“We choose to be stationary or we choose to be still.
“The stationary pilgrim always turns his head around to see what was or what could have been. He loses focus on the potential and possibility of now. So he stays in the position of inaction because he can’t imagine another way. Stationary is frail-boned, a faint pulse.
“The still pilgrim is engaged in a fully-realized act of re-imagination. She’s looking down the barrel of the possible — of the moment — and lives by keenly seeing the potential of an enlarging world. She’s a revelator ordaining — with courage — an all-surpassing peace. Stillness has clarity in its bloodstream and intention in its heart.”
~Dave Harrity, “Motion,” Making Manifest: On Faith, Creativity, and the Kingdom at Hand
Would you say tend more toward the stationary or the still?
In the stillness,
Sandy
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Hi Sandra,
That’s an interesting distinction between concepts, and fun to ponder. Hmm. There is a verse I like with the word “still” in it that your post brings to mind. It is “But I have stilled and quieted my soul…” or something like that from Psalms. 🙂
Jennifer Dougan
http://www.jenniferdougan.com
One of my favorite verses. 🙂
Looking down the barrel of the possible. Please, Lord, lead me there.
Take my hand. I’m coming with you.
does the bird have trouble with standing there still
or is it happy
will we ever know?
Ha! Maybe we should try it.
Thank you so much for hosting us each week! I love your beautiful photo and the quote explaining the difference between stillness and being stationary.
Dave’s got a lot of good words up his sleeve–and between the pages. 🙂
I pray I am still!!
Me, too!
Joining you in the stillness and knowing He is God.
Love sitting with you here, Susan.
I think I can be both – in a day or in a season, but sure hope I’m more still than stationary. Have a beautiful weekend, my friend.
I hear you, Patricia. You have a wonderful weekend, too. Enjoy the game! xo
Be still… It’s something I’ve been learning soul-deep this year. To simply be still and know that He is God. Not to strive. Just to be. Still. Eyes closed. Fully engaged. Just God and me. In the still where the world falls away — stress, worry, illness, frustration — it all falls away in the still, in His Presence. The still, the holy pause, right in the messy midst of every day. Only God!
Dave Harrity’s words: “Stillness has clarity in its bloodstream and intention in its heart,” are the best expression of stillness I’ve ever read. Thank you for sharing them. I copied them onto a Post-It note and stuck it to the top my Mac.
Standing with you in the still today, my Friend! Blessings!
I loved that line, too. It’s a gift to journey with you, my Frio sister. And to stand in the still.
“She’s a revelator ordaining….” A most interesting description…one I will be contemplating for a bit. And the whole post has me to thinking this afternoon. Glad I came by, Sandra.
Caring through Christ, ~ linda
Amazing quote and excellent distinction. Love the photos — just saw these birds face-to-face yesterday! Thanks for hosting & God bless!
What an amazing quote! Praying He helps me be still & look down the barrel of the possible. This book is on my “To read” list for this summer – when I can be still 🙂 So grateful you have shared it!
Love the analogy. Being stationary can be active. That is what I learned when I finally sat before the Lord – a great teaching – being still.
Blessings,
Janis