Your suffering has been great, but it has broken your heart open and filled it with His compassion for the world. It is enough. ~Betty
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The Darkness of the Tomb
Edouard Manet. The Dead Christ with Angels. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Holy Saturday—the quietest of all days. The tomb that held Your broken body was dark and silent. Heaven held its breath. A shimmering stilling making ready for glorious resurrection […]
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March 18
Amid all of our failed hopes and expectations, we belong to a God whose great love has transformed forever the meaning of success and failure. ~Betty
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The Disturbing Silence of Jesus
Makoto Fujimura. The Tears of Christ. Falsely accused and condemned to death, You, the Word made flesh through whom all was created, didn’t defend Yourself but remained silent, standing with noble courage and compassion, rooted in a goodness far more […]
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March 4
Your wounds will become your place of authority; the place from which you can touch another with compassionate understanding.~Betty
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Jesus In The Wilderness
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 […]
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February 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
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A Birthday Letter From Betty
I am a February child Born in Winter’s season. I came to earth—no choice—I was misdirected In a month of silver spirits and of snows. The cold of winter is not all I know. I have traveled all life’s […]
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