“God does not fit in an occupied heart.”
St. John of the Cross
(a keyhole in Florence, Italy / Julie Cook / 2018)
The essential thing is for us to hear God’s word and discover from it how to respond to him.
His word is the truth, opened up to us…
God’s word is his invitation to us to be with him in the truth.
Fr. Hans Urs Von Balthasar
from Prayer
“Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night”
Thomas Fuller
(antique lock and key / Julie Cook / 2015)
It begins as a prayer,
it turns into a conversation,
which in turn, begins a relationship. . .
Full of. . .
adoration,
praise,
imploring,
petitioning,
confessing,
thanksgiving,
lamenting,
seeking,
asking,
resting. . .
Each acting as a key, opening one single lock to one single door. . .
I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
Isaiah 22:22
“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.”
Revelations 3:7
(photograph: a bunch of my antique keys/Julie Cook 3/2013)
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