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Textures of Text: It’s a Mystery

August 23, 2011 By Sandra Heska King

All mystery feels like fog. It presents hiddenness. It demands strong faith to walk into it believing that one day it will be demystified. ~Luci Shaw

It’s a mystery

this hunger for the hidden,

the faulty that aches for the faultless,

the flawed that yearns for the flawless,

how the best havings are in the wantings.

Peering through the fog for a glimpse of glory

I wonder–will He offer just a crumb as I

crumble at His feet desperate

to relieve this gnawing of my spirit

lest I become too satisfied?

Will He sing His song in the

shadows of dark discovery

or explode in light and color rush?

I long to see the unseeable,

to know the unknowable,

to fathom the fathomless,

to describe the indescribable,

to bring significance to the insignificant,

to present the vision

redemption’s story.

It’s a mystery

this life hidden in Him.

 

A reflection based on the last two chapters of Breath for the Bones: Art, Imagination, and Spirit: Reflections on Art and Faith by Luci Shaw.

Chapter 11: Understanding the Shadow Side of Creativity

Chapter 12: Tracing the Creative Process of Poets and Poetry

Join the discussion at The High Calling.

 

If you notice anything, it leads you to notice more. ~Mary Oliver

All joy emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings. ~C.S. Lewis

 

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  1. Cindee Snider Re says

    August 23, 2011 at 11:29 pm

    Ahhh…Sandy! Love this! My favorite line: “Peering through the fog for a glimpse of glory/ I wonder–will He offer just a crumb as I/crumble at His feet desperate/ to relieve this gnawing of my spirit/ lest I become too satisfied?”

    Oh, may I never be satisfied with just a crumb!

    Father God, kindle a longing, a hunger and thirst to know ever more, to drink ever deeper of You. Amen.

    Absolutely lovely, Sandy!

    • Sandra says

      August 24, 2011 at 10:53 pm

      Amen and amen. Thank you, Cindee.

  2. Wendy says

    August 24, 2011 at 7:59 am

    Your writing is stunning. I loved the line “to bring significance to the insignificant”.

    ~ Wendy

    • Sandra says

      August 24, 2011 at 10:53 pm

      Thanks so much, my friend.

  3. laura says

    August 24, 2011 at 11:55 am

    Wasn’t this the perfect way to end the discussion? My best havings are wantings…Mr. Lewis, you sure know how to turn a phrase! So much good stuff in the chapters that I feel like I had to miss. Like you, I’ll be heading back through, Sandy! Thank you for this beautiful offering.

    • Sandra says

      August 24, 2011 at 10:54 pm

      Thank you for guiding these reflections, Laura. I’m so glad I didn’t miss this one. A life changer for sure.

  4. Lynn Mosher says

    August 24, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    Oh, my goodness! Sandy, I think this is one of your very best! So beautiful!

    • Sandra says

      August 24, 2011 at 10:55 pm

      See me blush, Miss Lynn? XOXO

  5. imperfect prose says

    August 27, 2011 at 12:30 am

    let’s have coffee, sandra 🙂 your soul is so, so beautiful.

    • Sandra says

      August 27, 2011 at 3:28 pm

      Sharing a cup with you would make me soooo happy, Emily!

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