Absorbed by God

I don’t have a true concept of love.  No matter how many sermons I’ve heard at the hop, no one or nothing truly defined what Love is.  I always heard, “God is madly in love with you.”  By saying that, I’m simply taking the emotions of what we think love is here on earth and [...]

I’m disoriented.  I thought I knew what live in Jesus is, and then all my paradigms get thrown off, kattywomper.  Is that how you spell it?  Anyway, this is mainly to process what I’m thinking.
Jesus is not about improving my life; He’s tranforming it.  And it’s not just my life that He lives in and [...]

I don’t know why I’m so hurt.  I had this kid in my class, one whom I love dearly, flip me off behind my back.  I know part of my pain is because, more than any other kid, he’s the one who I’ve prayed for the most.  I know he has a high calling and [...]

For years, I have been drawn by the subjects of pain/suffering/the Cross.  All of the above is written about time and time again in the new testament.  Knowing this, I believe these subjects are part of our inheritance.  As a western church, we often miss the value of pain because our focus is on prosperity [...]

“I looked at the old eagle and for the first time I noticed the scars among his torn and broken feathers. However, the scars were not ugly. They were lined with gold that was somehow not metal, but rather flesh and feathers. I could see that this gold was giving off the glory that emanated [...]

The merit of a soul that loved Jesus Christ come from loving and suffering. Here is what the Lord said to Saint Teresa: “My daughter, do you think that that merit consist in enjoyment? No, it consists in suffering and in loving. Look at my life, so full of affliction. Be sure, daughter, that the [...]

Let us be persuaded that in this vale of tears true peace of heart cannot be found except by those who endure and lovingly embrace their sufferings to please God. This is what comes of the state of corruption that has left us all infected by sin. The condition of the saints on earth is [...]

A soul that loves God has no other goal but to be wholly united with him. But to reach this perfect union, let us listen to what Saint Catherine of Genoa said: “To achieve union with God, one must have adversities because God uses them to consume all our evil impulses within and without. And [...]

Let us pray to God to make us worthy of his holy love; for if we were to love him perfectly, all the goods of this earth would seem to us smoke and dust, while pain and suffering would become our delight. Listen to what Saint John Chrysostom says about a sould wholly given to [...]

I’m really frustrated, and I need to write this frustration out to sort through all my emotions.
Scenario:  For the past few months, I’ve really gotten a lot of healing from rejection issues that I’ve had for years.  But I got super frustrated yesterday.    I was on a field trip to Medieval Times, and I realized [...]