Sometimes grace finds us in the most unexpected places even in the ladies’ room of a busy restaurant.
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Gift of Slowing Down
There’s a quiet kind of wisdom that only arrives when we slow down—when we stop trying to be efficient, productive, purposeful, and simply waste a little time. Not in a careless way, but in a soul‑restoring way. The kind of slowing that lets the heart breathe again.
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Some nights at our Peace of Heaven lake home feel like a deep breath for my soul. Away from the city’s glow, the sky stretches out in every direction, wide, quiet, and endless. The stars don’t just shine; they open something in me. Standing beneath that vast canopy, I feel my heart expand in ways it never does under streetlights and schedules.
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Every now and then, I come across a reflection that doesn’t just inform me, it rearranges something inside me. This week, I read a reflection by Richard Rohr about how Jesus engaged with his own Scriptures, and it struck a deep chord. It named something that is a given but I never quite thought about much: Jesus was formed by Scripture, yet he refused to be confined by the parts that did not reflect the heart of God.
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This year, I’ve been rediscovering the quiet joy of reading simply for pleasure. For so long, my attention has leaned toward learning, formation, and deepening my relationship with God. But lately, something in my inner landscape has shifted drawing me toward more wonder, more spaciousness, more of what stirs the flames of desire in my own heart.
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Wildflowers have no strategy. No five‑year plan. No anxious scanning of the horizon determining what’s next or preparing for every situation that might arise.
They simply grow.
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Christ rising in us is not a distant truth but a living reality, often hidden beneath the noise and busyness of our days. When we pause long enough to notice, when we awaken to the presence of God embracing all things, including us, we find our posture shifting. We begin to desire availability rather than activity, surrender rather than striving.
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There comes a time, often in the second half of life, when the soul begins to quiet itself enough to hear what it has been whispering all along. The questions shift. The pace softens. And something deep within us begins to ask, with a kind of holy seriousness: What truly matters now?
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One of the most honest truths about the spiritual life is this: we forget.
Not because we are ungrateful, but because the human heart is easily scattered. We drift from the One who sustains us, not out of rebellion, but out of distraction. And yet, across the ages, God’s gentle refrain remains the same: Remember.
Healed, Whole, and Holy
Through Christ, we are already healed. Already whole and holy. Not someday. Not when we finally get our lives in order. Not when we feel worthy. This is the quiet miracle of grace: Christ’s healing reaches us before we even know how to ask for it.
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Smitten With Goodness 