"Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,
and the seventy elders of Israel went up
and saw the God of Israel.
Under his feet was something like a pavement
made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky.
But God did not raise his hand against
these leaders of the Israelites;
they saw God, and they ate and drank."
Exodus 24:9-11
One week ago today, we returned to real life after a week on St. Thomas. This often overlooked biblical reference to being in the presence of God spoke to me today, reminding me of the 'bright blue' 'something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli' experiences of this week away. A little exploration yielded these other quotes more specifically tied to the ocean and its healing, renewing qualities.
May you each find a way to meet God this weekend, dear friends. Looking for a bright blue pavement beneath God's feet might be a way to begin.
“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.”
- Robert Henri
- Robert Henri
"When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
"The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach--waiting for a gift from the sea."
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine.
A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt.
It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.”
- John Kenneth Galbraith
"I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like
- Rainer Maria Rilke
"The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach--waiting for a gift from the sea."
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine.
A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt.
It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.”
- John Kenneth Galbraith
"I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like
a cool, quieting thought."
- Helen Keller
- Helen Keller
“The waves of the sea help me get back to me.”
- Jill Davis
- Jill Davis
Joining with my sweet, smart, kind friends Sandy and Deidra today.
And I cannot for the life of me get Deidra's button to transfer to the new blogger format!
I copy and paste to no avail. I even tried typing the HTML code by hand - nada. RATS.
Here's the URL for Deidra's fine site, to which I cannot subscribe, either.
Time to take a class in computer code?
http://www.deidrariggs.com/
