Tag: sacrifice
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Apatheia
Oh, my dear one,how long will you go on paying*in self-pitybitternessand condemnation? Don’t you know thatdetachment fromthe ways of this world is debt-free?*With thanks to the wisdom of the desert fathers (see Thomas Merton’s The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century, p. 39)
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Be the Revelation
As one all too familiar with separation from God I can report with certainty this absolute truth: a peaceful one cannot transmit peace with words. Alas, a peaceful one cannot transmit peace with silence. Peace is only and always forever transmitted by living the Christ Spirit.
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The Martyrs
An enormous truck’s flatbed well above my head sat beside me in traffic. Piled high were broad, healthy, stunning logs smiling down at me,whose circumference – stretched out in length – might very well guide me all the way Home. In a flash, I knew that they knew their time of sacrifice had come. Like…
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As I Awaken, I Pray
Oh Lord, my God the one who saved me from my self,slay also now the subtle ones that reign within—fear masked as prudencejudgment masked as righteousnessself-doubt masked as humility.These foes know me far too intimately.They lay in wait on the path You have laid before mewith lies buried as deepasthe roots of a sturdy oak…
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Theosis
This gift You give me here today—in fact given every day before and left unopened—now envelopes all of me. I cannot unwrap it in words.I can only live it, and whisper “thank You” all throughout this ordinary day.
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Note to Readers:
I am thrilled to report that my most recent book, Sonbathing: Basking in the Word of God, is available for purchase via Amazon and WestBow Press’s website. Below is the publisher’s description of the book, but I will say here to you, my loyal readers, that this book came from a place deep within myself…
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The Grace That Seeks*
May I see it in her eyes as it is in my eyes also.May I hear it in his voice as it is in my voice also.May I offer it in silence and receive it in words that reside unspoken in their hearts as it resides in my heart also. May I simply be for…
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Grace-filled Preparation
The hardest Truths I find when I seek the Lord – those with the jagged edgesthat pierce my wrists and my side – those are the Truth that is me.Me,spinning aboutinjustificationpityrighteousnessand pride.Oh! What a wretched one am I in the light of His Love! Yet,the light continues to shine,full of Grace,offering words to saygiven through…
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A Sacred Duty
I don’t know.…the first admission uttereduntanglingyearsandyearsof pretendinghas led to I need not be right.…anda sigh so deeply feltredeeming all the swirling transgressions of this life. Ah, the sweet release of hands opening eyes softening a tongue silencing…
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Prayer of My Heart*
The drama has faded into the faith that has brought me here. The chains, and the blisters they caused, have disappearedinto the reality of where You live. I need nothing else to sustain my spirit, for I know the love Your heart will give.*With thanks to Ted Nottingham for Chapter 8 in his remarkable work,…