“Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.” -- Richard Holloway, retired Bishop of Edinburg.
I'm physically feeling better each day, kinda like the first day after having the flu. You still don't feel well, but at least you know you don't feel as bad as the day before. It makes all these changes in life a little more enjoyable.
God blessed me way more than I deserve today and that's my word for the end of today: gratitude. And my prayer for today is that God grant me simplicity, clarity and singleness. What a great mantra to say each morning: Simplicity, Clarity and Singleness. (Just to clarify and put my husband at ease in case he reads this blog, I believe he is saying singleness in focus and not in reference to relationships.)
It's hard to gain clarity. My attention can be distracted by the internet, email, cell phone, television, newspaper...and yet what I feel called to might be reading some Scripture but it's so hard to turn all those things off and turn on the Scripture. Gaining clarity helps me to make this choice and pray for the strength to continue in God's creative flow.
My prayer of recent weeks has been for UrbanLife. I really would like for God to say (in a deep, booming voice), "Here it is Kathryn...the keys to UrbanLife." What I know in my heart is that it's going to take some trial and error and that this is the way God would have it...and that God is in this trial and error. The key is the trial and error, and, in seeking clarity everyday for this vital ministry. I wish I had this ministry for me when I was in my 20s. You make so many decisions in your 20s and 30s and for that to be the time in most people's lives when they are disconnected from a faith community is a huge loss for this world and for the Kingdom.
Simplicity, Clarity and Singleness....my prayer for today.
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Closer To Fine (Indigo Girls)
I'm trying to tell you something about my life
maybe give me insight between black and white
and the best thing you've ever done for me
is to help me take my life less seriously
it's only life after all
yeah
well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
and lightness has a call that's hard to hear
I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it
I'm crawling on your shores
***
I stopped by the bar a 3 a.m.
to seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend
and I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
twice as cloudy as i'd been the night before
and I went in seeking clarity
I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains
yeah we go to the doctor, we go to the mountains
we look to the children, we drink from the fountains
yeah we go to the bible, we go through the workout
we read up on revival and we stand up for the lookout
there's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in a crooked line
the less I seek my source for some definitive
the closer I am to fine
I have gratitude for you Kathryn, and the work that is being done through you in our newest visitors and members of the church. Finally! UrbanLife is what this congregation has been needing and the spiritual health of it's participants can only explode from here :)
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