A place of safety and peace. Protests grew by the day, demands for change that are not new. I don't want to be seen as fragile. I don't want to be labelled 'handle with care. ' Give Our Lord the benefit of believing. But Teilhard de Chardin writes that 'above all, we must trust in the slow work of God. And the story isn't finished. It may be dramatic, it may be unseen.
In her spare moments, Abby plays flute, piano and cello and spends time with her nephews and nieces, whom she adores. In the routine and the mundane. Let them shape themselves, without undue haste. What he brought to me was a copy of a treasured poem, for me the first time I had seen it. As leaders, it is our task to slow down in order to catch up with God. If that were true in Peter's day, how much more in our own! Trust in the slow work of god. That it is made by passing through. I was irritated by taping plastic around my foot every time I wanted to shower. Resonant as well, are the following words, passed along by a friend this past weekend: Above all, trust in the slow work of God. This is the place the Good Shepherd invites us to come and rest a while.
Perhaps the most restful of Psalms holds some wisdom for us. Dear Friend, As we continue to deepen our understanding and appreciation of the Eucharist, the activity of our Advent small groups is underway, strengthening the bonds of our connection as a parish community. It was a prayerful time: who I am, my family, church and all the horizon will unknowingly reveal. Trusting the Slow Work of God | The Project. I call to mind that I need to quiet myself, humbled before the God I love and follow. Perhaps our healing lies there too. So this is my prayer for now…Lord help me to embrace the suspense. 1] All Bible references are from the ESV.
In the questions and the doubts. Acting on your own good will). I took good care of my toe, but after about a month I began to tire of it. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. " It turns out there isn't enough spare skin on your toe to stretch across and sew the gap closed. To reach the end without delay. Trust in god during difficult times. Enjoy our gift to you as our Welcome to Cultivating! So often we try to shame ourselves into healing, but the Good Shepherd has a better way. And I have experienced its truth more than once since. Don't try to force them on, as though you could be today what time (that is to say, grace and circumstances acting on your own good will) will make of you tomorrow. It is a different kind of speed from the technological speed to which we are accustomed. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. Trusting him as the author of this story allows me to bravely move into the unknown. How then, do we care for our souls in a way that is conducive to their healing?
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me; Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. It goes on in the depth of our life, whether we notice or not, at three miles an hour. Let the words of trust and hope fill you today. I was sharing my fears, my impatience, my questioning. The lockdowns, the layoffs, the careers and dreams postponed or ended. As though you could be today what time (that is to say, grace and circumstances. And yet it is the law of all progress, that it is made by passing through some stages of instability, and that it may take a very long time. It is a spiritual speed. Center yourself today in the trust that God is at work, in you, in our broken world. Accepting the anxiety of suspense. It was written by Jesuit priest and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Lack of trust in god. I confess the sense that I need to do something, feel something.
That his hand is leading you, and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself. The familiar cadence of the words mirrors the lull of water gently lapping against the riverbank. On the mountain top and in the valley. That is to say, grace and circumstances. I was sent home with a lengthy list of instructions about how to care for the wound: keep it clean, keep it dry, check for bleeding, watch out for infection, change the dressings, rest it as much as you can. We can't see our last line anymore then the chapter that ends in a few months. I had an operation on my toe last October. In my life, and in my world. A Field Guide to Cultivating ~ Essentials to Cultivating a Whole Life, Rooted in Christ, and Flourishing in Fellowship. I imagine it took many years for the young, brash, bold, forward-leaning Peter to learn this one lesson about God's pace. But, as Richard Rohr writes, 'if we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it. ' I think about the wounds he suffered: the jagged holes in his hands and feet, the sting of rejection and betrayal, the deep gash in his side, the agony in his soul. With all of this happening during a time of change, the words of St. Paul resound well in this Sunday's second reading: May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think in harmony with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus…. It is not a call to passive inaction, but to hopeful dwelling.
I will never forget the power of this poem that night in my life. He invites us to claim again the truth of our belovedness. Padraig O Tuama, In the Shelter. And the Holy Spirit is dynamic, working, brooding, moving, even when we can't see or feel Him. I was annoyed by all the spare pillows it took to elevate my leg each time I sat down. By the time Jesus met with Thomas, the one who doubted him, his wounds had become scars. The answer is in a story. The Good Shepherd meets us here with empathy and kindness, 'he knows our frame, he remembers that we are dust' (Psalm 103:14).
The journey home is long and arduous, to be sure, and sometimes, especially when we stop to rest, it feels like we're making no progress at all. In the famine and the feast. I'm not very patient with that process either. When a wound is deep, new skin must granulate from the bottom upwards, which is a fragile, complex process, susceptible to interruption, infection and even failure altogether.
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