Tag: grace
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Blessed are the Fathers
Blessed are all the FathersWhose heart grew two sizesWho came apart andCompletely undone Who felt the planets shiftIn the most beautiful thingThey have ever seenPlaced, safely, in their handsThrust in their chestSkin to SkinHeart to Heart And were suddenly,Formed anew. Blessed are the FathersWho have taken up the mantleOf ‘Father Figure’In ways planned And in…
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On different limbs.
I imagine RejectionBeing much like a treeWhose limbs sproutIn different directionsOfferingVarious secondary EmotionsWhose leavesCause furtherDisharmony. You’ve hung yourselfOn the branchThat says DepressionWhile I’m stuck On the oneLabelled Anger. I’m using every tool In my boxHack, hack, hacking AwayKnowing the fall Is fatal.Surely,We’d both be saferJust to climbBack down. But I’ll cling to my limbAnd you’ll hang from…
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Answered Prayers.
A Mother’s Day Reflection My son looks at a photo of three smiling faces and asks, “where was I?” The image is incomplete, he feels lost, when he was our missing piece. “You were still a dream,” I tell him. He smiles in reply, satisfied. This dream is real, it has fingers and limbs, a…
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I have.
I have been through the wildernessAnd waitedI have heard the small, still voiceI have had its peaceFill meI have been pulled from the miry clay I have been in the fireAnd I was not aloneI did not burnI was not consumed I have been temptedI have failedAnd I have been redeemed Set free by graceSet…
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Water & Chocolate
A reflection for Holy Week Last year, I left Saturday Vigil, Easter Mass, with a bottle of Holy Water in my pocket. My friends’ darling children gathered it up for me, passing it eagerly, their tender faces alive with Easter joy. I placed it in my pocket for safekeeping. Feeling far better for having it…
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Can it not be redeemed? Some thoughts on grief & shame.
It is funny, isn’t it, how events, dates or seasons in the calendar can be marked with a certain mood for us. How they become marred by the shadow of a specific experience. Birthdays for me have become a little bit this way. At first I thought, no birthdays with kids just hit different. And…
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What do you name your coffee machine? On Control, Surrender & Obedience.
I have been thinking a great deal about Hagar of late. The context for this is a little strange, I’ll admit, but bear with me (yes, I say that a lot). We are grateful to have wonderful cafes in our area. Including workers who take time to learn our name (more than some co-workers do!)…
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Oh Sweet January – on goals and expectations.
Have you ever wondered how our good, thoughtful goals turn themselves into burdensome expectations? How our plans, instead of being attainable and joyous, have become a weight to bear? As I have been reflecting on the burden of expectations, I keep hearing the line “not all experiences are good, Bianca!”¹ Except, let’s swap out ‘experiences’…
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Life – That Wasn’t On My Bingo Card!
Have you had something happen recently and your response was, “that wasn’t on my Bingo card!” If not, perhaps you’ve seen it on social media. I love this expression. It is such a humorous way of responding to the unexpected, mostly choosing to laugh at minor inconveniences instead of letting them ruin our day. As…
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How’s that for feedback – on seeking and giving feedback well.
In a strange shift of our Saturday morning habits, I quite like going to the 8am Pilates class. Horror, I know. This is a shake up from sleeping in and everyone laughing at “mum” who is always the last up on a Saturday morning. From time to time, my husband also has to work on…
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