“Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace.
If you refuse to be hurried and pressed,
if you stay your soul on God,
nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace.
In that stillness you will know what His will is.”
~Amy Carmichael
(as quoted by Tricia Goyer in Prayers That Changed History: From Christopher Columbus to Helen Keller, How God Used 25 People to Change the World )
In the stillness,
Sandy
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 reflect on the depth of sparse words. We’d love for you to join us. Grab the 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 be still together, to gaze long and drink deep.
Love starting my weekends with you, Sandy. Amy Carmichael is one of my favorites. Hope you have a great weekend. xo
I love sharing any day with you, Lyli. 🙂
I needed these words today!
I need them every day. 🙂
Beautiful & so needed this morning. “Clearness of spirit.” Time to be still. Have a blessed weekend!
Isn’t that an interesting phrase? Clear to hear. Have a great weekend, Joanne.
Thank you for sharing Amy Carmichael quote! I found myself reading it over and over again; wanting its Truths to seep deep into my own soul.
What a blessing to visit you here today! 🙂
Me, too. Each of those phrases hold such depth. I’m so glad you came by today, Karen.
Any time I hear from Amy Carmichael, I feel as if I am hearing right from heaven. Her words have such grit and clarity, and yet such grace.
Blessings to you today!
I hear you, Michele. Love to you.
Sandra, each morning I go out onto my deck…only the joyful music of the birds or the trees in the breeze break the stillness. Each morning I look to the heavens and seek God. Each morning He sends His beauty and love as the birds fly by or stop to rest or play in the trees. Mourning doves, cardinals and robins…chickadees and blue jays…but yesterday a finch as yellow as the sun landed at the top of the pines. As I fumbled for my phone to get a picture, I looked up and it was gone. Wished I would have just enjoyed the moment. But God is good and as I looked up this morning there it was…the beautiful yellow finch…sitting in the trees, blended in with the yellows and greens of the pines…God is a loving Father, blessing me with the grace of second chances always…His compassions and mercies fresh each morning! What a blessed still Saturday today will be!
Mary, this is one of the most beautiful things I’ve read today. I’m guilty of trying to capture moments with a lens that may have been better served by just being present with it and with God. I saw that finch “as yellow as the sun” and love how God gave you the metaphor of second-chance grace. Thank you for this!
Beautiful words from Amy Carmichael and beautiful photos from you!!! Have a lovely weekend, my beautiful friend. xox
A beautiful quote that came with a beautiful photo. 🙂
🙂 🙂