One HOPE

"you were also called to the one hope of your call;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
one God and Father of all,
who is over all and through all and in all."

Among the Thorns

"Some seed fell among thorns,
and the thorns grew with it and choked it.

As for the seed that fell among thorns,
they are the ones who have heard, but as they go along,
they are choked by the anxieties and riches and pleasures of life,
and they fail to produce mature fruit." Luke 8:4-15

You know my fears, how I am often petrified, paralyzed in fear. I give you my fear. Every single thorn, You can remove all at once - just by looking at them. I place them all in your hands. Please do it for me.

Changing Water into the finest Wine.

I typed away my anger to You. Poured out my heart to you. Hid nothing from you. Called it what it was: hatred. Take it away from me I beg You. For I simply can't. I am physically incapable of removing hatred and anger. I am physically incapable. Please take it away from me I hear him fill the bucket with water in the yard. I hear him splash the mop the floor - all of a sudden there You are burning with Love inside me for Him.

I asked that you take it away from me - yet not only did you do this, you replaced it with sheer Love. Oh how I love him, and what a tremendous gift from YOU is this love. As he lies on the bed snoring, again here You are loving him with every inch of my whole being. Oh how I love him, what a gift. How can I ever thank you enough!

To Blunder..

The more time dwelt upon it, the more my blunder seems like a very generous gift from You my Lord, and just what I needed - but it does not reduce the sadness at having blundered so badly.