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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

reminder of who I want to be...

Quote from Tonia @ Study in Brown:
"What I really want to be is... a tiny yellow flower hidden in a vast deep wood; a precious ointment shimmering in an alabaster box, poured out on the feet of Christ in love. "
Yellow trout lily, Erythronium americanum. It blooms in the woodland in mid-spring.
Yellow trout lily, Erythronium americanum. It blooms in the woodland in mid-spring.
Photo Credit to Colin Purrington.
Tonia reminds me what I want to be: something small, hidden, unnamed except by my Creator.  A nameless, faceless worshiper. Flowering and spent for Jesus.

"A woman in that town who lived a sinful life 
learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, 
so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 
As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, 
she began to wet his feet with her tears. 
Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them."   
~Luke 7:37-38
  

2 comments:

  1. what a lovely corner of the web here...such a beautiful spirit coming through. i look forward to my visit here.

    thank you for seeing the beauty in the stillness...you encourage me.

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  2. beautiful.
    what is that lily called?
    I found some near my moms pond and didnt know the name.
    tee

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