Hello Sister Anastasia, it's Keenan from True World!!! I think we might have some interests in common. I write Greek Tragedy, and essays from a historical perspective. I will check out your page, and if you have time, you're welcome to visit True World…
After 43 years of learning the hard way, it sure seems grace follows action… the Lord seems to love watching us take action — whether it be a commitment, a gesture, etc. — and then responding with movements in our lives that defy imagination. I have learned that I must accept the reality of being healed, and all that means, prior to actually healing.
Yes. Yes. And again, yes. Thank you for this important reminder that Christ healed not only to relieve suffering but to reveal the deeper wound. We are all Jairus, all the bleeding woman, all the paralyzed man lowered through the roof. We crawl to the hem of the Mystery because we’ve exhausted every earthly cure. The miracle is not just that we are healed, but that we are seen. That God, in Christ, stoops low into the mess of our afflictions, into our irrational hopes, into our stubborn grief, and does not recoil.
To speak of healing today is to risk sentimentality or denial, unless one dares to go all the way down: to the soul’s bruising, to the splinters lodged deep in the will. This is not therapy, it is crucifixion… it is resurrection.. it is the frightening freedom of being loved into wholeness, of no longer being able to hide behind our excuses or our suffering.
You have put it rightly Sister: what’s required is not merely faith, but commitment… the reckless abandon of those who throw themselves at His feet not because they understand, but because they’ve run out of reasons not to.
Hello Sister Anastasia, it's Keenan from True World!!! I think we might have some interests in common. I write Greek Tragedy, and essays from a historical perspective. I will check out your page, and if you have time, you're welcome to visit True World…
Thank you Keenan. May God bless.
Beautifully insightful prose, as always, Sister.
Glory to God…!
Glory to Him!
After 43 years of learning the hard way, it sure seems grace follows action… the Lord seems to love watching us take action — whether it be a commitment, a gesture, etc. — and then responding with movements in our lives that defy imagination. I have learned that I must accept the reality of being healed, and all that means, prior to actually healing.
Amen +
When we enter the depths of our pain, do we ask Christ to join us? Or is He already there?
He is already there, but He's gentle, so likes to be invited...
🕊️ Spirit 🔥 Grace and 🩸Truth,
Body and Soul x matter matters.....
Amen +
Yes. Yes. And again, yes. Thank you for this important reminder that Christ healed not only to relieve suffering but to reveal the deeper wound. We are all Jairus, all the bleeding woman, all the paralyzed man lowered through the roof. We crawl to the hem of the Mystery because we’ve exhausted every earthly cure. The miracle is not just that we are healed, but that we are seen. That God, in Christ, stoops low into the mess of our afflictions, into our irrational hopes, into our stubborn grief, and does not recoil.
To speak of healing today is to risk sentimentality or denial, unless one dares to go all the way down: to the soul’s bruising, to the splinters lodged deep in the will. This is not therapy, it is crucifixion… it is resurrection.. it is the frightening freedom of being loved into wholeness, of no longer being able to hide behind our excuses or our suffering.
You have put it rightly Sister: what’s required is not merely faith, but commitment… the reckless abandon of those who throw themselves at His feet not because they understand, but because they’ve run out of reasons not to.
Yes. Thank you. Amen +