Of the Flowers Most Tender

Faith as of a child. Years of work, hurt, life, love, loss...causing the garden of the heart to be barren, dried up, hardened. Situations and responsibilities keeping us from getting back to deep cultivation, weeding, caretaking.

But there may come a moment, a divine intersection, that affords the opportunity to revisit neglected fields, unearth lost treasures, and once again till the crusted soils within. Places that were long abandoned, avoided, disregarded, from recent situations all the way back to childhood.

It will take months to come to deeper places of intentional surrender in these areas...surrender to God's desire and ability to heal, love, embrace, empathize personally...and restore.

But and so though, let us do the intentional, daily due diligence of seeking, surrendering, re-processing as the Wonderful Counselor leads, and allowing the soil of the heart to be loved again, nourished again, cared for again, softened and made alive again!

How wonderful it is to re-tender that sacred place within. And to be able to again say that we are living by faith as of a child.

This wonderous work in the heart prepares the garden to facilitate the growth and vibrance of the most beautiful and tender of plantings. So delicate, and such rich fruit and sweet aroma that floods the entirety of the soul, wherein all who visit are enriched.

Embrace this moment. Hold to this truth, and pursue it. Do not be afraid of healing and wellness. It is what you were always made for. And for many, it is long overdue.

...

Eagles Point

A safe place of rest.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tougher Love

Many of us have heard of 'tough love', 'speaking the truth in love', and the like. Perhaps often misunderstood or not mirroring its biblical roots. It was never meant to be a license to put jagged edges on the truth as we speak it. The context of love where truth is expressed infers the laborious building of charity and grace in healthy relationship, one with mercy and boundaries in tandem balance, resulting in what would even be a stable home wherein the relationship abides. And then, from this very place, loving truth may be clearly spoken with gentle tone, such that the strength of expression and the arm of action doing the work is the truth itself, not the intensity of the person expressing it. And all that said...there is yet a tougher love. What is the greatest commandment? You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your mind, and all your strength. And the second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as yourself. Greater love has no man than thi
Read more

Somewhere Else

First of all, I do not like that I am writing. I do not want to have to be writing. I am not a scripteure of choice. Yes, the artist does need the channel of expression, but writing is confining, narrowing to this one...a tedious test of verbal painting with substant diction a picture so vivid and textured, that the reader can run his or her hands across the page and feel it. A tediousness that this artist has become wearied by in the advent of discovering broader avenues of pouring out from deep, overflowing caverns within. Nonetheless, here we are, wherein this composition postures as expedient and therapeutic to current due processing of that which lies within. So, we thusly embrace the point of the journey at which we find ourselves, and soak every bit of intimacy with God He has for us in these moments. And especially when our heart longs to be somewhere else. We cannot healthily live non-present in our present. Whether the external circumstances, or where we are within, if there
Read more

Anonymous Tip

From an anonymous but generally unanimous source. Because surely this is happening to more than just one person. Are you tired of people not being ready? Whenever you reach out, inquire, want to search out an opportunity, a connection, or moving towards something special? They are always "really busy", their schedule always seems to be "really full", or they have "a lot going on"? We are told that we are supposed to try to connect with people, organizations, ministries, to collaborate, work together, get initiatives initiated...but everyone is too busy or otherwise unavailable. In other words, it feels like everyone is uninterested, or they are stuck in their present tense. The tension of family and work and responsibilities, and perhaps a thick layer of enjoyment of late adulthood freedom as an unattached person after having gone through semi-traumatic experiences. Where does that leave an available, genuinely good person who wants to serve, get into good
Read more