I was miffed, to be honest, when my Beth Moore junkies wanted to break for the summer. Rats! What about me? How will I function without the accountability of facilitating and hosting the group? (The only time I vacuum is the night before they're due!)
Now I think I understand why. God had something else in mind for me. A summer prayer group based on Alex Aronis' " caught my eye on the church website. Same day, 8 weeks, fit my time slot like a glove.
So this morning I rekindled an old love of meditative, contemplative, listening, centering prayer. Call it what you will, it frees me from the confines of my own sin, judging, and having the right answers in a Bible study. We sat in silence letting every niggling thought float by in the current of an imaginary river overhead. After 8 minutes or so, the leader led us to listen for God's answer to four questions about our basic wants and needs. Somewhere between those single-word responses came this poem.
While I admire the gift of sparse and succinct communication, I am certain I've not written poetry since 3rd grade! One of my favorite non-autism-genre bloggers is
Abraham Piper at 22 Words. Every single day, he poetically conveys content on a myriad of theological and literary points. Each post is 22 words which puts a cool parameter on his design.
Personally, I err on the side of amplification, rephrasing, and overuse of synonyms! How I love words. The only blogger I know with longer posts than mine is
Beth Moore herself! Limiting myself to less than 100 words would take either a great deal of discipline or divine intervention.
Today, I had a smidge of both: the discipline to clear away extraneous thoughts and an experience with the one, true, and truly concise, God.
What does this have to do with autism? You decide...or better yet, ask God.
From Still to Know
still
crazy
years
whoa!
woods
silt sinking into bedrock
know
Do you have a summer study?
I beg you to click on "comments" below the scripture.
"Be still, and know, that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46:9-11
" 'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water. Ezekiel 19:9-11
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:24-26photo credit: www.seentwo.com/.../ photo_current_projects.jpg
Now I think I understand why. God had something else in mind for me. A summer prayer group based on Alex Aronis' " caught my eye on the church website. Same day, 8 weeks, fit my time slot like a glove.
So this morning I rekindled an old love of meditative, contemplative, listening, centering prayer. Call it what you will, it frees me from the confines of my own sin, judging, and having the right answers in a Bible study. We sat in silence letting every niggling thought float by in the current of an imaginary river overhead. After 8 minutes or so, the leader led us to listen for God's answer to four questions about our basic wants and needs. Somewhere between those single-word responses came this poem.
While I admire the gift of sparse and succinct communication, I am certain I've not written poetry since 3rd grade! One of my favorite non-autism-genre bloggers is Abraham Piper at 22 Words. Every single day, he poetically conveys content on a myriad of theological and literary points. Each post is 22 words which puts a cool parameter on his design.
Personally, I err on the side of amplification, rephrasing, and overuse of synonyms! How I love words. The only blogger I know with longer posts than mine is Beth Moore herself! Limiting myself to less than 100 words would take either a great deal of discipline or divine intervention.
Today, I had a smidge of both: the discipline to clear away extraneous thoughts and an experience with the one, true, and truly concise, God.
What does this have to do with autism? You decide...or better yet, ask God.
From Still to Know
still
crazy
years
whoa!
woods
silt sinking into bedrock
know
Do you have a summer study?
I beg you to click on "comments" below the scripture.
"Be still, and know, that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46:9-11
" 'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water. Ezekiel 19:9-11
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:24-26
photo credit: www.seentwo.com/.../