Let go, let it all go except, of course, when you can’t. Living in the present is nice in theory. except when you are in pain.So let’s bless that tension, the push pull of wanting to let go, sometimes needing to let go, and also needing to hold on. God, sometimes it feels like a…
Blessed are you who have realized that life is hard. and it’s hard for everyone. Your awareness came at a cost. You lost something you can’t get back. You were diagnosed with chronic pain or a degenerative disease. your family fell apart and things have never been the same. Blessed are you who gave up…
God, I carry around this incompleteness, this drive for fulfillment that always seems just around the corner. If only I could get it together and find my true calling, my real passion, or the right plan. God, help me, guide me. What am I missing? Blessed are we who strive earnestly to change ourselves and…
Blessed are we who are becoming,who have lived so longin this strange state we call timethat it shows. We are changing,and that’s how we knowwe are alive. Blessed are you who see theevidence of your own becoming,the places where you are wornfrom so much loving. The laugh lines from jokesthat made your belly ache.Crow’s feet…
Blessed are you who are attempting to love what is here, what is now. You who recognize the wonder and pain looking at life’s rearview mirror, at those things that are gone. The person you were. The quickness and sharpness of a body that didn’t tire as quickly. The relationships and jobs and aspirations. The…
Blessed are we, somewhere unnameable, fully present to our reality. Tracking it, with all its subtle gradations and colors and contrasts, the sweetness and the struggle, the stuck and not-quite-fitting. Authentic to it, mapping the full strangeness of the new emergent landscape. Blessed are we, dear ones, not calling it too soon. Not settling for…
(from the appropriately titled book, “Good Enough”). Now available wherever books are sold. Blessed are you, dear heart, when you feel it again. You had a moment there that felt perfect and certain and complete. Like you could taste the enoughness and satisfaction. And you thought: I could live here forever. And then . ….
God, I have no idea what courage is or where to get any, but I really need it.help me in my fear. Blessed are we who say, God,fear is taking up too much space and I have little bandwidth left. If courage is a gift, then please give it.and it if is a thing for…
Oh God,the thought of trying for a new and improved me makes me tired.I am barely getting anywhere,so draw me closer to a different vision,one that sees that I don’t need perfection— I need love. Free me from the expectation that life should always be better.The everyday stressors—the bills, the pressure, the dependents,the existential fears…
God, I am struggling to facethe difficult thing I know I should do. O God, help me. God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. I took courage,for the hand of the Lordmy God was on me.Ezra 7:28 God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. Blessed are we who recognize,that strangely,we are struggling under the weightof…
God, I am so readyfor this pandemic to be over,but it isn’t yet.this is a new hard place to be,so full of promise,but undefined risk. O God,give me patience.give me hope.Did I mentiongive me patience? Teach me to do your will,for you are my God;may your good Spiritlead me on level ground.Psalm 143:10 NIV God…
Oh God, one tiny syringe holds so much hope and relief. God after such a long year, I am so blessed and grateful. Show me what to do with all this joy. God have mercyChrist have mercySpirit have mercy For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness. Psalm 18:28 O…
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