“I speak it to God: I don’t really want more time; I just want enough time.
Time to breathe deep and time to see real and time to laugh long,
time to give You glory and rest deep and sing joy
and just enough time in a day not to feel
hounded,
pressed,
driven,
or wild to get it all done–yesterday . . .
I just want time to do my one life well.”
~Ann Voskamp
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
In the stillness,
Sandy
The winner of last week’s drawing for
Every Little Thing: Making a World of Difference Right Where you Are by Deidra Riggs
is JoAnne Viola.
Congratulations, Joanne!
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.
I know the feeling. My prayer is, “Give me tomorrow.”
God, give Andrew many more tomorrows.
Agreeing in prayer with Sandra. Lord, let it be so!
I’ve been reading from Ann Voskamp’s book too this week, and scrap – journaling some thoughts on the Eucharist and Eucharisteo for my 31 Days Communion Series. Coming to this blog, there is such a peace and not a hustle bustle craziness. Very nice.
Ahhh… I’m heading your way. 🙂
That quote…YES! Me, too.
🙂 🙂
I return to Ann’s wisdom often. I think I’ve been through the devotional 4 times in the last year and a half alone. Thank you for this reminder as I spend time this week with my Louisiana loves. Have a lovely weekend, my beautiful friend. xox
A beautiful weekend to you, dear friend. (We may have a new love, soon. Possible induction tomorrow. 🙂 )
Hounded, pressed, driven. That describes me to a “T” lately. With my husband deployed, my burden is heavier than usual and I feel the strain. What I think I want most is more time to get it all done, but what I need is time to be still, be filled, be renewed. To slow down, just for a moment. Off to do it now! Blessings, Liz
Oh Liz. I can’t imagine how hard it is to have him gone, the worry that comes from that. I do hope you can grab many moments to be still and that God will redeem that time for you–and wrap His arms around your husband. Love to you.
Oh my, this quote just jumped right into my heart this morning Sandra! I am making some huge changes for us and weeding out some things and it truly spoke to me. Have a blessed week and thank you for the link up.
Sandra, thank you so much for pulling my name 🙂 I have heard so many wonderful things about this book. And I love the quote you shared from One Thousand Gifts. It may be time to pull it out for another read! Joining you in praying to live my one life well & to His glory. Blessings to you!
These words speak directly … A wish from the heart …
Thank you for this oasis of authenticity and grace, Sandra.
Time, he is either our enemy or our friend. I think we choose the side we’ll take. If I be hounded, let it be that chase where I get caught. Let it be the Hound of Heaven. We all have our stories about how One Thousand Gifts has touched us. Thanks for the reminder. Did we not all underline these lines??
Sandra,
I love the “enough” time. Yes exactly enough for God – He knows exactly what He needs. We need to listen and love Him fully. We don’t have to “do” anything to be accepted. When we are totally in tune with Him He will show us the path. If we feel “hounded” by time, it is our humanness not God. I read Oswald today and it was much like this.
Love this,
Blessings,
Janis