On Fridays we write with gusto, unselfconscious and flat out. You know the drill.
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. Please visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments.
OK, are you ready? Give me your best five minutes on:
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Together…
She kicks the blanket off and winds herself in tangles of princess pajamas and stuffed animals. Her perfect lips are puckered by her cheek squishing into her pillow pet, as if waiting for a kiss to wake her. At peace.
It gets cold at night in Oregon. I tuck blankets back around her tiny frame. Cover all the parts that would get chilled as the temperature drops through the night. I don’t want that peace to be broken by chilled toes.
Sometimes together means tucking in the edges. Sometimes it means making sure that the cold doesn’t chill bones, and souls and leave someone waking to the dark sting of night.
Sometimes it means that love covers a multitude of sins.
That the weakest most desperate parts of ourselves are insulated by warm hands and that while we were exposed, we were also covered. In prayer, in solidarity, in understanding and compassion. In friendship.
Love covers. Love lets us rest. At peace even when it’s the coldest dark.
We know we are covered in God sized grace and mercy through His blood, but do we also know that we are covered when we are together? When we do together right? When it’s right, no one gets cold.
Thanks to my friends, old and new who helped cover my heart this week as I struggle through certain issues in my life. You make together, right.
God is so very good to give us each other. We’re like Jesus with skin on when we care for another person.
Linda recently posted..Together
Yes, God has been very good to me with the people he’s put in my life to help heal the bruised and broken parts and to show me grace in it all. Thanks for stopping by!
What a beautiful picture of together!
Mary recently posted..5 minute Friday…
Thanks Mary!
Beautiful imagery. Glad you were able to accept the “covers” of friends (old and new) when your heart was chilled by struggles. Quilted blessings.
Yes, as a quilter, I’m sure you’ve seen the beauty of a good covering.
Thanks for stopping by again and for leaving a comment.
Amen, amen, amen..
Such poetry flowing from your fingers.
I loved it.
Meredith recently posted..Five Minute Friday: Together
Thanks Meredith, and thanks for coming back! I love the community here already and you were one of the encouraging voices rising up this past week, so thanks.
When we do together right, no one gets cold. Amen, sister. Beautiful.
Sending warm hugs for your weekend.
Jana recently posted..Five Minute Friday: Together
Thanks Jana, Blessed by your authenticity and heart, and of course warm hugs all around.
Oh yes to be covered in the rest of love, and my does it ever take grace doesn’t it!
Court recently posted..Patting her forehead
I like your blog and I think your 5-minute Friday sounds interesting!