Leading Lines
Canon 5D Mark ll, 50 1.2L, 1.2 aperture, 1/30 shutter, 2000 ISO
Selah, when spoken slowly, sounds like exhaling. It is often used in the Psalms, and is described as meaning, “stop and listen” or “pause and think of that” ~Wikipedia. I want to have more selah moments, to stop right on the tracks of my life and look in both directions as far as my eyes can see. Being grateful for what is and what has been is as important as dreaming about the future, and both will breath life into our sometimes task-driven existence.
Selah. Breathe.
Tonight you and I walk the tracks together. Balancing on luminous lines we laugh and let our minds untangle from the shards of worry. We remember how we walked these places as we fell in love. We count the mercies and pile up stones again to remember the miracles. Babies, jobs, dreams, songs, friendships, family, and dancing, always dancing. We breath out together. Selah.
Balancing
You ask me again what I want to be, to do. I ask you the same. The dreams change and grow. Our God has grown bigger too, more accessible as we have worn the paths of prayer and relationship. I smile as you describe Him to me again. I love to see Him through your eyes and heart. The God that makes you laugh out loud when you think about His goodness. My hands ache to hold Him when you speak. He is a good God. He is the God of my husband, and He is mine too. Selah.
Selah
I have perspective again. I am grateful for what is and has been and hopeful for what will be. I am held to the chest of my God while holding your hand. I can hear Him breathing and you laughing.
Selah.
Jeremiah 6:16 ~”This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.”
Hopeful
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“My hands ache to hold Him when you speak.”
Probably the best compliment that I’ve ever been given.
So much fun living with you.
Loved this MaryAnne! Well spoken! Beautifully written!
This is beautiful.
I once heard that the name of God was unpronounceable and the reason He said, “I AM”. But if we were to able to pronounce it, it would be the sound of exhaling. I think of this often in prayer, the exhaling of God’s name. Your blog reminded me once again.