Be quiet now and wait. It may be that the ocean one, the one we desire so to move into and become, desires us out here on land a little longer, going our sundry roads to the shore.

I never really cared for the things of this world. It was the glow of Your Presence that filled it with beauty.

Although I may try to describe Love, When I experience it, I am speechless.

Love is reckless; not reason. Reason seeks a profit. Loves comes on strong, consuming herself unabashed. Yet in the midst of suffering love proceeds like a millstone, hard surfaced and straight forward. Having died to self interest, she risks everything and asks for nothing. Love gambles away every gift God bestows. Without cause God gave us Being; without cause give it back again. Gambling yourself away is beyond any religion. Religion seeks grace and favor, but those who gamble these away are God's favorites, for they neither put God to the test nor knock at the door of gain and loss.

The rewards of life and devotion to God are love and inner rapture, and the capacity to receive the light of God.

Set your sights on a place higher than your eyes can see.

Within tears, find hidden laughter Seek treasures amid ruins, sincere one.