Suffering has so much to teach us. It is not a punishment but the divine route to complete rest in God. ~Betty
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May 28
The contemplative life of humility flows from a pure heart that has persevered through much suffering and found its way to the Source. ~Betty
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From Action to Passion
Antonio Ciseri. Ecce Homo. Museo Cantonale d’Arte The moment when Jesus was handed over by one of His best friends to those who would do with Him as they pleased, was the turning point in Jesus’ ministry. It was a […]
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March 19
Everything, even our darkest pain, is held in Divine Love. ~Betty
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Suffering Blooms
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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