Sorrow is an inseparable dimension of our human experience. We suffer after a loss because we are human and we are privileged to give and receive love.
04255 – Sorrow: Part of Being Human
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03999 – Keep Me Fiercely Kind
God, Keep my anger from becoming meanness. Keep my sorrow from collapsing into self-pity. Keep my heart soft enough to keep breaking. Keep my anger turned towards justice, not cruelty. Remind me that all of this, every bit of it, is for love. Keep me fiercely kind....
03820 – Grief and Love
That grief that lingers in your heart, or for some is intense and ever present...it's there because you loved, gave and received love, else grief would not exist. So, in your sorrow, may you experience the sweetness of knowing you loved deeply, now a gift that cannot...
03203 – Love Like No Other
From his hospital bed this morning (one-day stay for a minor procedure), Dad asked me to please help him with flowers and a cake for Mom’s birthday. She is turning 75 this weekend. Once at the store, I had to send multiple pictures of options to him before he was...
02581 – What God Can Do with Dust
So let us be markednot for sorrow.And let us be markednot for shame.Let us be marked not for false humilityor for thinkingwe are lessthan we are but for claimingwhat God can dowithin the dust,within the dirt,within the stuffof which the worldis made,and the stars that...
02463 – Courage, Patience, and Sleep
Have courage for the great sorrows, and patience in the small ones, and when you have accomplished your tasks, go to sleep in peace.
02167 – Holding onto Hope Despite Disappointment
Reflecting...has led me to think that hope and disappointment are part of the same faith perspective. Without hope rooted in a vision of possibility, there would not be the experience of disappointment. As the saying goes, “Expect little, and you will be much less...