Friday, December 31, 2010

The Colors of God


Our final morning in Vancouver began with a spectacular sunrise. It is a fitting end to a week with many colors.

... They included the happy colors of first birthday candles ...


... They included the warm tones of a dedication to the Lord ...


They included the pure whites of Whistler Mountain, blanketed with a billion diamond points of brilliance ...


... and the liquid version while bobbing in a tiny boat on the Burrard Inlet near English Bay ...


And so we thank God for another year of his technicolor presence with us, and the chance to celebrate it in such a beautiful place filled with the colors of love. De Colores!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Still

Ice chewer on one side
Deal-maker, titan, master-of-his-fate on the other
Public announcements mixed with the jumbled
Chaos of a dozen conversations
Overlaid by the sound of my own questions that will not
Shut up
And you want me to be still and know that you are God
That I am my beloved's
That in quietness and confidence shall be my strength

There is no quiet here, Lord.
Not here.

But there is a corner of my shallow mind
Where the only sound is the far away heart
The only lyric is longing
Where I choose to pay attention to one thing,
The thing,
Where your silence is deafening,
Your presence all that is required.

I go there so seldom
I may not remember the way.

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