Do I choose to live from the places where I constantly feel rejected or do I choose to live from the place where I know I am the beloved of God? That’s a choice, an inner choice, very hard to make. from Beloved
04092 – Make the World a Better Place
We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.
03966 – Disguising Evil
Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are likely to be found is within the church. What better way to conceal one's evil from oneself as well as from others than to be a deacon or some other highly visible form of Christian...
03736 – True Friends
True friends are those rare people who come to find you in dark places and lead you back to the light.
03518 – Precious in God’s Eyes
Once we deeply trust that we ourselves are precious in God's eyes, we are able to recognize the preciousness of others and their unique places in God's heart.
03449 – Prayer
I give myself completely to you, God.Assign me to my place in your creation.Let me suffer for you.Give me the work you would have me do.Give me many tasksOr have me step aside while you call others.Put me forward or humble me.Give me riches or let me live in poverty.I...
03438 – Where the Light Enters
I said: What about my eyes?He said: Keep them on the road. I said: What about my passion? He said: Keep it burning. I said: What about my heart? He said: Tell me what you hold inside it. I said: Pain and sorrow. He said: Stay with it. The wound is the place where the...
03367 – Church Should Be a Place Where…
The church should be a place where wounded people can come, and be made well again, not with flashy miracles, but by finding a safe place where they can unbandage and bare their wounds in a community of love and forgiveness. from Painting with Ashes: When Your...
03352 – Everybody Needs…
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature can heal and give strength.
03215 – It’s Not So Bad
If you think of this world as a place simply intended for our happiness, you find it quite intolerable: think of it as a place for training and correction and it's not so bad.