Photograph and Words by Jenny Miller @the_ardent_alchemist I went out in it. I went into the woods and found a path I did not know and I walked it. I walked my grief. I walked my loss. I walked my […]
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Take This Cup From Me
Edgar Degas. Melancholy. The Philips Collection, Washington, DC Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done. Luke 22:42 True prayer is not so much about asking for things and desiring […]
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Caught Between the Nails
Francisco de Zurbarán. The Crucifixion. Art Institute of Chicago Oh, Good Jesus,hear me, hold me, love mein this, the season ofmy spirit’s loss and grieving,in the anguish of my waiting,in the silence of familiar voices gone,in the pain of […]
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Spiritual Winter
Winter is a time of stripping, a season of bleak and barren ground. But just as we see it in nature, we must also go through these seasons in our own tender souls. Seasons when everything is cold, even our […]
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Perseverance and Preparation
In this video, Betty, our inspiration for The Hidden Life Awakened, offers the hope and encouragement that we can persevere beyond our pain and endless weight of fear.
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January 18
Your pain and your cross can and will speak to the wounded hearts of others in God’s time and in His way. ~Betty The Hidden Life Awakened
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Pain is the Voice of Love Calling Us Home
In this video, Betty talks about the necessity of embracing our pain as we walk toward Love.
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Where Beauty Meets Brokenness
This world is full of such beauty, but beauty that so often cradles brokenness. It’s hard to comprehend how such joy and sorrow can coexist; heavy heartbreak all tangled up in holy presence. Yet what freedom comes when we stop […]
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