Well, clarity comes in unusual ways, hm? Before I start, this picture is coming home from the WhiteShell in the summer... and the sky was so brilliant! There are more pictures... I am a bit of a fanatic, when I get going, hm?

Anyhow... I was reading John of the Cross yesterday (The Dark Night of the Soul)... and moments of bleakness... moments when your faith becomes "homely", and you are frustrated in the lack of color... it's alright. I think my problem, is that in those moments, instead of sitting back, and waiting for God... I want to get up and GO towards him. But sometimes the best posture I can take, is one of repose, and quiet. So yesterday I took a day to be peaceful. I wrote, I read, I made cinnamon buns... it was really wonderful. Well needed.

And (so John of the Cross tells me...) these moments of darkness... whether brief or lengthy, are times that God wants to draw us to himself... to replenish, strengthen and stretch us. The whole point, is that we cannot remain stagnant... we can't sit still in our faith... and those moments often come, when we are not recognizing that need to move, and grow to be more like Christ.
Anyhow... it made me content to be discontent... I feel like I then need to pause and sigh, and be joyful at once... Life, hm?

And I'd like to send a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS out to my friends, Janie and Dave Colvinson, who went and HAD A BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL!!!!!
Praise the Lord! We are loving, and praying for you both!

The end!

mariajane.