Patty Wysong has created a fun meme where once a week bloggers posted on the letter of the week. Check out the details here. It is called A2Z: Take 2. A2Z as she challenges bloggers to write a post each week going through the alphabet. Take 2 since this is the second time she has used this meme. Anyone can join in and you don’t have to always participate. H = HomeostasisI am a nurse. I love the inner workings of the human body. I reflect on the pumping of the heart, the synapses between brain cells, and that we make 300 billion new cells every day and I am amazed at this miracle. Thank You Creator God!This week’s letter is H. Lately I have been praying and pondering balance and a great H word – homeostasis.Homeostasis comes from the Greek word, meaning same or stable. The human body is constantly managing complex interactions to keep our body on an even keel. It has to or we would die.Homeostasis works to control our blood sugar and the amount of oxygen in our lungs and in each … [Read more...]
God’s Promises – Lectio Divina
Words of Christ - 6/52 (Photo credit: Roger's Wife)“When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I’ll listen. When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I’ll make sure you’re not disappointed” (Jeremiah 29:12-14 MSG).I’ll listen. You’ll find me. I’ll make sure you’re not disappointedThank You Lord for listening. When I call on You, You hear me.To know You hang onto my every word – the whining, the tearful moans, the times I can’t find how to express myself – You know and You listen.Thank You Lord for letting me find You.When I come looking for You – You are there.When I can’t find You and wonder if You left – You stay with me.When I turn my back on You and drift into ego driven pleasures – You watch over me.Thank You Lord for forgiving me and patiently waiting for my heart to turn back to You.When I once again intentionally seek You and realize You are the true desire of my heart, I find you … [Read more...]
The Important Time of Day – Quote of the Week
prayer.. (Photo credit: aronki)Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.Etty Hillesum … [Read more...]
Spiritual Direction = Spiritual Listening
Image via WikipediaLent is a time for listening. I am listening in prayer. Listening to the Word of God. Listening in the writings of others on a spiritual journey. Listening to my heart. All forms of spiritual listening – hopefully I will hear God’s lessons during this Lenten season.My blogging friend Nancy Franson invited me write a guest post for her wonderful blog, Out of My Alleged Mind and she specifically asked me about my call to become a spiritual director – another form of spiritual listening. My post is over on her blog today and I invite you to hop over there to read it and while you are there explore her other features. Here is a teaser:Ten years ago, transition and turmoil filled my life. In 2002, two of my three children were graduating and moving out of state, close friends died and others experienced serious illnesses, friends at work betrayed my trust, and my husband’s workload became heavier. I felt restless, lost and tossed in never ending storms.And this was the … [Read more...]
God Always Tips the Scale to Love – Guest Post by Jen Ferguson
Patty Wysong has created a fun meme where once a week bloggers posted on the letter of the week. Check out the details here. It is called A2Z: Take 2. A2Z as she challenges bloggers to write a post each week going through the alphabet. Take 2 since this is the second time she has used this meme. Anyone can join in and you don’t have to always participate. This week’s letter is G and there is no better word than I can imagine starting with G than: G = GodI am so excited to welcome Jen Ferguson here today with a guest (another good G word) post about her faith and God. This lady loves the Lord! Jen writes a wonderful blog, Finding Heaven, and makes all who visit there welcomed. What a loved community she has created and gathered.Please visit her blog. You may also be interested in also checking out her Soli Deo Gloria Retreat she is planning for next October. Thank you Jen for posting here today.http://pinterest.com/pin/199565827207343224/God Always Tips the Scale to LoveDrawing a … [Read more...]
God Summons – Lectio Divina
Image via WikipediaThe Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets. From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people:“Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.” And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice.Psalm 50: 1-6God summons.Lord, at times You appear to me as a judge -The Mighty One, sitting on Your throne, high above all of us. All of me.With hardly a twitch, You speak and call forth the earth from her nightly rest.You preside over our very existence from sun up to sun set.You are a consuming fire and invincible power.You summon forth all life.You beckon both light and dark.You call and we come.But You, O God, don’t coldly subpoena us into a doomed courtroom.You are just, a fair judge.But so … [Read more...]
Prayer – God Never Fails to Understand – St. Therese of Lisieux
I have not the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers ... Unable either to say them all or choose between them, I do as a child would do who cannot read -- I say just what I want to say to God, quite simply, and [God] never fails to understand.- Saint Thérèse of Lisieux … [Read more...]
15 Lenten Practices
Patty Wysong has created a fun meme where once a week bloggers posted on the letter of the week. Check out the details here. It is called A2Z: Take 2. A2Z as she challenges bloggers to write a post each week going through the alphabet. Take 2 since this is the second time she has used this meme. Anyone can join in and you don’t have to always participate. F = Fifteen 15 Lenten Practices The season of Lent will soon be here. Ash Wednesday is February 22. As few weeks ago I began exploring how to have a healthy spiritual heart in preparation for Lent. I asked myself, “how best can I prepared my heart of my Lenten journey? How will my heart be healthier by Easter?” Seeking answers for these questions, I have found some great resources to deepen our journey through the 40 days of Lent to the cross and resurrection on Easter morning. I am not going to attempt all of these, but thought I would share what I discovered with you today. Perhaps one or more of the following … [Read more...]