Archive for October, 2007
Forgiveness
More quotage from Shame and Grace: — Forgiving is difficult; this is the first thing we need to know. The second is that the first and often the only person to be healed by forgiveness is the person who does the forgiving. The third thing we need to understand is what we actually do when [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Jehovah-Rapha
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah. ) So the people grumbled [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Just some things
It’s been a while since I blogged so here are just a couple of things that I’ve experienced recently. First, there are two quotes from the book Shame and Grace. The first is a quote from Johann Goethe: When we treat a man as he is, we make him worse than he is. When we [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Imitation of Christ, Part Deux
Here I gave my favorite quotes from the first ten chapters of The Imitation of Christ by Thomas á Kempis. I’m going to continue that trend with some favorite quotes from the second ten chapters (for those of you that are mathematically disinclined, that would be chapters 11-20). If only we would exert ourselves and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Words
I read this earlier this week: The primary means of Creation as well as relationship is the ability to speak, to communicate with words. … An essential gift that God gives man, one that sets him apart from the animals, is the ability to speak and communicate. God, our Father, desires relationship with the ‘children’ [...]
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