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Finding God's Goodness

Week Seventeen: Patience. Gift of Discomfort

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Month Four – Loving Myself. Fortitude with Faith produces patience

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. 

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Week Seventeen: Patience. Love

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Month Four – Loving Myself. Fortitude with Faith produces patience

Love is patient is the first characteristic of God’s definition of love. For me, this gives me focus on how I am meant to love both myself and others.  When I lack patience with myself, I’m sending negative messages to the core of my being. I’m not being loving to the creature that God created in His image. 

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Week Sixteen. Wholeness. Looking for God’s Goodness and Weekly Reflection Summary

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Month Four – Loving Myself. Fortitude with Faith produces patience

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?”

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Week Sixteen: Wholeness. Needing Attention

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Month Four – Loving Myself. Fortitude with Faith produces patience.

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.

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Week Sixteen: Wholeness. Holiness

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Month Four – Loving Myself. Fortitude with Faith produces patience.

God’s Mercy Endures Forever, let us be His Light. As we have journeyed through Lent and an intensified Holy Week, I hope your heart is rejoicing and full of light in the fact that God’s mercy endures forever.  He is risen!  Alleluia!  I hope your faith has been strengthened and your heart has been lovingly pruned and purified so it is bursting with love.  Christ suffered greatly to grant us access to eternal life.  The time is now for us to mature spiritually and Be His Light in the world. 

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