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“Just as the glory of Jesus’ birth was hidden from the “important” people of the day, so often is the Spirit’s movement in our contemporary world. We must resolve to have open and humble hearts to the almost “background” workings of God in both the world and even in our own lives.”
“On that day when you feel yourself lost; and night is falling fast and frigid: May you lose yourself in God; and may God be found in you.”
Lord, comfort those who cannot be comforted.
“The one desire of God is to be held: held deep in the center of all being beneath all motives where understandings are drown out by the gurgles of an infantile creation, fully rested in its baby-ness.”
Repentance is not an end in and of itself for the sake of moral excellence (which only leads to a pious superiority). Rather, repentance is the removal of distractions that keep us from perceiving the presence of God within us and all around us. It is a preparation to see God in a whole new light and in the new reality.
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Advent is a season of expecting the unexpected. This kind of preparation can be difficult when we’ve become too familiar with the trappings of our Christianity, mistaking them for intimacy with God. To counter this stagnation in the spiritual life, the Spirit often breaks into our lives in unimaginable ways, disrupting our routines and schedules.
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