Tag: Wisdom

Guide to Goodness

Looking for Deep Meaning to Life? Gift of the Spirit: Wisdom

Smitten With Goodness

I am not sure if I could have made it through this past year without having the gift we will explore today.  One of my personal strengths is the ability to bring context to a situation, connect the dots, and see the gray.  I am realizing this ability has nothing to do with me but is the Holy Spirit’s gift of wisdom at work.  This gift shows me the beauty of God’s grace in my life and allows me to be Smitten with Goodness!  The lens of wisdom shows me the wonder of nature, how God uses everything for good, even the ups and downs and different seasons of my life.  Because I can see glimmers of God in everyone, in everything and everywhere, I am developing a much deeper respect for human dignity.  This draws me into a deeper meaning of life. 

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Gift of Goodness

Joyful and Reverent Love. Gift of the Spirit: Piety

Smitten With Goodness
We only need faith the size of a mustard seed.

Truth be told, I have never been curious enough to explore the Gift of Piety as the word itself has been off-putting to me, sounding pretentious or pompous.  But after learning the meaning of Piety as the quality of reverence, this gift of the Holy Spirit has taken on a whole new context for me.  As I contemplate this gift, I see how it is woven through recent times in my life when God was drawing me closer to Him through silence, and feeling sacred presence in adoration, the eucharist and on pilgrimage surrounded by holy saints.  It produces such feelings of joy and reverence in my heart. 

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