10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) – Matt Redman (Worship with lyrics)

by Sharon O | Mar 3, 2012 | Uncategorized

Quiet days

by Sharon O | Mar 1, 2012 | Uncategorized

Quiet days are ahead of us.
That is why I have not posted much this week.
My heart is heavy… perhaps even hurting.
My dad is slowing down and has been pretty sick this last week and we are not sure what this means for the long term.
He is 85.
He is also a restless cowboy living in an assisted living home
which was his choice but not really what he wanted.
When one is ill the choices of control become fewer and present needs begins to dictate the course.
Our mother is needing care and assistance so dad chose to move for her.
Now he is the one more needy.
Isn’t that the way it works sometimes… life often
does strange turn of events.
My heart is quiet and reflective.
I am not anxious or deep into worry.
Just reflecting on many levels of concern.
Reflecting on many years of not knowing this man I call dad.
The quiet is necessary for a heart to search out emotions and feelings and what needs to be said when a life is perhaps drawing to an end.
We never know when our final days come for any of us.
If we get the gift of spoken words, softly shared in
‘intimate moments’
we are very blessed.
Even unspoken words serve a purpose when words are not available.
My heart is quiet.
My sleep restless and at the same time deep and prayerful.
Quiet days are ahead for each of us and each day will bring more change.
Strength is needed for us all to push through to this next stage of ‘waiting’.
My heart remains heavy and full of thoughts reminding myself that we can learn many things from our silence.
The prayer now is that the silence not only teaches us
but also does a deep healing within us.

Announcement

by Sharon O | Feb 29, 2012 | Uncategorized

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So in effort to keep the readers that have signed up through Google reader I am letting them know that there is a subscription box available to sign up so the blog goes directly in their email box if they want to continue to be a reader on this blog.
As a common courtesy I just want to let readers know of the potential issues at hand.
I appreciate all your feedback and encouragement always.

Silence

by Sharon O | Feb 28, 2012 | Uncategorized

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness.
God is the friend of silence.
See how nature, trees, flowers, grass 
grows in silence.
See the stars, the moon, and the sun 
how they move in silence.
We need silence to be able to touch souls. 
quote by mother Theresa

                                            
(photo from heart and soul photography used by permission)

Have you ever just sat in silence and listened to sounds around you.
Have you allowed yourself time to hear the birds in the air or
the wind rustling or the surf crashing waves off of jagged rocks.
Sending out ‘beautiful ‘sounds’ of nature and powerful lessons if we choose to listen.
I love to sit in the quiet of the day.
And just listen
to whatever is around me at the time.
I do believe God is found in silence.
We hear him when our chatter is silenced.
We hear him when our hearts are quiet.
We hear him when we feel restful in spirit.
Perhaps that is why He said, “Be still and Know that I am God.”
Being Still is the hardest part.
How is it for you?
Can you be still and know the quiet is good and nurturing to our souls?
Be still and know that he is God (then listen to the silence).