Do you ever feel like you have mastered the virtue of patience and then are taken by surprise and explode! The illusion of being the most patient person in the world just vaporized before your very eyes. Patience is so important that Jesus Christ, our model in all virtues, said: “By your patience you will save your souls.” St. Augustine prayed in desperation: “Lord, give me patience and right now!”
Continue reading “Week Seventeen: Patience. An Important Virtue”We all need a little patience. I’m learning that impatience is a key indicator that shows me that something within needs attention. Something is brewing in my heart.
Continue reading “Week Seventeen: Patience. Peace of Heart”The Christian’s journey toward wholeness in the image of Christ for the sake of others progresses by means of spiritual disciplines. The first stage of this journey is the awakening, or waking up to the fact of how unlike Christ I am.
Continue reading “Week Seventeen: Patience. Awake Not Anaesthetized”Me: “Life is pretty good!”
Also, me: “More! More! More!”
A friend recently articulated well my journey with life at times. When life is going well, I want more but this can keep me from living in the flow of God’s desires for me. God always wants good but good doesn’t always mean easy. In our undisciplined, comfort-seeking culture, it’s easy to get lulled into a false sense of reality. As I’ve matured both in life as well as spiritually, I realize that “no pain, no gain,” doesn’t just apply to my time in the gym. If I want to get better at something or achieve a difficult goal, it usually requires me moving out of my comfort zone. It also requires moving into a space of suffering, maybe a little, or a lot.
Continue reading “Week Seventeen: Patience. Gift of Discomfort”Looking for God’s Goodness in contemplation and prayer through A Simple Daily Practice, adapted from Rediscovering the Lost Body Connection with Christian Spirituality.
A Simple Daily Practice…
When awakening each morning ask yourself, “What in my body now most needs my loving presence?”
Continue reading “Week Sixteen. Wholeness. Looking for God’s Goodness and Weekly Reflection Summary”Loving the one and only me, body, mind, and soul.
Continue reading “Week Sixteen: Wholeness. One and Only”What in your life needs attention at this moment? Is it your body, mind or soul? Do I turn toward or away from the pain? How I view and know God frames how I view life. My relationship with God allows me to see my true self.
Continue reading “Week Sixteen: Wholeness. Needing Attention”Do you distract yourself from knowing who you really are? Do you stay busy or focused on the urgent, not seeing and tending to what is important?
Continue reading “Week Sixteen: Wholeness. Achievement”Who am I? After living a lifetime, I’ve learned it’s a choice.
Continue reading “Week Sixteen: Wholeness. Unstuck”Sometimes getting to know the whole of myself feels a little like coming undone.
Continue reading “Week Sixteen: Wholeness. Coming Undone”
Smitten With Goodness 