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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Curlers or Not

Today's meditation from Forward Day by Day, a ministry of the Episcopal Church:

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2 comments:

Frank said...

"Terrors overwhelm me; my dignity is driven away as by the wind, my safety vanishes like a cloud.
And now my life ebbs away; days of suffering grip me.
Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never rest....
Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor? Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.
The churning inside me never stops; days of suffering confront me."

Russ Manley said...

I hear you, Frank, and I get your message. This is a dark, disgusting time - a nightmare we can't wake up from - I can't bear to read the news most days. It sickens and saddens me no end - and it will get much worse before it gets better, I think.

But I been through pain, suffering, and terror within my own soul before, and more than once. The details are not important; I can only say that it was the silver cord of Faith that kept me from falling, the Love that would not let me go. I can't explain it.

It all comes down to this one simple thing: we can curse God and die without hope, as Job's accusers said; or we can trust God and live in hope.

"Lord, I believe. Help thou my unbelief."

It's a very personal thing, of course. I made my choice long years ago, and it has sustained me through all terrors, grief, despair, and darkness. I recommend the path of Faith - but your mileage may vary. Bless you, friend.

Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things pass away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
He who has God
Finds he lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.

--St. Teresa of Avila

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