Tag: joy

Beauty and Creativity in Re-Discovering Joy

Perhaps you have lost your joy. The tasks about you may seem to be never-ending. You’ve been at this for some time now. It is hard to catch one’s breath.

The recipe for re-finding joy is a surprising one. It is not so much about stretching and reaching, grasping or holding, but about releasing, pausing, creating, investing – gentle manners of heart and soul. A relinquishing rather than a hoarding. A surrender.

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December Beauty

in leu of a fireplace
in leu of a fireplace
mantle of beauty
mantle of beauty
plants waiting for spring
plants waiting for spring
something I made years ago
something I made years ago
birthday roses
birthday roses
monochromatic rest
monochromatic rest
simple elegance
simple elegance
not this year - but so pretty I had to add it
not this year – but so pretty I had to add it
Joe - captured out the kitchen window
Joe – captured out the kitchen window
yup, even in winter
yup, even in winter
candles are best
candles are best
a friends beautiful home
a friends beautiful home

Live a Solution

To become part of the solution for a people or place we must identify with the very ones we are wanting to help. To pray solutions for a particular difficulty or stronghold we must identify with the trouble at hand.

To identify is to come into identity with.

The problem is that we like to stand back and throw suggestions into the trouble. But this only creates greater divide, it rarely accomplishes anything.

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