Abide. Delight. Dwell

“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”― W.H. Auden, New Year Letter

“You have traveled too fast over false ground;
Now your soul has come, to take you back.
Take refuge in your senses, open up
To all the small miracles you rushed through.
Become inclined to watch the way of rain
When it falls slow and free.
Imitate the habit of twilight,
Taking time to open the well of color
That fostered the brightness of day.
Draw alongside the silence of stone
Until its calmness can claim you.
Be excessively gentle with yourself.”
– John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us

Abide. Delight. Dwell.
Silence of stone.
Habit of twilight.
Brightness of day.
Abide. Delight. Dwell.

“Jesus doesn’t participate in the rat race. He’s into the slower rhythms of life, like abiding, delighting, and dwelling—all words that require us to trust Him with our place and our pace.”― Lysa TerKeurst, Uninvited