Inspiration

Mystery Being Revealed 

Reflections for contemplative living

The law of the lord is perfect. It revives the soul. (Psalm 19) Lately, I am understanding that I need healing in my relationship with authority.  It makes sense as, during most of my formative years, power or authority was used in a negative way, and I rarely had the benefit of unconditional love to shape my identity.  I’m seeing how this skewed way of thinking has played into my persona of the quiet rebel.  The one pointing within playing out in destructive patterns around eating and drinking too much without boundaries at times.  

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Inspiration

Where Kindness and Truth Meet

Reflections for contemplative living
Art by Melanie @ Just Be-loved

The other day I was walking on campus, running late to a meeting. As I was rushing through a sea of people trying to get where they were going, I passed a gentleman who was looking at a map.  I walked by and continued a few steps ahead, and then listened to my heart. 

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Inspiration

Forgotten Prayer 

 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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Living The Mystery

Reflections for contemplative living

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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Inspiration

Staying Close To What Matters

Reflections for contemplative living

We are called to decrease, allowing Him to increase. I’ve found that there is little I can do to make this happen except to surrender, stay close to Jesus’ scripture and prayer. This is truly what matters in life.

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Made for Freedom

Reflections for contemplative living

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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