Holding Onto You

I'm thinking tonight about a lyric my friend Karla Adolphe penned...

My heart is praying these words tonight, for myself and some dear friends... and hearing in the last few lines a quieting response from Jesus...

Holding Onto You

I see a million broken pieces on the floor
I can't believe you'd like to add one more
Meet me where I'm living, meet me where I am
All the stars have melted from my eyes
Only you know how many tears I've cried
Meet me where I'm living, meet me where I am
Holding onto you,
I'm holding onto you,
I'm holding onto you right now

Hush little baby don't say a word
Daddy's coming to get his little girl
Hush little baby, don't do a thing
Daddy's coming he's going to fix everything...

(to buy the song, click here, and scroll to the album "The Cathedral" to find the song)

Daily 5 - Day 94

Today's Daily 5 (and more):

1. Waking with the line "Taste and see that the Lord is good" playing through my head
2. finding just a few words for my heart space in an email to a dear friend
3. a day spent with a friend, even if the relationship has changed deeply over the last year
4. mini ham and cheese croissants from the farmer's market for breakfast
5. going into my favorite clothing store and discovering several items that I'd been planning to go to a used clothing store to look for on clearance - 2 tops and a pair of pants for about $31 - very good news for a girl on a tight budget
6. getting to see the mountains again
7. getting a particular vitamin refill that I'd been hunting for for several weeks in a row
8. making fruit salad again for the coming week
9. a quiet relaxing morning
10. a day mostly focused on remembering to taste and see that Jesus is good
    

Taste and See

I woke up this morning at 5 am with two lines of scripture running through my head. They were still running through my head when I finally got up around 9.

"Taste and see that the Lord is good."

"His love endures forever."

Today is a day where I'm experimenting with tasting and seeing. A new way of choosing joy.

Daily 5 - Day 93

Today's Daily 5 (and more):

1. Wearing jeans to work
2. Getting back some photo prints I'd ordered, and being really happy both with how they turned out, and with the memories they captured
3. A Friday night that went as planned for the first time in weeks
4. Enjoying an episode of Grey's Anatomy
5. Relaxing in a hot bath...
6. Bourbon Street Grill for dinner
7. Laughing with family and friends
8. curling up in bed with magic bags spread across my feet and against my achy back
9. really feeling peaceful tonight after a bit of a challenging afternoon
10. the satisfaction of working through my budget and knowing that it is workable for right now
    

One more on the Communion of Saints

One more thought from Henri Nouwen...

Heart As Wide As the World

The awareness of being part of the communion of saints makes our hearts as wide as the world. The love with which we love is not just our love; it is the love of Jesus and his saints living in us. When the Spirit of Jesus lives in our hearts, all who have lived their lives in that Spirit live there too. Our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents; our teachers and their teachers; our pastors and their pastors; our spiritual guides and theirs - all the holy men and women who form that long line of love through history - are part of our hearts, where the Spirit of Jesus chooses to dwell.

The communion of saints is not just a network of connections between people. It is first and foremost the community of our hearts.