What are you busy with?
Wild roses,
I said to them one morning.
Do you have the answers? And if you do,
would you tell me?The roses laughed softly. “Forgive us,”
they said. “But as you can see, we are
just now entirely busy being roses.”Mary Oliver
In the lapse of mundane and routines, your mind pauses and pushes, searching for and somehow denying what you need to regain strength in your body and mind: Seeking God in silence and solitude. Yet why do you and I resist it again?
‘Do not worry about tomorrow’ – This command leads you into God’s presence rather than the tasks of tomorrow or worries of what will come. Your life is a vapour. Who dictates what is to happen to us tomorrow – good or bad?
…
Is your silence before the Lord is stifled by the business of life, worries and tasks?
Even as the world roars and chaos mounts, how unequivocally important to simply allow our minds to be soft and open and still
I heard you laugh softly. “Forgive me,”
you said. “But as you can see, I am
just now entirely busy being who I’m called to be.”
The blooming gift of life unfolds as you surrender to God. Your surrender is mirrored by your willingness to let go of worries and just be in His presence. He’s calling you deeper still.
Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains may depart
and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”
says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
Inspired by Mary Oliver. My toddler has endless exuberance which does not fail to amaze me (truly no amount of caffeine could compare🙈), so writing shorter posts has been a go-to. I hope this post blesses you 💌
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