Faithful

Shelter

Let it be messy.
Let it be out of order.
Grant your heart permission to be an artist.
To be free of your own rigid expectations and plans.
Be present to your own heart
    to the stirrings of God's call.

Be.
Allow yourself to be surprised.
Allow yourself to be amazed.
Allow yourself to be bored.
                               or tired.
                               or scared.
                               or uncomfortable.
Allow yourself to Be.
Be.

And know that you are deeply and truly known by the Creator.
Deeply and truly loved by your God.
And the Creator has blessed you
     with countless encounters with the Divine.
All reflections of the Infinite and the Eternal.

Let that be your shelter.
                 your base.
                 your home.

I'll Carry You

View from my apartment.  Can you see the Space Needle?

Friend on beach New Years Eve

Here.

Listen!  Listen!
         And hear.
     The sound of a raindrop.
     The hum of conversation.
      The ringing in your own ears.
Listen to the air
     as it moves in and out
     with your own breath.
For silence is not void of sound
    but full of life's vibrations.
So be still.
Hear.
Here.

Raindrops draw crocked lines

Raindrops draw crocked lines on window panes.

Yet, I am inside.

Where it is warm and soft.

This is what I aspire to.

          Shelter.

That I may stand witness to the storms

And see the beauty and romance of it all.