Thursday inspiration
by chuckofish
He said not:
thou shalt not be troubled,
thou shalt not be tempted,
thou shalt not be distressed,
but He said:
thou shalt not be overcome.
–Julian of Norwich
(The painting is Big Sky, New Mexico by Eric Sloane)
dual personalities
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June 8, 2017
January 5, 2016
I pray
by chuckofish
Yesterday I was back at work full swing and it was one of those days that really tests the soul. Not that anything bad happened or that people were mean or anything like that. It was just non-stop dealing with stuff.
I thought of this quote by C.S. Lewis:
“I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It does not change God. It changes me.”
“Toward Taos” by Eric Sloane
Know what I mean?
May 14, 2015
The road ahead
by chuckofish
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
The painting is “Spring Sky” by Eric Sloane
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