Rembrandt. Head of Christ. Philadelphia Art Museum It is Lent again, Jesus; the season that summons me into the wilderness with You and into the humiliation of heartfelt repentance. It is a call to stretch out my hand and grab hold […]
Read More about JesusFebruary 18
God does not look on our performance, but rather on the desire of our hearts. Jesus was a failure in the eyes of the world. ~Betty
Read More about February 18February 4
Our spiritual journey is a love affair. It is a leaning into God, listening longingly for His heartbeat. ~Betty
View Meditation about February 4Follow Beauty
Beloved, if I am to hear Your voice reminding me that in You there is nothing but love and that I was created out of Your first love for me, I must deliberately move into a place of solitude, silence, […]
Read More about Follow BeautyJanuary 21
Clinging to our personal opinions keeps us from seeing who God really is. ~Betty
View Meditation about January 21Deliver Me From Evil
Pablo Picasso. The Blue Room. The Phillips Collection. Father, You who are in heaven and hallowed in my heart, lead me away from temptation, deliver me from wickedness and evil, and forgive me the sin I still carry in my […]
Read More about Deliver Me From EvilJanuary 7
Hope lingers in the shadows of our darkest times. Hope is precisely what we have when we have nothing.~Betty
View Meditation about January 7Change and Growth are Synonymous
Vassily Kandisky. Autumn in Murnau. Private collection. Loving God, I realize now that I have to be open to everything if I want to change and grow more deeply into the love and knowledge of You who are everything and […]
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