A Thought: Perfect Paradox

A perfect paradox: the Son shines and reigns, for all eternity – step into the Light and be soaked by His Spirit.

FaithUnlocked’s Friday Haiku #23 – The Son Shines

The Son shines on me
Through my dark clouds of despair –
My face turns to His

A Prayer by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Refuse to fall down
If you cannot refuse to fall down,
refuse to stay down.
If you cannot refuse to stay down,
lift your heart toward heaven,
and like a hungry beggar,
ask that it be filled.
You may be pushed down.
You may be kept from rising.
But no one can keep you from lifting your heart
toward heaven
only you.
It is in the middle of misery
that so much becomes clear.
The one who says nothing good
came of this,
is not yet listening.
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, The Faithful Gardener: A Wise Tale About That Which Can Never Die