My Silent Annunciation

There was no special star Arising at my birth ~ No Magi travelled From afar ~ No angel made A revelation ~ And yet that time’s Still sacred - ~ My life’s unique And only blessed ~ Silent Annunciation. ~ Annunciation, Fra Angelico

Life Begins

Life begins In God . In the power Of creativity . In the endless Love of infinity . In the growth Of our complexity . All life Begins in God. .

Raise the Lazarus in Me

There I saw death And Christ ~ Weeping Ready to raise ~ The Lazarus in me To a new life ~ In God Miraculously. ~ The Raising of Lazarus, del Piombo

Touch of Grace

Blessed And favoured ~ She was To be a mother ~ Chosen In this time and space ~ And the angel spoke And she knew ~ It could only be A touch of grace. ~

Cultivate Your Creativity

. Cultivate Your creativity . In gardening Baking . Painting And writing . Singing And play . Tidying Planning . Living And loving . Treasure Your joy . And the creative Way. . Image by ddzphoto on Pixabay

The Forces of the Universe

. Nothing between the trees and the far star . So open to the forces of the universe . And I share Their vulnerability. . Van Gogh, 'The Starry Night'

More Immense, More Cosmic

Something More immense ~ Someone More cosmic ~ More infinitely available More divine in love ~ Indefinable and ultimately Indescribable ~ This Christ Who is God. ~

Inspiring Paintings: “Between the Waves”

~ Between The waves ~  Comes A moment ~ So Still ~ The world gasping At beauty  ~ That could never finally Fill. ~ 'Between the Waves' - Aivazovsky

Giving Surpassing Getting

~ As if the world would spin on the axis of his mind  ~ Giving Surpassing getting ~ Compassion demonstrating its truly chivalrous character ~ And the act is worthy Of art ~ To wonder its way through the centuries. ~ St. Francis Gives His Cloak to a Knight - Giotto

Inspiring Paintings: Leaving and Finding a Father

~ One father curses another blesses ~ While onlookers stare and the bishop turns away ~ And finally What is this all about? ~ Even heaven And earth. ~ In this dramatic painting by Giotto,  Francis has taken off all his clothes and is appealing to God.  His earthly father (on the left), who demanded …