“There is One who tells her where her proud waves halt. You can point to her limits, her boundaries. There is a line where wet sand meets dry, and the line is wavy and it changes with the tides.
“But there is a line and God draws it with his finger.
“We want to live a beautiful life that means something. We want to create and love and move on purpose. We want to make art. We know we are image bearers and our hands itch for the job we were made to do. But we cannot push results ahead of receiving. We cannot dig in our heels against the natural rhythm of the sea and expect to win, stretch out stiff arms in the face of God and refuse to receive what he has to offer.”
~ Emily P. Freeman in A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live
Still and receiving,
Sandy
P.S. Note the new button!
Welcome to the Still Saturday Community where we pause after a busy week, move in quiet pilgrimage, maybe linger a while in some still place, and soak in the beauty of images and words. We’d love for you to join us. Get the details on the left, grab your favorite button, and link up below. We all love to hear if something especially speaks to your heart, but please don’t feel pressured to comment. Simply take some time to gaze long and drink deep.
“We cannot push results ahead of receiving.” What crucial wisdom! It’s what He’s teaching me, too.
And we have to, have to, have to leave the results to Him. Love to you, Sylvia.
Love, love, love – your new look, this post and YOU!!! {we are soul sisters…so often on the very same page…but always in the same BOOK}
I just came from your place. How do we do this? xo
So much quiet beauty here. Congratulations on your new look.
Thanks, Susan! I cannot believe that Lyla went to my Flickr pool and happened to choose that image. And not only that, it happened to be the one on the mug, and she didn’t even realize it. Just so cool!
Like we cannot rush the flow and ebb, I have learned to wait for Him in order to write – and like the boundaries – I have listened to where He says I should and should not go with my writing:) We all have boundaries – it prevents destruction to ourselves and others! Lovely new button and nourishing message today Sandra!
Maryleigh
I’m so glad you tied that quote into our writing lives, Maryleigh. And Emily also talks about learning to see our limitations as gifts…
And I’m so glad you’re part of this community. 🙂
Loved Emily’s book. I read though in snippets and with a crowded mind. I want to sit with it long. Sometimes I felt she was writing just to me.
I love your new site. I really love the words you scatter here Sandy and love you. So thankful for the poem you are in the world…
I know exactly what you mean. I’ve written all over mine. I wish she’d written it years ago. Of course, she was a lot younger years ago… maybe not even born when I would’ve liked it. But I tell myself the wisdom’s arrived in just the right season. 🙂
So blessed to make poetry with you, Dea.
Beautiful blog-re do, Sandra! So serene and calming, like the words you share each week. Thank you.
Thank you so much, June.
Sandy! I LOVE your new site – it’s so fresh and clean – just beautiful!!
“Yay,” she whispers. 🙂
Thank you.
Results are praised by man. Receiving is honored by God. What a choice! God gives us results by staying in a receiving position. Wonderful reflection, Sandra. Thank you. And the new design and button look great. 🙂
That’s a good word, Jason. Thank you.
Beauty in these words, beauty in these images, beauty in the line that shifts with every tide and in the line that never changes. Beauty in your gorgeous new site.
Beauty in you. Thank you, Sandy–xoxoxo
Thank you, thank you, dear friend. xoxo
I love this peaceful look and YES I am getting a mug. So I can use it as I write and remember quiet times are the best.
Awesome, Sharon! The words on the mug are from L.L. Barkat, “Embrace the life you have before it’s gone.” Such a good reminder.
Blessings, Sandra! Thanks so much for hosting – love the “stillness” theme always and am reading Emily’s book with great joy! A terrific quote – with boundaries we enjoy more freedom!
Joy!
Kathy
“With boundaries we enjoy more freedom.” It’s so hard to “get” it sometimes. Thanks, Kathy.
Hi Sandra,
I have Emily’s book but haven’t had a chance to start it yet. I want time to savour it.
blessings on a great post and thanks for the link up.
Janis http://www.janiscox.com
Oh Janis. You’ll love it! Thanks for being here. 🙂
Amen…Yes…just finished Emily’s book…Love the clean and peaceful look of your blog…Congrats, Snady 🙂 hugs to you 🙂
Hugs right back to you, my friend. And thanks!
Praise God that He is in control. May we trust Him to provide & guide. Thanks for the beautiful post & for hosting & God bless.
Amen to that, Laurie. Bless you. Thank you for faithfully sharing every week.
Love your new space, Sandy! 🙂
Thanks, dear Lyli. Me, too!
Beautiful, and your new blog look? Stunning!
Thanks so much, Barbie.
I loved the book as well. “There is a line & God draws it with His finger.” Remembering today that He determines the boundaries for my life. And He determines where & how things come together in my life as well. Thank you! And your site is beautiful especially the header. Blessings today!
Good things to remember… and remind each other of. And thanks so much. 🙂
receiving from a place of being. loved. of knowing that.
ps- {great new button}
Hi, Sharon! Yes… to lean on that truth. And thanks!
To rest in the receiving–to wait for it–indeed! A powerful reminder today. Thanks for sharing.
To rest in the waiting. Sometimes it’s so hard, yes?
Love your new blog look.
I recently finished Emily’s book and its message is still rolling around in my head. It was so good.
Mine is all marked up, and I keep going back to what I’ve already read. 🙂
Beautiful, Sandy!
A deep and blessed wisdom in your post – A blessed position to wait upon Him, to receive… and then, let it flow …
Can’t spill it before He fills it, right? 😉