Immersed in Feeling – Brutally Honest And Sad Beyond Measure
Sadness of soul follows from the heaviness of self-regard, a sadness and weight which precludes real union with the other. Joy, on the other hand… ~ Robert Barron O …
Category: grief
Winding Down without Giving Up
May 7, 2018 Acceptance, death to self, defeat, encouragement, gospel, grace, Great Commission, grief No Comments
A bridge can still be built, while the bitter waters are flowing beneath. ~Anthony Liccione I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is …
Capacity for Messy Compassion
It is compassion that removes the heavy bar, opens the door to freedom, makes the narrow heart as wide as the world. Compassion takes away from the heart the …
Stabbed in The Chest: Dying with Love in Betrayal
In explaining the growth of his faith, psychiatrist Gerald May writes, “I know that God is loving and that God’s loving is trustworthy. I know this directly, through the …
Newly-Cracked Pots Spilling Ancient Oil And Wine
November 21, 2017 alive in Christ, body of Christ, grace, Great Commission, grief, Him, Identity No Comments
I have always been filled with the fires of the love of a God not old, and now to this has been joined the passion of the love of …
Requiem for A Reputation
May 21, 2017 abandon, Acceptance, Addiction, Consecration, Dark Night of the Soul, death to self, Freedom, grace, grief No Comments
If we are wise, we will do what Jesus said: endure the cross and despise its shame for the joy that is set before us. To do this is …
Responding to The Hand We Were Dealt
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. ~Jawaharlal Nehru Blessed be the God and …
Pressed Beyond Measure
The paths of wisdom are not like walks in the garden, which we make use of for diversion only, and an amusement; but like tracks in a great road, …
