Beloved II .....

"In this union and communion with Him, love is brought to completion and consummation,

because as He is, so are we in this world."

-1 John 4:17

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Equal parts

Humanity

and Divinity,

We move between the two,

marrying the two,

as He did,

Effortlessly,

Beautifully,

Between 

Groundedness

and Godliness,

A bridge from

Holy Ground

to Holy God,

Jacob's Ladder,

Living,

Lifting others

With Hinds Feet footing

in our own Belovedness

We become the way

to the High Places,

to their place,

as Chosen,

as Cherished,

as the Beloved

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"He has made my feet like Hinds Feet,

He makes me walk in the High Places"

-Habakkuk 3:19

Lilies and Birds

~~

Blooming

Unfurling

Unfolding

Petals and Wings

Lilies and Birds,

Flowers and Flight...

Finally Found,

Opening,

to Love

and Light

and Lift

Beautiful

Long Awaited

Becoming...

~~

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

-Anais Nin

Quiet

"He will Quiet you in His Love"

-Zephaniah 3:17

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Storm Stilled,

We then Still,

and Soothe,

and become Shore

for others...

His Voice

Resonating

through our own

to fellow Travelers

on this restless sea...

We board their boats

as Jesus did,

and with that,

the waves bow down

the wind defers

and we give His incomparable Gift

of Quiet

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"And when He got into the boat, the storm ceased"

-Matthew 14:32

Epilogue...

(Pollak Vineyards, Greenwood, Virginia,

taken on 2/16/14)

Three months ago, I posted Hidden, illustrated with the photograph above.  The same post follows here, along with a photograph I took today, three months later, depicting the same vineyard....

Life comes back...Life always comes back...

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...hard to believe they'll bloom,

much less bear fruit again,

this landscape of a thousand crucifixes

looking lifeless

and beaten...

but within each cross

flows the blood of beginnings,

perennial promise

of return...

of resurrection...

beneath the stillness,

this suspended animation,

are stirrings...

The scene which holds for the eye only death

belies unseen Life within...

welling up,

mustering,

and moving in ancient circadian concert 

with all of Creation,

as it readies itself,

for

 The Reveal.

"To everything there is a season, 

a time for every purpose under heaven"

-Ecclesiastes 3:1

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(Pollak Vineyards, Greenwood, Virginia,

taken on 6/3/14)

Life Comes Back...Life Always Comes Back.