7.10.2011

Finding Peace on a Sunday

Ah, Sundays, mi amor. I love Sundays because they are a rebirth of a new week.

I always get my best ideas on Sundays.

This Sunday has been about remembering that God is still there despite my absentmindedness in regards to Him. I read, and then he speaks to me, a gentle nudging from the pit of my stomach.

"Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind...Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite" --Ecclesiastes

My translation: Everything I need is right here with me. Trouble (or toil) is so very easy to chase, because it is flashy, desirable and leaves one wanting. But does it ever fulfill? Give me peace and tranqulity every day of the week. It is all about appreciating what I have, and not lusting about the horizon and its hazy shapes of nothing.

Please, please, always give me peace.

6 comments:

  1. i love this post. you are so right. (well, the bible is so right)

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  2. The bible AND I are so right together :)

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  3. It's hard to stay in the present reality and not live for the future fantasy. I definitely struggle with that too.

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  4. your last paragraph is golden. great post. looing forward to more.

    alex
    http://curiousmang.blogspot.com/

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  5. ecclesiastes is so good. soo good. the beginning of chapter three is one of my favorites. and i like this post. and how sunday really is a fresh start. mmm mmm mmm good.

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  6. Such a fantastic reminder. GO God! Thanks for passing that TAAA-RUTH on, lady. I absolutely needed it.

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