God’s Work Of Art : you
We are God’s work of art. Not all art is immediately pleasing… So it is with people. If we limit ourselves to those immediately compatible, our circle of friends is going to be pretty limited. Once we make the effort to understand the worries and fears of others, we find life opening out in ways we never imagined.
Peter Knott, SJ
velcroed black wrist splint
grocery clerk scanning
psychedelic bike tights
cycling man dismounting
creviced brow manicured nails
glum governor pulls chin
index finger crossing lips
shoosh of librarian
faltering first kiss
teen couple leans in
foam swan swirls
brilliant barista pouring
feather couch cradle
pregnant almost mom is stuck
spinning hard carry-on
harried traveler hustles
black ceremonial robe
patient judge presides
heaving swaying surging
852 people ferry ride
storm waters wash rubble
bent man fingers picture frame
trendy trainers dance
musicians casting shadows
twisted purple plastic
slides toddlers to ground
in the infinite creativity of God
every stock and varied format
delivers uncommon beauty
Debra Asis
All words are generated by grace and the grit of this real human being.
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William Barry, SJ’s quote is found in today’s selection in An Ignatian Book of Days by Jim Manney is a series of daily reflections from the Spiritual Wisdom of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Throughout the book we hear the voices of St. Ignatius as well as many great thinkers and writers, long gone and present day, each uniquely revealing the way of finding God in all things. And that is my intention; to find God/Divine Presence/Ultimate Reality in whatever presents itself to me each day in 2024.
Each day I read, reflect and write on the selection, hoping to articulate the ways in which I come to know God/Divine Presence/Ultimate Reality via personal experience, impelled by the leading of my inner life.
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