After posting this prayer a few weeks ago, a wise friend asked if I would expand a little about this prayer and why it resonates so much with me. Thomas Merton was a contemplative, a mystic and a Trappist monk from the 20th century and his writings are so honest, open and real to me. […]
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Waiting. Just the thought of it makes my impatient self push back. It seems that all during our day we come across situations where we have to wait. We are used to traffic lights, grocery lines, bank tellers, etc. But then there are the times when we are waiting for more serious things: medical results,
For the past week, I have felt a low level of anxiety in my body. After having a medical procedure done at Mayo and coming back home, my body has not bounced back like I had hoped (or as fast as I would have liked with all the drugs). On top of that. I have
So, so many times over the past 8 years of retirement, I have asked God to show me His plans for me. Meanwhile, I tried this and that (hospital volunteering, medical assistant school, bible college…), not really finding the thing that really lit me up. Although, looking back now, I realize that He did have
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Today I give thanks for my family, friends, my blessings and God’s presence in my life. I may not always be perfect in my prayer life, but I know that God loves me unconditionally and I am still the apple of his eye (Psalm 17:8). My desire is to take this verse to heart and
These past weeks I have definitely gone off my spiritual track. I got so caught up with my business and finding clients that I just got busy and didn’t take my devotional time. I know I have written about this subject quite a lot, but I know this happens to a lot of people. They
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Whenever I think about dieting, I get all excited about trying something new and not extreme. I hate “dieting” and I prefer just to eat healthy food without having to over-think it (calories, carbs, how often, how much, etc.) That is why I love this scripture verse so much – it is so sensible and
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Today’s gospel caught my attention in a new way. When I pray, I generally have an orientation that God is “out there” somewhere (external to me) and I am “sending” up my prayers and petitions to Him. I know from reading scripture that God is with me all the time, but I never paid truly
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You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace;the mountains and hills will burst into song before you,and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Isaiah 55:12I am headed up to the NC mountains and looking forward to seeing some mountains and hills and having cooler weather. God’s creation is so magnificent, isn’t it?
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I know that I have heard and read this passage many times, but today it really got me to thinking… Jesus said to His disciples: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay
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