In these days of instant gratification and wanting everything now, hope has lost favor. Hope by definition is patient, non demanding, and fearless. In times of desperation and depression it is only hope that sees us through. We believe good will win out, and this too will pass. We lose hope when we demand that…
Month: March 2017
Lent Is a Season of Gifts
Lent is a season of gifts. Think about it. Through prayer, meditation, fasting, and service we become what the Buddhists refer to as mindful. More aware is another way to put it. Every person we encounter brings us gifts whether they be life’s lessons, a part of a culture with which we are not familiar,…
Incline Our Hearts
Lent is a time to incline our hearts toward God, much like a flower or a blade of grass follows the sun across the sky. My Yoga instructor was lamenting her schedule, saying there was never any time for family or church. It wasn’t my place, especially as I was twisted like a pretzel, to…
The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strained
The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed:It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. ‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest. — William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1 I read recently a reminder of what I…
Recall Our Hearts
our children’s teeth are set on edge by the choices we have made that dollars and profits are all the measure, and souls not turn us again to your ways of wisdom, recall our hearts. Teresa Mateus