new meditations

It is gut-wrenching, trying, and endearing to ride the roller-coaster of life, but we find lasting hope in knowing that Christ is with us and love perseveres through it all.

We will have more love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness if we fill our lives with simple good things and give thanks to God, our Creator for them.

God’s grace heals, mends, and restores us and hate usually destroys us or at the very least makes us miserable

May we give thanks to those people who have taught us how to live well through their living example.

In the desert, no matter how arduous it might be, no matter how parched we may be for a drink of water, we discover angels are all around us.

Only forgiveness can break the cycle of resentment, pain, and blame. Forgiveness is unfair but it is the only thing that offers us a way out from the weight of resentment and anger.

How do we get back to loving one another as Christ loved us? Who do we share or not share the grace and love of God with?

When Jesus left the world, he gifted his peace and joy to us, “These things I have spoken to you that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete” (John 15:11).

Thank God for the example of the Prodigal Father, Jesus the Christ, and the Coach Ards of the world. They show us a way forward.

To live in a vibrant, life-giving community is to practice forgiveness. May we ask for the grace to let go so we can live in the present and not the past.