My inspiration

I've been thinking about it, and I thought I should probably put a post on here explaining where the title of my blog came from.

Many of you know that I adore Emily Dickinson. She is one of my most favorite poets. As a matter of fact, I wrote my Master's Thesis about her life and her poetry. One of her poems that really speaks to me is the one that this blog is titled after. I've put it at the bottom of this post.

I love the idea that God creates life and that His plan is perfect. That gives me hope. Although we aren't certain that Dickinson was a Christian, it is obvious that she contemplated religion and God often.

I'm currently doing a Bible study with my SS class titled When Worldviews Collide by Ergun Caner. It is about the different ways that people look at the world. More on that study in a later post.

I'm saddened for Dickinson because I'm not certain she ever found the grace or peace that Christ offers, but her poetry is beautiful and it causes me to stop and think about my life. Maybe it will do the same for you.

It's easy to invent a Life —
God does it — every Day —
Creation — but the Gambol
Of His Authority —

It's easy to efface it —
The thrifty Deity
Could scarce afford Eternity
To Spontaneity —

The Perished Patterns murmur —
But His Perturbless Plan
Proceed — inserting Here — a Sun —
There — leaving out a Man —