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Oratio: Your Gentle Ways
Guide my heartwith your gentle waysmove mein the directionof your plansteer meaway from sinand follydear Lordthat I may walkwith younow and forever ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Scriptio: Loving Others As Myself (Not Instead Of Myself)
I want to be a kinder person. I want to be gentler and slower to anger. I want to be more tender and compassionate. I want to listen more than I talk, and I want to create a more peaceful and less violent world around me. I want these things because I believe that…
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Scriptio: Remembering God When The Pain Subsides
I find that it is much easier to petition God for help when I am in pain than it is to remember to thank him once that pain subsides. It’s not for lack of desire. I truly want to praise God in all things, not just when I feel like I need him. As…
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Oratio: Clutch To The Cross
I clutch tothe crossthe giftof salvationit reminds meof youthe price you paidfor methough I may weepand I may mournpeace and joyare your promise ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Scriptio: On Love And Judgement
In Matthew 7:2, Jesus says, “For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you (NIV).” I always interpreted this as meaning that how I judge others now will be how I am judged by God later. This may be…
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Oratio: Divine Silence
Hold mein divine silencethat I mayhold othersin the sameallowing lovealoneto do the workbetween us ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Scriptio: Not A Good Christian
I am not a Christian because I am a selfless, upstanding, and moral person who does everything right and is beyond reproach. On the contrary, I am a Christian because I am a flawed, broken, and sinful person who, without God, makes selfish and harmful decisions that lead only to despair. It was not…
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Oratio: Not In This World
My peaceis not in this worldnor in myselfbut in the Lordwho is with mealwayseven when I cannot seenor hearnor feel HimHe is my refugemy restand my salvation ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Scriptio: Exhausted From Suffering
I’m exhausted from suffering. The worst part is that no one is doing it to me. I am the cause of my own misery. It’s not intentional. I get an idea, it becomes an obsession, and then I impulsively act on that obsession until I hit a wall or run out of steam. Either…
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Oratio: Humble Servant
I am yourhumble servantdear Lordallow me tosit at your feetpermit me tomind the dooranything to benext to you Lordyou are my comfortermy protectormy friendin your plansI put my hopeinto your handsI commend my spirit ~Robert Van Valkenburgh