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presence

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 l m andersonLeave a comment

I got lost again. Somehow, the entire month of February and the first week of March went by and I didn’t seem to notice. It’s my most frustrating habit: getting lost, losing time, struggling to remain present. My mind always feels to be running at least ten steps ahead. Entire days pass before I stop [...]

Posted in miscellaneousTagged christianity, meditation, SCRIPTURE, spirituality

motion

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 l m andersonLeave a comment

Sitting on my desk is a drawing by Sam Larson. From the first time I saw it early last year to now, it inspires in me a sense of connection to a quiet, inner space: the desire and reality of growth in my life. In recent years, the idea and image of growth and motion [...]

Posted in miscellaneousTagged meditation, spiritual growth, spirituality

a prayer for staying present

March 13, 2021 l m andersonLeave a comment

God, so often do I forget the gift that is my own life. So tangled up am I in daydreams, in places where I believe you are more present. This place I am now is not what I would have asked for, and it's so much easier (and safer and more fulfilling) to fantasize about [...]

Posted in prayerTagged inspiration, meditation, prayer, spirituality

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It is an unfinished room and I am an unfinished thing.
My grandfather,
I have been lifted
I’m at Mom and Dad’s awaiting an AC repair at my house and Daisy is with Grandpa, living her best life among other dogs and goats. She probably doesn’t even miss me but I sure miss her!
Even when blinking, she’s more photogenic than I am.
Saturday meditation: it seems as though I have been waiting my whole life to be invited. I long desperately for the approval, appreciation, and affection of others. And mostly I live under assumption, longing to be invited but telling myself I won’t be. Believing I am inherently unwanted, I’ve sat a lot of things out. But the truth is my worthiness is not dependent on an invitation (to participate, to collaborate, to show up, to invest, to love, to...) In fact, my existence alone is the invitation. The fact that I am here at all gives me the right and privilege to take up space on the earth as God intended.

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