To Be of Use – Aug. 2, 2022
The people I love the bestjump into work head firstwithout dallying in the shallowsand swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.They seem to become natives of that element,the black sleek heads of sealsbouncing like half-submerged balls. I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,who pull like water buffalo, with […]
The Spirit Helps – June 15, 2022
“The sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God… Creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. We know […]
Known By What Is Absent
Suffering is not a sign of being punished by God. At the other end of the spectrum, keeping oneself free of all suffering is not a sign of pleasing God. The Galileans who suffered under the cruelty of Pilate, Jesus says, are no worse sinners than the rest of us. Suffering happens. Rain falls on […]
Remind Me – Oct. 25, 2021
Gift me with the hope-filled understandingthat You await me patiently.That I needn’t make up for lost time. Remind me that I have found You – and needn’t seek anything else. Remind me that what I’ve become and who I am are more than could be expected, more than I deserve. Remind me that the strongest of trees slowly developed its strong, […]
