Sandra Heska King

daring to open doors

  • Home
  • About
  • DISCLOSURES
    • Amazon Affiliate
    • Book Reviews
  • Published
  • Contact
  • Blog
    • Commit Poetry
    • Dared

still saturday: there is a line

February 15, 2014 By Sandra Heska King

results

 

“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

results2

Still and receiving,

Sandy

P.S. Note the new button!

Sandra Heska King - Still Saturday

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.



Share this:

  • Email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Filed Under: Blog, Still Saturday, stillness

Comments

  1. Sylvia R says

    February 15, 2014 at 9:02 am

    “We cannot push results ahead of receiving.” What crucial wisdom! It’s what He’s teaching me, too.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 9:56 am

      And we have to, have to, have to leave the results to Him. Love to you, Sylvia.

  2. Patricia @ Pollywog Creek says

    February 15, 2014 at 9:30 am

    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}

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 9:56 am

      I just came from your place. How do we do this? xo

  3. S. Etole says

    February 15, 2014 at 9:33 am

    So much quiet beauty here. Congratulations on your new look.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 9:49 am

      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!

  4. bluecottonmemory says

    February 15, 2014 at 9:44 am

    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

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 9:52 am

      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. 🙂

  5. Dea says

    February 15, 2014 at 10:10 am

    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…

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 3:59 pm

      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.

  6. June says

    February 15, 2014 at 11:13 am

    Beautiful blog-re do, Sandra! So serene and calming, like the words you share each week. Thank you.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 3:57 pm

      Thank you so much, June.

  7. Michelle DeRusha says

    February 15, 2014 at 11:20 am

    Sandy! I LOVE your new site – it’s so fresh and clean – just beautiful!!

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 3:56 pm

      “Yay,” she whispers. 🙂

      Thank you.

  8. Jason Stasyszen says

    February 15, 2014 at 12:35 pm

    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. 🙂

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 3:55 pm

      That’s a good word, Jason. Thank you.

  9. Sheila Seiler Lagrand says

    February 15, 2014 at 1:45 pm

    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

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 3:54 pm

      Thank you, thank you, dear friend. xoxo

  10. Sharon O says

    February 15, 2014 at 1:50 pm

    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.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 3:54 pm

      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.

  11. Kakthryn Ross says

    February 15, 2014 at 6:01 pm

    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

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 9:48 pm

      “With boundaries we enjoy more freedom.” It’s so hard to “get” it sometimes. Thanks, Kathy.

  12. Janis Cox says

    February 15, 2014 at 7:57 pm

    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

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 9:49 pm

      Oh Janis. You’ll love it! Thanks for being here. 🙂

  13. Dolly@Soulstops says

    February 15, 2014 at 8:00 pm

    Amen…Yes…just finished Emily’s book…Love the clean and peaceful look of your blog…Congrats, Snady 🙂 hugs to you 🙂

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 9:53 pm

      Hugs right back to you, my friend. And thanks!

  14. Laurie Collett says

    February 15, 2014 at 8:09 pm

    Praise God that He is in control. May we trust Him to provide & guide. Thanks for the beautiful post & for hosting & God bless.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 9:54 pm

      Amen to that, Laurie. Bless you. Thank you for faithfully sharing every week.

  15. Lyli @ 3-D Lessons for Life says

    February 15, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    Love your new space, Sandy! 🙂

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 15, 2014 at 9:54 pm

      Thanks, dear Lyli. Me, too!

  16. Barbie says

    February 15, 2014 at 11:36 pm

    Beautiful, and your new blog look? Stunning!

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 17, 2014 at 10:40 pm

      Thanks so much, Barbie.

  17. Joanne Viola says

    February 16, 2014 at 7:36 am

    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!

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 17, 2014 at 10:42 pm

      Good things to remember… and remind each other of. And thanks so much. 🙂

  18. Sharon @ Faith Hope Cherrytea says

    February 16, 2014 at 10:18 am

    receiving from a place of being. loved. of knowing that.

    ps- {great new button}

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 17, 2014 at 10:43 pm

      Hi, Sharon! Yes… to lean on that truth. And thanks!

  19. Ginger @dwellinginthehouse says

    February 16, 2014 at 10:33 am

    To rest in the receiving–to wait for it–indeed! A powerful reminder today. Thanks for sharing.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 17, 2014 at 10:44 pm

      To rest in the waiting. Sometimes it’s so hard, yes?

  20. Jill Foley says

    February 16, 2014 at 11:45 am

    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.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 17, 2014 at 10:45 pm

      Mine is all marked up, and I keep going back to what I’ve already read. 🙂

  21. Nina says

    February 16, 2014 at 2:35 pm

    Beautiful, Sandy!
    A deep and blessed wisdom in your post – A blessed position to wait upon Him, to receive… and then, let it flow …

    • Sandra Heska King says

      February 17, 2014 at 10:45 pm

      Can’t spill it before He fills it, right? 😉

Trackbacks

  1. As the Starling Said says:
    February 15, 2014 at 5:58 pm

    […] Still Saturday with Sandra Heska King […]

  2. Weekend Reflection: For When Love Stinks says:
    February 16, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    […] Around here we remove our shoes and tour the stillness.  Start with Sandra Heska King’s Still Saturday. While you’re there, take a look around at Sandy’s gorgeous new digs, by the way. Then […]

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Meet Sandra

I’m Sandra, a camera-toting, recovering doer who’s learning to be. still. Read more…

Get updates from the stillness by email

Your personal information is safe and will never be shared.

