Happy New Year! I hope 2025 will be a good one for you.
Thanks to Margaret Simon for organizing the Spiritual Journey Thursday group, and especially for this new and beautiful image. Find here blog HERE.
It's time to figure out my OLW (One Little Word) which will guide my posts throughout the year. I had a lot of fun with SONG as my OLW last year. This year I'm choosing STILL as my word.
I'm a Martha kind of person. I tend to keep myself busy. I like my activities: keeping my home, reading, singing in choir, gardening, writing, teaching, praying. As times goes on, however, I realize limits of energy and time. I'm learning to appreciate still times.
Some years ago I had this little quote on my refrigerator.
God is the still point
at the center
utterly at home
God lives in us forever.
- Julian of Norwich
Winter is a good season to be still. It can offer quiet time, a slowing of our crazy busy lives. This is a good time to weigh the benefits of stillness. To listen for the still small voice.
from a 2016 calendar by Wendy Bentley
I hope to hear from you in the days ahead. Let me know if you find solace in stillness.
Here is a beautiful hymn, one of my father's favorites, to the tune of Finlandia by Sibelius.
Best wishes for a safe, healthy, and restful January.
