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”Patience is necessary. However, it is a difficult virtue because it requires us to control our emotions and passions.
Continue reading “Week Seventeen: Patience. Divine Providence”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.
Continue reading “Week Seventeen: Patience. Love”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 