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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

be still...







These eight words came to me as I walked around the lake
last Friday on a misty, foggy, still morning.

Maybe I don't need to see clearly all the time.

The following excerpt from Father Joseph Breighner's post
sums it up better than I can...

Just know that God is, and that God is in charge. We look at life with such limited human vision. God looks at life and knows. When we just get quiet enough to just know, it's enough just to know that we know. It's enough to know that we are one with God. Often in our busyness, we are individual egos – individual mind-bodies – running around doing all kinds of things. When we just know, we know that just to be is enough. Let God be in charge of life and of our personal lives.

We Catholics can be busy pray-ers. We say lots of words, sometimes official words, even necessary words, as well as private devotional prayers. We seem to like to be busy and anxious even in our prayers just in case God won't notice us, or to make sure we tell God exactly what to do.

Words are helpful, certainly necessary for public worship. But the purpose of all prayer is simply to bring ourselves and our world into the presence of God. 
When we go through life with the consciousness of God always living with us, always living in us, and always living through us...


...then life itself becomes a constant prayer.


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original photo SOOC
iPhone 5
Crown Hill Lake
early on a misty morning



Here are some more SOOC shots
from my walk that day:



















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The top image was
edited on my iPad Mini
with the following apps:

(straighten and crop)

Cool It Down (50%)
+
Alabaster (15%)

using Kim Klassen's texture:
kk_myrtle (Soft Light 30%)




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Linking up with

(seriously, I had all this done before I saw Kim's post today)







9 comments:

  1. Oh I love the mist - so atmospheric! Thanks for linking - I enjoy your posts so much!

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  2. Extraordinary photo! And thoughtful comment on prayer.

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  3. amazing images Cindy -- thank you for taking us along on such a spiritual walk.

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  4. Beautiful, beautiful. I think sometimes (a lot of time) I talk too much to God and don't just listen. Thanks for the reminder.

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  5. Love your pictures and love the thoughts on prayer.

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  6. These are just amazing shots...Isn't it wonderful when we take the time to listen to God instead of talking all the time....Great post....

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  7. Excellent photos. Excellent words. What a lovely place.

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  8. Well...I nominated you for the Sunshine Award. Here's the scoop! And the Nominees Are...
    http://1000newmercies.blogspot.com/2013/10/and-nominees-are.html

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    1. Why thank you! I don't think I even know 10 other bloggers (that you haven't already got on your list!)
      I'm gonna have to work on this.

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