Sunday-Ps.65 came ot may attention recently.It is a wonder evoicationof the abundance of God’s creation in due season. We know so much about the fecundity of creation. what single scientific fact of botany astounds you? What does it say aobut God to create such abundance?
Monday-"Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light." -- Saint Bernard. When does love touch you in this manner? Again, do not let it remain solely in the spiritual realm, but the physical cognitive, and emotional one as well. In my view the empire of heaven combines those elements and keeps htem whole and alive.
Tuesday-"We are on the road to heaven if today we walk with God. Eternal life is not a possession conferred at death; it is a present endowment. We live it now and continue it through death. With God, 'time is eternity in disguise.'" (William Sloane Coffin)
Wednesday- (Leonard Sweet) A single act of kindness can save a life. Albert Schweitzer once told the story of a smile across the aisle that stopped a suicide.” Think what an encouraging word, a pat on the back, a gentle grace note, can do.
Thursday-“After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.” ― Mark Twain, The Diaries of Adam & Eve Twain’s usual cynicism melts here into pure romance. It has a deep realization that we are made for community.
Friday-Let heaven’s winds stir the soil of our soul/and fresh awakenings rise within us.
May the mighty angels of light /glisten in all things this day/
May they summon us to reverence,/may they call us to life.-from Praying with the Earth:
Sometimes i am uncomfortable with the direct linkage of nature to prayer, as in this piece from Newell. On the other hand, it speaks of a creation faith. I think my trouble is that nature also opposes us, and it is romantic blindness to consistently avoid that part of our place in nature.
Saturday-(Carrie Newcomer)So, how does mulling, percolating, and taking time to ponder figure into your life? Does it help you cut through the white noise of our busy culture? Is it a priority? Does it happen only occasionally? How does it intersect with your daily life and work?
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