“Drink the thankful sweet”
Wonderful advice for the beginning of the week by Ann Voskamp. In fact, I’m going to read it again myself!
Jesus’ arm
Jesus’ arm beneath thy head,
Jesus’ love around thee shed,
Jesus’ light to cheer thy way,
Jesus’ ear to hear thee pray,
Jesus’ loving hand to bless
in this weary wilderness.
Jesus first and Jesus last
till earth’s storms are past.
And if aught forgotten be–
may he double it to thee.
~Anonymous
Mary words
O Mary, my Mother, be my refuge and my shelter.
Give me peace in the storm. I am tired on the journey.
Let me rest in you. Shelter and protect me.
~St. Bernadette Soubirous
Friday: from the archives
Friday: from the archives
Some thoughts from Amy Carmichael that have inspired me time and again:
Ps 18.30: As for God, His way is perfect.
God is love, so we may change the word and say, As for Love, His way is perfect. This has been helping me.
One of the ways of Love is to prepare us beforehand for any hard thing that He knows is near. Perhaps this word will be His loving preparation to some heart for a disappointment, or for some trial of faith, or some secret sorrow between the Father and His child. As for Love, His way is perfect. (Edges of His Ways, p. 131)
If we take this word seriously, it will be life-changing.
Like a bird
The Want of Wonder
A wonderful blog that I have just discovered!
“The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder.”
— G. K. Chesterton
— G. K. Chesterton
Perhaps it is the nature of what I do, but I never lack for wonder. Every day, whether it is on the farm, within my family or in my doctoring, I witness wonders that bring me to my knees. I am awed by how extraordinary is the ordinary, whether it is a full harvest moon, a well-timed hug, or a patient’s worry over a nagging headache.
Maybe I’m easily engrossed in what’s around me, but I know that’s not so because I can be as oblivious as the next person. Maybe I’m just plain simple, but those who know me don’t think so.
Maybe it’s because I try to wake each day feeling immense gratitude for whatever the day will bring so must stay alert to what is laid before me.
Maybe…
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I send my angel before you
How often do I forget the astounding gift of a guardian angel, an angel given just to me, to help me along my journey home, to protect and prod me. “Behold, I send my angel before you.” (Ex 32.34) May God open the eyes of our hearts to perceive His great goodness through this wonderful gift. May we be ever more attentive to their inspirations and help!
The justice of God
I used to be afraid of the justice of God, until I read this by Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face. Only she can come up with this kind of perspective. What a great Doctor of the Church!
“How nice it is to think that God is just! It means he takes our weakness into account and knows full well how frail we are by nature.” (MsA 83v)
Friday: from the archives
Friday: from the archives. Originally posted July 25, 2009.
Just a little thought from Caryll Houselander’s The Reed of God:
In the instances we know of, it has not been to great or powerful people that the Spirit has come but to the little or the frightened.
Witnesses to Hope 