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God is in the darkness with us, but not of the darkness
When darkness descends on you,
the unknown enfolds you,
the unseen holds you close,
when you look about for light
but see only shadow,
a way that can’t be found:
know that you have entered
the Holy of Holies,
the presence of God.
In the darkest regions,
the shady neighborhoods,
places under a pall if gloom
where mercy and justice are hidden:
God is not absent, but cloaked,
and holds her beloved even closer.
Bright mystery, holy darkness,
strip us of knowing too much.
Glory so thick you absorb all light,
bless us, who cannot see.
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
http://www.unfoldinglight.net
just one step today
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down. – Eleanor Roosevelt
All the Hemispheres
Hafez
by Paulo Coelho on August 26, 2010
Open up to the Roof. Make a new water-mark on your excitement And love.
Like a blooming night flower, Bestow your vital fragrance of happiness And giving Upon our intimate assembly.
Change rooms in your mind for a day.
All the hemispheres in existence Lie beside an equator In your heart.
Greet Yourself In your thousand other forms As you mount the hidden tide and travel Back home.
All the hemispheres in heaven Are sitting around a fire Chatting
While stitching themselves together Into the Great Circle inside of You.
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Hāfez (1325/26–1389/90) was a Persian poet. From: ‘The Subject Tonight is Love’
Creator of the Universe,
Loving Mystery, Womb of Silence,
you have brought me out of the narrows
into a broad and spacious place.
I will not return to confinement,
but remain here in your generous freedom.
I guard the silence at the center;
I hold the moment empty and open.
I breathe in,
and make sanctuary in my body for you.
I make room in my thoughts
for you to enter and be at peace.
I offer openings in my day,
where you may rest.
I create space in my living
for you alone.
I enter the holy of holies
where you make of this moment
the void of Creation,
the gift of Sabbath.
Amen.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
presume love
You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it. – Sarah Dessen
be inspired by art journaling
I am excited to give art journaling a try very soon. I have been studying it for a couple of years now and, I must admit, I have been a little intimidated by it, but here I am ready to try it!!!
Check out the new issue of Songs from the Valley on Inspiration!
http://www.songsfromthevalley.com
Got any rivers you think are uncrossable?
Got any mountains you can’t tunnel through?
God specializes in things thought impossible.
And He can do what no other can do.
– Unknown
Looking at them, Jesus said,
“With people it is impossible, but not with God;
for all things are possible with God.”
Mark 10:27
Maritta Terrell
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