the heart is a lonely hunter

"Are sacrifices the secret, sacred rites that are gifts offered with no thought of return on..."

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:03:54 -0400

“

Are sacrifices the secret, sacred rites

that are gifts

offered with no thought of

return on investment,

given in the dark

when the only light is

His

and your one flaming heart?

”

- Ann Voskamp

beingblog: “Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears,...

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:46:27 -0400

beingblog:

“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried than before, —more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”

~Charles Dickens from Great Expectations

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Deuteronomy 24:17-22 New International Version (NIV)

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:01:18 -0400

¹⁷ Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. ¹⁸ Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

¹⁹ When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. ²⁰ When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. ²¹ When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. ²² Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.

Look outside the window and see all the kinds of alive you can be…be still, be light. (The...

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:44:30 -0400

Look outside the window and see all the kinds of alive you can be…be still, be light. (The Weepies)

Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, as the Light of Light descendeth...

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:56:11 -0400

Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way,

as the Light of Light descendeth from the realms of endless day,

that the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away.

"He had been cruel and unjust in the afternoon. She was a fine woman, marvelous really. And just then..."

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:58:00 -0500

“He had been cruel and unjust in the afternoon. She was a fine woman, marvelous really. And just then it occurred to him that he was going to die.”

- Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro

"FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my..."

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:48:50 -0400

“FLOWER in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies,
I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower—but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.”

- Alfred, Lord Tennyson

"The daisy makes a skylark of every heart."

Sat, 01 May 2010 22:29:44 -0400

“The daisy makes a skylark of every heart.”

- Walter de la Mare

"When we weren’t looking holiness broke through like a rainbow."

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:21:42 -0400

“When we weren’t looking holiness broke through like a rainbow.”

- Madeleine L’Engle

"Every Christian community must realize that not only do the weak need the strong, but also that the..."

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:09:53 -0400

“Every Christian community must realize that not only do the weak need the strong, but also that the strong cannot exist without the weak. The elimination of the weak is the death of the fellowship.”

- Bonhoeffer

"But never mind. My house My lovely shining fragile broken house is filled with flowers and..."

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:42:52 -0400

“But never mind.
My house
My lovely shining
fragile broken house
is filled with flowers
and founded on a rock.”

- Madeleine L’Engle

"I partake of light; I participate also in glory, and my face shines, as does also His for whom I..."

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:19:39 -0400

“I partake of light; I participate also in glory, and my face shines, as does also His for whom I long;
And all my members become bearers of light. I then become the most beautiful of beautiful things.”

- St. Symeon, the New Theologian

"I beg you, who are so pugnacious in everything else, fight against yourself, your own worst enemy,..."

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:32:01 -0400

“I beg you, who are so pugnacious in everything else, fight against yourself, your own worst enemy, for you furnish Satan with too many weapons against yourself.”

"Come, Jesus, come. My body is weary, my strength wanes more and more, I long for your peace; the..."

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:05:34 -0400

“Come, Jesus, come. My body is weary, my strength wanes more and more, I long for your peace; the sour path becomes too difficult for me! Come, I will yield myself to You! You are the true path, truth and life. Therefore I enclose myself in Your Hands and say goodnight to you, world!”

- translation of Komm, Jesu, Komm

"O Jesus my Savior, my song in the night, Come to us with Thy tender love, my souls’ delight...."

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:03:44 -0400

“O Jesus my Savior, my song in the night, Come to us with Thy tender love, my souls’ delight. Unto Thee, O Lord in affliction I call, my comfort by day and my song in the night.”

"My dear friend, it is high time that you cease relying on and pursuing your own thoughts. Listen to..."

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:30:37 -0400

“My dear friend, it is high time that you cease relying on and pursuing your own thoughts. Listen to other people who are not subject to this temptation. Give the closest attention to what we say, and let our words penetrate to your heart. Thus God will strengthen and comfort you by means of our words.”

"If you are sorrowful, pray, for the Lord taketh pleasure…and—this is the best of..."

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:26:24 -0400

“If you are sorrowful, pray, for the Lord taketh pleasure…and—this is the best of all!—in them that hope in his mercy. The Lord helps those who are of low degree, for he says, ‘The Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save.’..And the Lord hears the gentle sighs of the afflicted.”

- Martin Luther

Lay me down gently, lay me down low,I fear I am broken and won’t mend, I know.One thing I ask...

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:47:11 -0400

Lay me down gently, lay me down low,
I fear I am broken and won’t mend, I know.
One thing I ask when the stars light the skies,
Who now will sing me lullabies,
Oh who now will sing me lullabies.

In this big world I’m lonely, for I am but small,
Oh angels in heaven, don’t you care for me at all?
You heard my heart breaking for it rang through the skies,
So why don’t you sing me lullabies,
Oh why don’t you sing me lullabies.

"I long for scenes where man has never trod; A place where woman never smil’d or wept; There to..."

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:51:37 -0400

“I long for scenes where man has never trod;
A place where woman never smil’d or wept;
There to abide with my creator, God,
And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept:
Untroubling and untroubled where I lie;
The grass below—above the vaulted sky.”

- John Clare

"Don’t you wait until tomorrow to find your soul Faint reminders still will follow everywhere..."

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:00:10 -0400

“Don’t you wait until tomorrow to find your soul
Faint reminders still will follow everywhere you go
‘Cause you are not alone
But made like heaven, made like starlight, made of love”

- Future of Forestry