I tend to want to fix what’s wrong, of course, the problem is what I see amiss. While dysfunction suits me well, disordered affections must be resolved. Grateful consolation changes me, makes me different, and I’ll never be the same. Accepting desolation alters the prescripted fit with a measured response. Indifference to outcomes adjusts theContinue reading “Resolve to Amend”
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Our Mother (Psalm 50)
Our Lady speaks from the sun’s rising to its setting. She shines forth with perfect beauty. She bids the heavens above and beckons the earth below. Listen to Her. “Come to me, genuflect and sacrifice for we have a covenant. My children, I testify on your behalf, I am God, your God. I know everyContinue reading “Our Mother (Psalm 50)”
At a Loss
Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted[1] Weeping the loss of a loved one professes the acute aching mitigating the grave anguish. Yes, grief can be overwhelming but our shadow must be embraced to find lasting comfort and joy. Sadness is inevitable… shedding true tears is both healing and necessary for wholeness.Continue reading “At a Loss”
Apostolic
Advocacy is listening and reflecting what is heard – an apostle is full of mercy. The world is a noisy place full of sound and fury and quiet is hard to come by. Desperate to be left alone, solo silos are created… rendering all senseless. So, chaos abounds and discord reins with desolation for theContinue reading “Apostolic”
Kindness (Psalm 46)
Our God is our refuge and strength, present to us in time of trouble. Therefore we will not abide in the House of Fear, though our minds be rattled though our hearts quake, though we be shaken to the core, There is a stream from which we may drink, We may sip and gulp withContinue reading “Kindness (Psalm 46)”
The Zone
Desolation is to be in disgrace Consolation is to be in grace Discernment is to embrace Desolation is to be in disgrace A static condition that negates affirmation – Wavering thwarts choseness and denies direction Consolation is to be in grace A dynamic prodition that enables commission – Complying facilitates commitment and createsContinue reading “The Zone”
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