Lenten Blog

Tag: #grace

  • From the Cocoon

    Kintsugi:  “The art of precious scars” Kin = Golden Tsugi = Joinery   I was doubly blest recently not only to have attended the Marble Women’s Retreat, but also to have shared that powerful weekend with my mother.   She happens to be a talented quilter with a vision for truth.  At the retreat, I had…

  • At the Place where the Land Ends…

    He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)   I came upon this sundial while visiting St Michael’s Mount in the Cornwall region of the UK on a stellar day last September.  I…

  • Let it Spill?

    Spilling – The act of causing (or allowing) something (or someone))  to fall unintentionally. The results: Puddles, splatter, poisoning, confession, betrayal, guilt, release, relief, in confidence, in pain, playful, first link in a chain of events.            Maybe, don’t do it. Shared by Susan Ceely-Phillips

  • Hold On

    Between rooms at the Melk Abbey in Austria, I came across this staircase, called the Baroque Staircase.  The staircase winds around and it looks like it will never end.  Stone stairs that circled an opening in the middle that to me represented infinity.  There is intricate iron work and friezes on the wall that have…

  • Mouths of Babes

    14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14 My three and a half year old granddaughter Lucia, not only came to me, but spoke up:   “Lita, I don’t like it when you are here because you don’t cuddle!” At…

  • In the Bleak Midwinter

    For so many, the darkest days of the year that lead up to December 21st, the first day of winter are bleak.  Last night, I watched coverage about a massive snow storm in Romania and the rainy weekend the Northeast endured where many are wondering when the rain will end. My Sunday was spent in…

  • Grace

    “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2: 8-10 “My grace is sufficient for you, for my…

  • I HAVE LEARNED THAT GRACE

      Is from God It means all the good gifts we enjoy so freely in life Are the gifts that we perceive it in the skills and intelligence of ALL God’s creations Is the wondrous gift of being human As humans we are given a unique and special place in the created order Is God’s…