Wrestling with an Angel

Nov 03, 2008 23:18

This last Sunday my parish church observed All Saints Day, to remember the faithful departed from all ages of the church, and during the service I assisted. The experience of standing near the altar and serving always humbles me, but this service was as meaningful as challenging, remembering those who have passed away, and those who face an ( Read more... )

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billifer November 6 2008, 06:47:38 UTC
"But the greatest of these is love."

Struggle we all do, with a variety of issues both personal and global, and now seems to be a particularly stressful time for many people. Just this evening I had a telephone session with Dyane to help with some of my own issues, but she helped me to see that even though I'm feeling like my life is all but over right now, that it is really just up in the air. Yours is up in the air too. And when our lives are up in the air, the usual rules don't apply. We can't make the usual decisions. We can't look at things like we would normally do. We have to take an even longer perspective on things. We have to see that when things begin to settle, there is great possibility to forge lives of uncommon worth. But we have to remember to keep our heads about us and think in "non-Euclidean" terms while everything is in the air.

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