tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post5278973239309009141..comments2023-09-30T06:31:56.558-07:00Comments on Living Stones Community: A Complex Combinationliving stoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444266250380793763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post-11515333355218218602011-11-07T18:43:36.686-08:002011-11-07T18:43:36.686-08:00Anna, what a great post! That Dillard quote is str...Anna, what a great post! That Dillard quote is striking, but I appreciate your emphasis on God's invitation in/to love. As you may know, I also share your affection for nature (and strawberries), and I sense my awareness of God's love increasing in those moments of absorption and reflection. Your words remind me to make space for this kind of availability and attentiveness in my life. May we continue to be drawn together in these ways!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05709676159876141686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post-27227640885316748002011-10-23T09:24:01.345-07:002011-10-23T09:24:01.345-07:00Anna, I love this post. Your identifying God drawi...Anna, I love this post. Your identifying God drawing us in the beauty of nature is a lovely reminder to slow down and be aware. I love these words of yours: "I’m happy to spend time appreciating God in the taste of rain; ripe, red strawberries fat with rain and sun; his rainbow over the soaked strawberry field and over the wet workers in the strawberry field; and God’s warm kiss on my lips when I say his name with thanksgiving in my heart for it all."<br /><br />My prayer is to become more and more aware of and responsive to God in these ways. Your words help me!<br />--RickeyRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06953614290688725077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post-53714724190019322412011-10-23T06:21:27.835-07:002011-10-23T06:21:27.835-07:00"But I know I didn’t sign up for this Christi..."But I know I didn’t sign up for this Christian life because I was afraid or wanted to win arguments . . . I joined the family of God because I was drawn by God’s love."<br /><br />Amen.<br /><br />"God’s been in the drawing-us-to-him business for a very long time."<br /><br />And Amen.<br /><br />Anna, thank you for sharing this beautiful reflection.<br /><br />My prayer is that we will all be more and more aware of God drawing us.Paul T. Corriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763011561669230915noreply@blogger.com