that make me think or say AMEN!
"Rejecting joy to stand in solidarity with the suffering doesn't rescue the suffering. The converse does. The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful and all things true, even in the small, who give thanks for it and discover joy even in the here and now, they are the change agents who bring fullest Light to all the world."
Wow, that grabbed me. To help the suffering I need to choose joy? To help the suffering I need to be truth and grace and light. Well now. I need not choose suffering, to make a change. Isn't that what Paul says in Phillippians 4:4-8? Choose Joy. How do I choose joy? By focusing on the good, right, true, noble, pure. Which when you boil it down... is God.
Wow, that grabbed me. To help the suffering I need to choose joy? To help the suffering I need to be truth and grace and light. Well now. I need not choose suffering, to make a change. Isn't that what Paul says in Phillippians 4:4-8? Choose Joy. How do I choose joy? By focusing on the good, right, true, noble, pure. Which when you boil it down... is God.
"That life is so urgent it necessitates living slow."
This is easier said than done. It also seems contradictory. But the point is you need to slow down, and pay attention to the details of life because that is where thanksgiving and joy are found.
This is easier said than done. It also seems contradictory. But the point is you need to slow down, and pay attention to the details of life because that is where thanksgiving and joy are found.
" It is suffering that has the realest possibility to bear down and deliver grace."
Mmm, thought provoking. This is beautiful and frightening. I need to think about this one more and what that really means in my life.
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Mmm, thought provoking. This is beautiful and frightening. I need to think about this one more and what that really means in my life.
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