My trip to
Florida was wonderful. It was good to see my oldest brother and
celebrate his immediate recognition of me. There was joy in the
laughter as well as the tears my sister-in-law I shared. Many of
you under-stand how simply seeing a situation with your own eyes
provides clarity as well as hope. The trip was wonderful - and the
warmer weather was very nice!
As a result of
the fog the past few days, we are treated to a crystal-like world.
The trees and bushes are spectacular with an intricate beauty by the
Creator of all beauty. From John O'Donohue's The Divine
Imagination these words are offered as a prayer for each of you:
May you
be blessed with a
sense of
beauty and may beauty
come and visit your life. May you be given the grace of
recognition so that you may learn to see in a new way all that
is beautiful about you.
In the light of that beauty
may you gain a new respect for the Eternal that is alive in your
feeling, thought and action. May you look again at your face,
and may you see there the tender and poignant presence of an
intimacy that is beautiful.
When you turn your gaze
inward may it be a kind and healing gaze. May you be gifted to
be gentle so that the shy beauty that hides so many of the
chambers of your heart may come out and gather and focus to make
a bouquet of blessings around your head and around your life.
May you look reverently at
those that are close to you. And, if you have forgotten in
their familiarity the beauty that is about them, may you learn
to see it again, and may you celebrate with those you love the
beauty that brought you together.
May you seek the truth but
may you always remember to walk hand in hand with beauty because
beauty is truth and truth is beauty.
The season of Lent begins February
17. May God's beauty wrap your hearts and lives as we prepare for
the coming holy season.
I look forward to worshipping with you
this Sunday.
Blessings, Liz
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