Sandra Heska King

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Still Saturday: It Is Time Now

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Swimming, One Day in August

It is time now, I said,
for the deepening and quieting of the spirit
among the flux of happenings.

Something had pestered me so much
I thought my heart would break.
I mean, the mechanical part.

I went down in the afternoon
to the sea
which held me, until I grew easy.

About tomorrow, who knows anything.
Except that it will be time, again,
for the deepening and quieting of the spirit.

~Mary Oliver

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Photos from Haiti, 2014

In the stillness,

Sandy

 

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  3. And I wonder, always, at the patience of God.
    He brings the deepening and quieting without reproach —
    If it were me, it would be, “So . . . do you think you can maintain this for more than a day this time?”
    I bring my sorry self with worries and faithlessness and anger and discouragement.
    He brings Himself and breathes life.
    Sandra, thank you for the reminder that we can always come.
    Michele Morin recently posted..Persuasion: Raising Questions and Opening Doors

  7. It has been almost a year since I stood at the edge of the Pacific Ocean and breathed in the depth of His Mightiness. I, too, seem to be drawn to the ocean…maybe because I grew up, or spent much of my growing and early adult years near the beach.
    I will recall and breathe it right where I am. He is everywhere. I must remember that wonderful fact.
    Caring through Christ, ~ linda
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    • There’s something about water, I think. Any water. Sometimes sea. Sometimes a great lake. Sometimes a small lake. Sometimes just a pond or a waterfall… But almost always water.

  12. God’s vast magnificence and His peace can reach one’s soul in a very special way in the nature – by the sea … to be embraced by the water is a wonderful symbolic to be embraced by God’s care. love and presence … Thank you Sandy!
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