I recently came across this page, which lists 12 Wendell Berry quotes from his writings, reflections that are meant to get you thinking. I found them particularly encouraging as well as challenging. I really liked Berry's poem on peace which is below.
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/12-wendell-berry-quotes-will-make-you-rethink-your-life#iJYpGLrvhkIhUBbv.99
On Peace...
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound...
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
I loved the way he expresses the freedom with which to rest in God's presence, amongst the chaos of our inner and outer lives. This has been particularly relevant to me as I've recently started working 4 days a week. It has been a real answer to prayer to find ways of being intentional about having stillness and sabbath in amongst my week. I'm grateful for this change which makes so much of the rest of life easier to live more freely in.
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound...
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
I loved the way he expresses the freedom with which to rest in God's presence, amongst the chaos of our inner and outer lives. This has been particularly relevant to me as I've recently started working 4 days a week. It has been a real answer to prayer to find ways of being intentional about having stillness and sabbath in amongst my week. I'm grateful for this change which makes so much of the rest of life easier to live more freely in.
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