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Scriptio: French Toast And Self Doubt
This morning, as I was making my daughter breakfast before seeing her off to school, I started to doubt myself as a parent. All of these questions and doubts started to creep in. Am I doing this right? What if I get it wrong? Is this food healthy enough for her? Is she getting…
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Oratio: Love My Enemy
My enemy is my friendmy enemy is mein God’s love and mercymy brother and I are onewhen I hate anotherI am denying the Godthat resides in themI am rejecting the sinthat resides in methe Lord saysto love my enemyas myselfbecause my enemyis myselfin that my enemyand myselfare one in sinand in salvation ~Robert Van…
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Lectio: Gaining God
Our life and our death is with our neighbor. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalize our brother, we have sinned against Christ. ~Abba Anthony
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Scriptio: Calling Out From Brokenness
The Lord didn’t call me in my strength. He didn’t find me when everything was going well. He called me in my weakness and found me in my desperation. If I could do this on my own, I wouldn’t need him. I wouldn’t have cried out. I wouldn’t have gotten down on my knees…
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Oratio: My Place Of Need
My woundsare the gatewaythrough whichChrist entersmy heartfor it is not my strengththat calls to Himbut my weaknessmy povertymy painHe comes tomy place of needand comforts me there ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Your Becoming
Every suffering, every wound, every single setback, tragedies included, is not your ruining, but in Christ’s hands, it is your becoming. ~Sister Mary Grace
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Scriptio: In The Spiritual Wilderness
In the spiritual wilderness, where God feels far away. Nothing feels real. Nothing seems to satisfy. But this is just a season. It will not last. The Lord is always near and he is always true. This is not my first time in this place. I have been here before. The scenery changes, but…
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Oratio: Only Love
Silence healsbut not beforerevealing my woundsin stillnessmy fears ariseanger and shameoverwhelm meI cannot fightI cannot runI remainI surrenderto the truthonly love can defeatthese demons that tauntand tempt me ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Scriptio: My Heart Is An Idol-Making Machine
God is showing me that I can either worship Him or other people’s opinions, but I cannot do both. I think this is part of what it means in Exodus 34:14 (NIV) when it says, “Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” We cannot serve more…