Filippo Lippi. Madonna and Baby with Two Angels. Uffizi Galleries. “This is my Son, chosen and marked by my love, delight of my life.” Immensity cloistered in thy dear womb, Now leaves His well-belov’d imprisonment, There He hath made Himself […]
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December 30
God’s ways are a mystery, but they are always good.~Betty
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God Is Always Coming To Us
Vincent Van Gogh. Starry Night. Museum of Modern Art. God has always been coming to us in the unfolding procession of time. He came to Adam and Eve as Spirit walking in the garden, Abraham as messenger angels, Moses as […]
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The Mystic’s Gift
Alex Venezia. Haunting. In every generation, great preachers, writers, and theologians have taught us about the eternal things of God as they have understood them. In every generation, too, there have been a few very ordinary people who have been […]
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Eyes That See
Your eyes are windows into your body. If you open your eyes wide in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar. If you pull […]
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June 25
Mystery is that place beyond our capacity to control; therefore, its acceptance feels like a fundamental assault on our way of protecting ourselves in the world. ~Betty
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God Is Not Far And Is Not Hiding
Willard Metcalf. Sunlight. Museum of Fine Art Houston. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. Acts 17:27 God is invisible, […]
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Stillness
Francisco de Zurbarán. Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose. Norton Simon Museum. Nothing is so one with the nature of God as stillness. To live a spiritual life is to live in the presence of God—to be still […]
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