whanaungatanga/fellowship #advent2020
Tag Archive: family
I’m thinking on fragility and strength today, those bonds like love, blood, family, trust… sometimes they can feel as strong and hard as iron and sometimes as delicate and fragile as a bubble that could easily burst and disappear. We are worthy of these things wherever we find them. Those who affirm us, people who celebrate and grieve with us, people we don’t have to hide or mute part of who we are with. People who accept the call we’ve heard, the choice we’ve made. You are worthy wherever you are. Chosen just as you are. #worthy #paitonu #adventwords2019
Hanging out with friends and fam #unity #kotahitanga #adventwords2019
Thin the slung chain,
silky slack, infrangible;
blood beads heavier than water.
Birthed we are like Russian dolls,
one from another from another,
mother, daughter, granddaughter,
red smudges on each cheek.
You stand at the open window
being never too happy in your own
time & place as she is always,
straddling blowsy branches, singing.
I bend between, frisking marjoram,
twisting in weedy aisles a breathing
space. The bright links burn on my neck.
Bernadette Hall
Alexandra, Central Otago #NZWOMANPOETS
You are God’s servants
Gifted with dreams and visions
Upon you rests the grace of God like flames of fire
Love and serve the Lord in the strength of the Spirit
May the deep peace of Christ be with you,
the strong arms of God sustain you
and the power of the Holy Spirit strengthen you
In every way
Amen
Love making, creating, playing, eating and sharing life
with this crew – in every season
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