Reflections for contemplative living
I can’t pinpoint the day or describe how it happened but the gift of my vocation was eventually revealed to me. I became painfully aware that I didn’t really know how to love and yet I was so strongly called to love. This is when I leaned in, got curious and dived deep into learning, listening, hearing, and finally understanding.
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Every day we are presented with clear choices: evil or good, life or destruction. Therein lies the spiritual battle.
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As humans, we want certainty. It’s part of our very nature. Most of us don’t like change but change is necessary for growth. As a result, we lose our sense of mystery. When we lose our sense of mystery, this sucks the very life out of us.
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We are made for freedom. God’s omnipotence and omniscience respects our right to choose. In the core of our being we remain free to accept or reject God’s action in our lives—and to accept or reject it more or less intensely. God wants us to accept him with all our ‘heart, soul, mind, and strength’—in other words, as intensely as possible.
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How often do you take notice of what God is doing in the world? Do you acknowledge the possibility that God is healing and transforming peoples’ lives? Let’s stand in awe of all these miracles before us in the lives of those around us.
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If we aren’t working with God, we are working against Him. All is forgiven except blasphemy, or speaking against the Holy Spirit, which will never be forgiven, either now or in eternity. We are known by our fruits, and whatever is in our heart determines what we say.
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As God’s chosen people, we are to please the One who created us and to be our beloved selves. The Spirit moves us to bring justice and peace into the world.
Continue reading “Beloved Justice”
All of God’s creation deserves respect. Many of us have felt that we were bad or worthless, or beyond the reach of genuine acceptance. If we believed in God, perhaps we thought we deserved God’s condemnation more than we deserved grace. Today, we are reminded that we are part of creation. God is everywhere in creation and within us.
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“You can have flaws, be anxious and even be angry, but do not forget that your life is the greatest enterprise in the world. Only you can stop it from failing. You are appreciated, admired and loved by so many. Remember that being happy is not having a sky without storm, a road without accidents, a job without effort, a relationship without disappointments.
Continue reading “Never Give Up”
What darkness do we feel in our lives today? Are we troubled by a relationship? Is guilt about past mistakes clouding our peace of mind? Do we feel threatened by a challenge that looms before us? Perhaps we live with an illness or we feel trapped by our life’s circumstances. Darkness is universal. It is one side of the coin of life.
Continue reading “Choosing The Light”
Smitten With Goodness 