Dear All of Us,
A thing of
beauty and goodness
is a joy to behold.
As we behold it
we find ourselves
Beheld
being held
by it.
That's communion.
That's contemplation.
That's Oneness with God,
the source and center of all
Beauty and Goodness
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SOUL SAVOR
Speed reading
doesn't stop for soul
So
we slow
we gentle
time and tempo
to behold
to be held.
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"Contemplation
"A gaze that grasps us."
John Frank
What most of all
holds our attention?
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Given where I am, five places
of beauty and goodness
to behold unto being beheld are:
(e.g. a stream, an art museum,
a concert, a children's playground,
a ride in the country...)
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Given as I am, five ways for me
to behold unto being beheld by
beauty and goodness are:
(e.g. reading, hiking, music, art,
cooking, playing with children,
gardening, writing, ...)
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Given how I am, five rituals
to behold and beheld by
beauty and goodness are:
(e.g. Holy Communion,
closed door intimacy with God,
sharing in a Prayer Group,
full Shabat observance,
spiritual journaling,
once a week watching
a Bob Ross episode)
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What happens in those
where's
as's
how's
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"You become what you behold."
William Blake
What do I mostly behold?
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"Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
Ode on a Grecian Urn
John Keats
What's it like to really be in the know"?
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"Take a walk with a turtle.
And behold the world in pause."
Bruce Feller
Can I slow to see?
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"Behold I stand at the door
and knock;
if anyone hears my voice
and opens the door,
I will come in to him
and dine with him
and he with me."
Revelation 3:20
What's knocking at the doorway
of our attention?
Just what are we open to?
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To put all of the above yet another way:
When it comes to God
we've got it right when
we are gotten by God.
Hers's prayer that we behold the
Beauty and Goodness
all about us so deeply that
God breaks into
a universe wide smile,
scooping us up into a
Divine Hug
BEHOLD BEHELD
John Frank
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WELCOME ALL
to
frankly speaking
spirituality for the street
a weekly blog at
johnfrankshares.blogspot.com
This past week we were blessed
with visits from a large group
of folks from Canada.
Thank you for letting us be with you.
Blessens on all: you, yours,
us, our world, all Creation.
See you next week
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