I don't remember where I found this but I re-discovered it in my documents this week and I was moved again when I read it:
Are You Trusting God To Write Your Story?
"Do you trust Him with your dreams?
Do you trust Him with your friendships?
Do you trust Him with your work?
Do you trust Him with your finances?
Do you trust Him with your love story?
Do you trust Him with your future?
Do you trust Him in your fears?
Do you trust Him in your pain?
Do you trust Him in your circumstances?
Do you trust Him in EVERYTHING?
Do you trust Him enough to let Him keep on writing?"
Seize The Day!
-StrongJoy
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"Up through an empty house of stars, Being what heart you are, Up the inhuman steeps of space, As on a staircase go in grace, Carrying the firelight on your face, Beyond the loneliest star." G.K. Chesterton
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- I have been saved by grace and blessed beyond compare. All things are mine since I am His. How can I keep from singing?
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This Week's Quote
"I have committed myself to joy...we must not be afraid to announce it to refugees, slum-dwellers, saddened prisoners, angry prophets. Now and then we must even announce it to ourselves. In this prison of now, in this cynical and sophisticated age, SOMEONE MUST BELIEVE IN JOY." -Richard Rohr
Poetry
THE GREAT MINIMUM by G.K. Chesterton
It is something to have wept as we have wept,
It is something to have done as we have done,
It is something to have watched when all men slept,
And seen the stars which never see the sun.
It is something to have smelt the mystic rose,
Although it break and leave the thorny rods,
It is something to have hungered once as those
Must hunger who have ate the bread of gods.
To have seen you and your unforgotten face,
Brave as a blast of trumpets for the fray,
Pure as white lilies in a watery space,
It were something, though you went from me today.
To have known the things that from the weak are furled,
Perilous ancient passions, strange and high;
It is something to be wiser than the world,
It is something to be older than the sky.
In a time of sceptic moths and cynic rusts,
And fattened lives that of their sweetness tire
In a world of flying loves and fading lusts,
It is something to be sure of a desire.
Lo, blessed are our ears for they have heard;
Yea, blessed are our eyes for they have seen:
Let the thunder break on man and beast and bird
And the lightning. It is something to have been.
It is something to have wept as we have wept,
It is something to have done as we have done,
It is something to have watched when all men slept,
And seen the stars which never see the sun.
It is something to have smelt the mystic rose,
Although it break and leave the thorny rods,
It is something to have hungered once as those
Must hunger who have ate the bread of gods.
To have seen you and your unforgotten face,
Brave as a blast of trumpets for the fray,
Pure as white lilies in a watery space,
It were something, though you went from me today.
To have known the things that from the weak are furled,
Perilous ancient passions, strange and high;
It is something to be wiser than the world,
It is something to be older than the sky.
In a time of sceptic moths and cynic rusts,
And fattened lives that of their sweetness tire
In a world of flying loves and fading lusts,
It is something to be sure of a desire.
Lo, blessed are our ears for they have heard;
Yea, blessed are our eyes for they have seen:
Let the thunder break on man and beast and bird
And the lightning. It is something to have been.
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2 comments:
Amazing writing and views! I actually found so much of myself in what you write and express. It is like meeting a female version of myself - same interests, music, and poetic aspects! I am a bit awestruck right now (smile).
Thanks - it was a rare discovery!
Peter
Can I make a comment on a future blog post? Are you impressed with my mind-reading abilities? :) I am always looking for book recommendations, as you know, so I am right now printing out The Innocence of Father Brown (I have LOTS of scrap paper from about 3 copies of my thesis, so this is a good way to use the back sides.)I am looking forward to reading it.
You'll have to email me if you want to know how I know what your next blog post is going to be. :)
Love, sesekn aiyiknel
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