Logan opened it. I would have loved to have seen his face, but it warmed my heart to see his text  message: "I think I just opened a birthday present, can I use it now?" :)

here it is: