STORIES AND REFLECTIONS
– For unexpected small gestures that make the sweetest of moments. Warning: Such gestures may cause amazing side effects — hard to say who’ll get the most joy, the receiver or the giver. Most of us are fortunate to be surrounded by people who show us their thoughtfulness; occasionally even unknowns touch us with gestures that leave us believing there are angels walking among…
Some days, today being one of those , I’m reminded how God moves me like a puzzle piece. Ready or not. Into every job, every trial, every experience, and life of every person I meet. Slowly forming each chapter of my life. Some parts of the picture seldom clear until years later, if at all. Some days, today…
…nothing like a picture to put you back in a “moment.”
Last night my friend Wally (thank you Wally!) posted a picture on my Facebook wall from that incredible day back in ’86…
“that is because you have not allowed yourself to forgive me.” Words that stick. And nothing cues me to philosophize like words that stick. When do you know when you have forgiven someone? And for what exactly? While giving it some thought, I remembered a quote I read once that said, in part, that forgiveness…
For second chances. All of them. “There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” ~ L. Cohen ~ Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don’t unravel.
For today especially, this Holy Thursday — His example of humility and His gift of the Euchrist. “If I washed your feet—who am Teacher and Lord—then you must wash each other’s feet. What I did was to give you an example; as I have done, so must you do.” (John 13:1,15).
Dear family and friends, this Holy Week I pray that the love of God is resurrected, reborn, and renewed inside your hearts, giving you everlasting hope….