Marvelous post! As I read, I was reminded of Sister Chieko N. Okazaki’s words about “the deeps”:
But as Psalm 42:7 says, “deep calleth unto deep.” The deeps are not just the deep knowledge of the gospel but also the deeps in you. I hope you have a beach part of your personality where there’s a lot of scrambling and laughing and sunning. But I hope there’s also a part of you that wants to leave the shallow, sandy self and go into the deep. And sometimes, even when we do not want to, powerful currents of mortality carry us into the deeps—into the deeps of sorrow and suffering and soul-searching. There in the deeps, we discover who we really are and who the Savior really is.
Wow! That’s…deep :-) Sometimes it is hard enough just to keep my head above the waves. So grateful for loving fellow and sister swimmers like you who call to me to keep moving, to not give up, to look to the Lighthouse. Much love to you, my friend.
Beautiful thoughts and post. And the gospel art work is stunning.
Thank you Colleen! Your kindness and support is a gift.
Marvelous post! As I read, I was reminded of Sister Chieko N. Okazaki’s words about “the deeps”:
But as Psalm 42:7 says, “deep calleth unto deep.” The deeps are not just the deep knowledge of the gospel but also the deeps in you. I hope you have a beach part of your personality where there’s a lot of scrambling and laughing and sunning. But I hope there’s also a part of you that wants to leave the shallow, sandy self and go into the deep. And sometimes, even when we do not want to, powerful currents of mortality carry us into the deeps—into the deeps of sorrow and suffering and soul-searching. There in the deeps, we discover who we really are and who the Savior really is.
Wow! That’s…deep :-) Sometimes it is hard enough just to keep my head above the waves. So grateful for loving fellow and sister swimmers like you who call to me to keep moving, to not give up, to look to the Lighthouse. Much love to you, my friend.