How will you go about finding that thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you?" (Plato)
The things we want are transformative, and we don’t know or only think we know what is on the other side of that transformation. Love, wisdom, grace, inspiration- how do you go about finding these things that are in some ways about extending the boundaries of the self into unknown territory, about becoming someone else?
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By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.
Dietrich BonhoefferJesus was victorious not because he never flinched, talked back, or questioned, but having flinched, talked back, and questioned, he remained faithful.
Brennan ManningTags: grace furious-love
Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.
AberjhaniTags: love philosophy sorrow grace spirituality angels haiku healing lovers recovery rebirth valentine-s-day world-suicide-prevention-day haikus angel-poems famous-quotes-from-classic-books spiritual-empowerment poets-of-the-angels valentine-love
Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.
Annie DillardTags: beauty grace annie-dillard
Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.
AberjhaniTags: strength pain grace joy spirituality haiku perseverance poem-in-your-pocket-day spiritual-growth positive-motivation world-suicide-prevention-day haikus famous-poets famous-quotations quotes-for-national-poetry-month
Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth, and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.
John R.W. StottSpeaking the words he had been taught, directing them no longer upward but to the earth on which he knelt, he prayed: 'For what we are about to receive make us truly thankful.' ... he... felt his heart suddenly flow over with thankfulness... like a gush of warm water... All that remains is to live here quietly for the rest of my life, eating food that my own labour has made the earth to yield. All that remains is to be a tender of the soil.
J.M. CoetzeeTags: grace gardening earth labour
A guilty suffering spirit is more open to grace than an apathetic or smug soul.' - Bread
Edna Hatlestad HongTags: christianity soul faith grace guilt spirit lent
The hand on my hair moved to my back, and I realized someone was singing softly. The voice was familiar, and something about it made my chest ache. Well, that was to be expected. Angels' songs would be awfully poignant.
"'I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I met you...'" the voice crooned.
I frowned. Was that really an appropriate song for the Heavenly Host to be--
Tags: humor grace angels song sophie mom hex-hall rachel-hawkins cocktail-bar spell-bound
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