There are very few places where the soul is truly safe, where the knowing, the questions, the longings of the soul are welcomed, received, and listened to rather than evaluated, judged, or beaten out of us. ~ Ruth Haley Barton
This quote has long been a favorite of mine and I’m pretty sure it’s on my blog somewhere else. I do not remember where or when I first read it, but I instantly resonated and loved it.
{On a completely different note, one of my themes seems to be my poor memory. Ha! I really don’t remember things like I wish I could. I also procrastinate too easily and I’m never able to accomplish NEAR everything I’d like to!!! 🙂 🙂 }
I re-read this quote and I think……….Don’t we all long to be known, understood and loved? Really heard and valued?
These thoughts have been on my mind recently. I’ve often felt pushed around and pressured by people. I trend towards people pleasing. I’ve been frustrated with myself for letting other people tell me who to be. I long to grow in unselfishness and compassion and kindness, yet retain steadfastness and firmness of character.
And God has blessed me with a few people in my life who offer me grace and a safe place and love me despite my failures and flaws. I am grateful. So very grateful. God gave me very good parents and a fun family to grow up in. I’ve been so grateful to have married my farmer man, my favorite person, my best guy! And then we added two of the best little-people-now-grown-tall to our family! Oh, we don’t always see eye-to-eye, me and this mix of precious people I call parents and husband and siblings and children, but we all give grace and we all love and we all laugh and we live life together! I am grateful.
AND!!! Best of all?! My God. HE IS FAITHFUL.
He sees my heart of hearts and He holds me close. He loves me. He knows me best. He created me!!!
He calls me beautiful and redeemed and His daughter.
He takes my broken, my hurts, and He brings out beauty and healing. He is the safest place for my soul. Because He created me in His image and He holds my life. Thank you, Jesus!!
The pictures have very little to do with this post, except they are something I love to do. Create, bake, flowers!
I made these apple hand pies in October.
I used my pie crust recipe and cut out squares and worked and shaped as I went. I made a powdered sugar glaze and drizzled over them after I baked them. They were yummy! And they were not gluten-free. Gluten-free dough does not handle at all the same and it isn’t nearly as fun to bake with in my opinionated opinion! 🙂
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