✨Where do you go to be still and let-go? Who or what meets you there?
✨Is something in your life persistently bubbling up with an invitation or challenge to let-go? It could be an idea, belief, person, place, thought pattern, or attitude.
Again, Pegge. . .those photos!!! omg. Thank you. And the thoughts that go with them are lovely and useful. As to your question about where to go to let go and be still. . . I often go into the bathtub! Or walk on the beach here. There is also a nature walk with a raised boardwalk through the "jungle" that I enjoy. If we lie down on the grass in Florida, we stand up with chigger bites!
I love your response - and thank you about the omg photos! I truly love to see through a lens. Thank you for sharing your spots, I totally agree with you about the bathtub and beach walks. I'm glad you have the "jungle" and chigger bites are the worst--I'm getting itchy thinking about that! I hope you have many moments to let go in 2024, and will reach out to connect soon. Peace be with you.
Yes, those photos!!! Beautiful reflection, Peggy. Looks like this was quite a journey.
I could write a whole letter on letting go (letter exchange?), as Kierkegaard has written so beautifully about it, actually in relation to obedience! For him obedience to God is to let go of all else we have given ultimate meaning before. Obedience he says is: letting God rule. With emphasis on the LETTING. It is not blind submission but the very active process of letting go of ultimate attachments to all else.
I think your travel story is a beautiful example of leaning into just that!
That was hopefully not too teach-y, but your reflection got me going. Now onto your questions 😇
Definitely not to teach-y, thank you! I like Kierkegaard, and will look into his writings on this--thank you for sharing. I do believe letting go is simultaneously an embrace. And, yes to the "letting," the free will, the permission, as you write, which is an active process. Thank you for your thoughtful response--this has been so widely reflected upon and written about. After the chiropractor visit today I'm feeling a bit better--he said my head wasn't on straight. ha-ha, which I knew after the head compression in my neck. And, the water mitigation continues. The de-humidifier and fans create a strange white noise, which is oddly soothing. Peace be with you in your own letting-go and holding on, turning towards!
Walking in the hills above the coast in CA and through the meadows of Utah are my places of peace, reflection, sometimes solitude, sometimes shared with a friend., surrounded by God’s creation I hear his whisper. The words you share are inspiring and encouraging as always. My plane is about to take off for a 2 day conference, and I’ll have some quiet time to consider your reflection sparks on the flight. God’s word to me this week has been Hagar 1:5 ”Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.“
Which leads perfectly into letting go of what’s past and pressing on toward what God has called me. So blessed to have your words be part of this journey 💜
Reflection sparks! 🔥
✨Where do you go to be still and let-go? Who or what meets you there?
✨Is something in your life persistently bubbling up with an invitation or challenge to let-go? It could be an idea, belief, person, place, thought pattern, or attitude.
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Again, Pegge. . .those photos!!! omg. Thank you. And the thoughts that go with them are lovely and useful. As to your question about where to go to let go and be still. . . I often go into the bathtub! Or walk on the beach here. There is also a nature walk with a raised boardwalk through the "jungle" that I enjoy. If we lie down on the grass in Florida, we stand up with chigger bites!
I love your response - and thank you about the omg photos! I truly love to see through a lens. Thank you for sharing your spots, I totally agree with you about the bathtub and beach walks. I'm glad you have the "jungle" and chigger bites are the worst--I'm getting itchy thinking about that! I hope you have many moments to let go in 2024, and will reach out to connect soon. Peace be with you.
Yes, those photos!!! Beautiful reflection, Peggy. Looks like this was quite a journey.
I could write a whole letter on letting go (letter exchange?), as Kierkegaard has written so beautifully about it, actually in relation to obedience! For him obedience to God is to let go of all else we have given ultimate meaning before. Obedience he says is: letting God rule. With emphasis on the LETTING. It is not blind submission but the very active process of letting go of ultimate attachments to all else.
I think your travel story is a beautiful example of leaning into just that!
That was hopefully not too teach-y, but your reflection got me going. Now onto your questions 😇
Definitely not to teach-y, thank you! I like Kierkegaard, and will look into his writings on this--thank you for sharing. I do believe letting go is simultaneously an embrace. And, yes to the "letting," the free will, the permission, as you write, which is an active process. Thank you for your thoughtful response--this has been so widely reflected upon and written about. After the chiropractor visit today I'm feeling a bit better--he said my head wasn't on straight. ha-ha, which I knew after the head compression in my neck. And, the water mitigation continues. The de-humidifier and fans create a strange white noise, which is oddly soothing. Peace be with you in your own letting-go and holding on, turning towards!
Walking in the hills above the coast in CA and through the meadows of Utah are my places of peace, reflection, sometimes solitude, sometimes shared with a friend., surrounded by God’s creation I hear his whisper. The words you share are inspiring and encouraging as always. My plane is about to take off for a 2 day conference, and I’ll have some quiet time to consider your reflection sparks on the flight. God’s word to me this week has been Hagar 1:5 ”Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.“
Which leads perfectly into letting go of what’s past and pressing on toward what God has called me. So blessed to have your words be part of this journey 💜