Archives

Categories

Instagram Inspiration

sandraheskaking

A tale of two iguanas... I did not see the iguana A tale of two iguanas... I did not see the iguana in the background until I downloaded the photos. That, I believe, is the one that got caught in one of the openings in the neighbor's chain link fence. We tried in several (safe) ways to dislodge it without luck and could think of no other option but to leave it. Somehow it apparently dislodged itself. We also believe this is the pair that was getting into another neighbor's garden. We haven't seen either one since the last cold snap, so we are wondering if they survived. 
🌱
Thinking some may have tumbled from their perches last night. Pretty sure it will be raining iguanas tonight since we are under a frost advisory. It's cold. And windy.
Just sing... sing a song... Singing our way into Just sing... sing a song... 

Singing our way into the weekend.
"We don't just see. We learn to see." ~ Russ Ramse "We don't just see. We learn to see." ~ Russ Ramsey in Rembrandt is in the Wind
Now you see me... now you don't. Now you see me... now you don't.
"I started looking and listening. I realized that "I started looking and listening. I realized that work, like life, is shot through with poetry. It was everywhere. I was so taken with what I discovered that I wrote a book about it." @gyoung9751 
🌱
Whether you work in an office, a retail store, a restaurant, or at home... Whether you work on roads or on power lines, or on high buildings...Whether you collect trash or preach sermons, or care for your kiddos. Whether you do art, or weave words, or take photos of a common gallinule AKA moorhen AKA swamp chicken--it's all shot through with poetry.
🌱
So pay attention. Find a poem.
🌱
Read more at https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2023/01/10/its-poetry-at-work-day-2023/
Rising… Rising…
Everyone needs a little balance in life. And maybe Everyone needs a little balance in life. And maybe a beauty routine. And breakfast. Especially breakfast. I wonder if it consists of a few fire ants. I hope so. (Well, not mine. I'm having oatmeal with chia seeds. What are you having this morning?)
🌱
P.S. Happy Friday!
"Though your destination is not yet clear You can "Though your destination is not yet clear You can trust the promise of this opening; Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning That is at one with your life's desire." ~John O'Donohue 
🌿
A blessing for a new beginning in a new year. I'm sure he wrote it especially for me. At least I'm claiming it. Maybe it will speak to you, too.
🌿
Also, I'd really like this skirt --> 
🌿
Read the whole poem--> -->
🌿
Well, bummer... The whole page didn't print. Read it in the comments below.
"What precocity, a bird half the size Of an Anjou "What precocity, a bird half the size
Of an Anjou pear." ~ Stephen Kuusisto in "The Mockingbird on Central" (Find it in The Poets Guide to the Birds edited by Judith Kitchen and Ted Kooser)
🌱
"The morning pages are the primary tool of creative recovery." ~ Julia Cameron in The Artist's Way. 
🌱
I've been in a long creative drought, so I started morning pages--again. This time I've got a bit of an accountability group through @refineretreat's Refinery--which I finally also joined this year. I'll turn 74 this month. I'm not ready to grow old while I age--though everything does seem to take longer while time goes by faster.
🌱
#aweandwonder #tsaweandwonder
Tonight’s walk in the neighborhood. I’m still Tonight’s walk in the neighborhood. I’m still kinda amazed that out of all the places we could have ended up after moving from a place I said I’d never move from), here we are—planted right next to the northern Everglades. Six-plus years, and I still shake my head in wonder.
"So fancy is the world..." ~ Mary Oliver in "This "So fancy is the world..." ~ Mary Oliver in "This World." #aweandwonder #tsaweandwonder
Look, Mom! I can walk on water! #aweandwonder #tsa Look, Mom! I can walk on water! #aweandwonder #tsaweandwonder
Gazing into 2023 like… Let’s take it step by Gazing into 2023 like… 
Let’s take it step by step with hope and courage. Also I hope to be posting again more often.
🎉
Happy New Year!
The morning before the last morning of 2022. 🌴 The morning before the last morning of 2022. 
🌴
71 degrees. Heading to 83. I can live with that.
From the top of Brasstown Bald—the highest point From the top of Brasstown Bald—the highest point in Georgia at 4784 feet.
Winding roads… Winding roads…
Tonight's moon. It's kinda okay. Tonight's moon. It's kinda okay.
Don’t mind me. Just storking by. Don’t mind me. Just storking by.
I’ve gotten several messages asking if things we I’ve gotten several messages asking if things were okay. Yes. I’ve recovered after 3 weeks in Covid jail. Also, I’ve been a bit scarce on social cuz we’ve been finishing up house renovations, and there is SO much that now needs to be cleaned and stuff put away. Also, we’ve had the second oldest grand with us for two weeks. I “should have” at least shared some stories about our adventures, but we’ve relished the time and kept busy. One can’t leave South Florida without a gator encounter, though, right? Tomorrow the two of us fly back to Michigan, and then I will spend a week with my sister where I expect I will be put to work in the chicken house and the gardens and become a glad(iola) roadside proprietor for a day at the Four Star in while she and my BIL attend a family reunion. I’ll also get to see my dad in the nursing home and spend a couple nights with my daughter. D will hold down the fort here. Then maybe by the first of next month, I’ll be able to finish putting things in order, breathe, find some writing space and get back to normal. Whatever that is.
I tossed and turned all night. And then the storm I tossed and turned all night. And then the storm started. I finally got up about 5ish and sat outside to watch. Until a couple mosquitoes found me. Also, the jasmine hadn’t gone to bed yet and smelled heavenly.
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Get the Mug

Embrace the life you have t s poetry mug

Privacy Policy

Full privacy policy is available HERE.

I Read Light

TSP-Red button

bibledude-net



Sponsor a Child

Join the Compassion Blogger Network

[footer_backtotop]

Copyright © 2023 Sandra Heska King · Site by The Willingham Enterprise, LLC on the Genesis Framework by StudioPress · Log in