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1085. Take refuge in your senses, open up to all the small miracles you rushed through. -John O’Donohue

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Become inclined to watch the way of rain when it falls slow and free. Imitate the habit of twilight, taking time to open the well of color that fostered the brightness of day. Draw alongside the silence of stone until it calms you. Be excessively gentle with yourself. -John O’Donohue

This will be my mantra for awhile as I am beyond tired tonight. We and all the animals made it safely to our daughters new home, but we are exhausted after two long days of driving in cars jammed packed with boxes.

Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from Him. -Psalm 62:5.  


old man

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The first suffering we must experience is the call surrendering our ties to this world.
This is the death of the old human being in the encounter with Jesus Christ.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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(the remains of bones from those who live in the sea / Glencolmcille Folk Museum, Co Donegal, Ireland / Julie Cook 2015)

Old man take a look at my life
I’m a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Lyrics by Neil Young

The old man, that which is of flesh and bones…
having been born of woman…
must be cast aside.

For that which is old, composed of the world, ego, sin, self, deprivation,
and hidden lusts and agendas
must be surrendered…unto death…

As the encounter, the collision of the old crashing into the person of Jesus Christ,
shatters all assumptions and all that was.

For we know that our old…

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