A hurried pace shakes up all the thoughts,
creating a muddy jumble of ideas, lists and places to be.
Prolonged busy-ness creates conflict of interest;
sometimes creating a haze around one's heart.
Our purpose and choice can be as clear as the ocean on a stormy day
or the river water churned up during a flood
full of mud and silt that we can not find the bottom or the top.
I've used this jar lesson before, a lesson borrowed from my favorite preacher, Pastor Stefan. You fill a jar with water and sand/dirt. You shake it up and then you set it down. The idea is to measure how long it takes for the water to become clear. The lesson is that it takes longer than you think. This particular jar took over a day to get all settled.
I think I get impatient waiting for the dust to settle and the water to become clear. As soon as things get a little clear i get hopeful and energized and begin to move fast again; jumping to conclusions. Soon I am right back to muddied waters again. Sometimes if I could just wait in silence a bit longer, the truth would be so much clearer.
Stillness is great but patience is needed too.
I'm thinking about words of wisdom from the Good Book again.
Be still and know.
Be still and wait on the Spirit of Love.
It reminds me of a song I used to sing as a kid (based on Isaiah)
Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
They shall mount up with Wings as Eagles.
They shall run and not be weary.
they shall walk and not faint
Teach me Lord, to wait.
So how do I want my life to be?
I'd like the clear clean water please.
Oh Spirit of Love, God of Peace
Teach me to wait in stillness.
may you each have a wonderful sabbath,
jules
creating a muddy jumble of ideas, lists and places to be.
Prolonged busy-ness creates conflict of interest;
sometimes creating a haze around one's heart.
Our purpose and choice can be as clear as the ocean on a stormy day
or the river water churned up during a flood
full of mud and silt that we can not find the bottom or the top.
I've used this jar lesson before, a lesson borrowed from my favorite preacher, Pastor Stefan. You fill a jar with water and sand/dirt. You shake it up and then you set it down. The idea is to measure how long it takes for the water to become clear. The lesson is that it takes longer than you think. This particular jar took over a day to get all settled.
I think I get impatient waiting for the dust to settle and the water to become clear. As soon as things get a little clear i get hopeful and energized and begin to move fast again; jumping to conclusions. Soon I am right back to muddied waters again. Sometimes if I could just wait in silence a bit longer, the truth would be so much clearer.
Stillness is great but patience is needed too.
I'm thinking about words of wisdom from the Good Book again.
Be still and know.
Be still and wait on the Spirit of Love.
It reminds me of a song I used to sing as a kid (based on Isaiah)
Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
They shall mount up with Wings as Eagles.
They shall run and not be weary.
they shall walk and not faint
Teach me Lord, to wait.
So how do I want my life to be?
I'd like the clear clean water please.
Oh Spirit of Love, God of Peace
Teach me to wait in stillness.
may you each have a wonderful sabbath,
jules
Ahhh, wonderful words for a gray day...trying to be patient for the sun to appear (smile). Your writing reminds me of words by Lao Tsu from the Tao Te Ching...Verse 15 from the Tao Te Ching, where he says, "Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself? - translated by Stephen Mitchell. I like the part that says..."till the right action arises by itself?"
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Sunday!