Letter 4410

I encountered the aftermath of storm and gnashed my teeth.

I reflected in what was to be rebuilt, and dreaded the work.

I saw the rainbow and shouted with delight.

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The time passes and my mood shifts.

God, let me wait for a new feeling.

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Consider:

Can I remember that how I feel will change?

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Reading:

❖ “One must have chaos within oneself to give birth to a dancing star.” — Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

❖ “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains.” — C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

❖ “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” — Psalm 30:5 (KJV)

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~B.R.

Letter 4409

Let me have greater love for you, Lord, greater devotion. My days have become barren, the countryside has lost its warm glow.

These are the days of gray duty — let me now redouble my efforts at finding and abiding with you.

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Let me have more devotion, Lord, now and here where I need it.

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Consider:

Can I sit still and seek you today?

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Reading:

❖ “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen, Anthem

❖ “Aridity is often more profitable than consolation.” — John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul

❖ “My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.” — Psalm 63:1 (KJV)

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~B.R.

Letter 4408

Behind my home, in the field, it is teeming with life.

A den of foxes, grazing deer, furtive rabbits.

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Their problems are life and death, yet they do not worry over each turning. They act and live.

Can I be more like them?

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Consider:

Can I live my life today, and not worry over every choice?

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Reading:

❖ “I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained.” — Walt Whitman, Song of Myself

❖ “Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee.” — Augustine, Confessions

❖ “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.” — Matthew 6:26 (KJV)

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~B.R.

Letter 4407

I encountered a pile of rocks on my walk this morning. I stacked them into a cairn for others to see.

Was I showing off? Or is it a gift for later walkers? Would I be happy without others knowing who did it?

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Let me become comfortable with anonymity, Lord.

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Consider:

Can I have truly humility today?

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Reading:

❖ “Society is indeed a contract… a partnership between the dead, the living, and those yet to be born.” — Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

❖ “Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent.” — Mother Teresa, A Gift for God

❖ “But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.” — Matthew 6:3 (KJV)

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~B.R.