Today’s Five Minute Prompt: STILL
GO
I remember trying to catch the butterfly with my lens. The monarch stopped on the purple cone flower for a long rest… but by the time I had my camera out and ready, and quietly tip-toeing to catch a photo– she had flown away.
Beauty had found a resting place, and then flew away.
I think that is how it is with beauty. I find it in the still moments, when I am seeking, and even when I am not. And like a perfume that fills in the air with a sweet scent, so is beauty filling in empty spaces, spreading joy and fragrance, fruits of the eternal, filling in the dry, empty spots of my soul.
And I am stilled.
Even in circumstances like a wilderness, there can be stillness, like a quiet shaded spot, surrounded by a canopy of green… a spot to rest.
In any desert, or wilderness, there is a place to of rest and refreshment, a place of truth. It is a place of stillness, when the Father speaks words that offer rest to weary, traveling souls.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God.”
STOP
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Sharing again this week with the lovely Lisa-Jo and her Five Minute Friday writing prompts which today happen to be here , at (in)courage. I’m gone out in the woods camping this weekend, but will add some comment love to my neighbors when I return.
I so need to catch up on your posts-your writing is so beautiful.
“And like a perfume that fills in the air with a sweet scent, so is beauty filling in empty spaces, spreading joy and fragrance, fruits of the eternal, filling in the dry, empty spots of my soul.”-I loved this part.
Be still and enjoy the beauty! How lovely is your post and your photo!!.
I love being still and trying to catch God’s beautiful creation on camera… but I broke my camera this week! It’s been killing me! I hope you enjoying the stillness of camping in the woods…
Beautiful. Thankful for His presence in all!
So wonderful — in every desert place there is a place to rest, a place of beauty “of rest and refreshment, a place of truth”. I am intrigued by beauty and refreshment being “truth”. Wonderful thought.