Tis the week
A lot going on this week. Working. Lots to do.
I’m too sensitive. Too easily rattled.
I’d like to just be. And lament nothing.
Trust in the Lord with all my heart, lean not on my own understanding.
I’d like to not think about girls and dating. Only hurts to do so. Maybe one day…
When a man really gives up trying…
“When a man really gives up trying to make something out of himself - a saint, or a converted sinner, or a churchman (a so-called clerical somebody), a righteous or unrighteous man,…when in fullness of tasks, questions, success or ill-hap, experiences and perplexities, a man throws himself into the arms of God…then he wakes with [...]
Simplicity
I read about simplicity this past week. A child trusts, simply, as we are to trust our Lord, that there will be food to eat, shelter, that things will be taken care of for tomorrow.
I’ve never felt simple. When have I not tried too hard? And 34 years into life, where am I? Farther [...]
I need to vent
Just talked with my mom. Truthful talk. I’ve come so far, yet it seems like I’ve so far yet to go. Words bring healing…while also further chipping away at my walls. I’m unsettled, I’m undone.
So many small planes
I know what you mean,
when you want to run to meet the world,
intentions may not carry you far.
Small planes are here
but they never leave my room at all,
they don’t make it through,
they don’t make it out.
http://www.theinnocencemission.com/lyrics.htm
This month, I’m reading:
Freedom of Simplicity - Richard Foster
Spiritual Direction and Meditation - Thomas Merton
Prayer - Richard Foster
Contemplative Prayer - Thomas Merton
Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing - Sören Kierkegaard
Cost of Discipleship - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Confessions of St. Augustine
And listening to The Innocence Mission
