April 29, 2019
I was reading a manuscript by a lay contemplative woman hermit, Mary Kloska, called Out of Darkness. The meditations and locutions are about having such a bridal love of Jesus on the cross that we will not only bring our own sufferings to Jesus trustingly, but also want to suffer with Jesus throughout our lives until our glorious union with Jesus in Heaven.
I felt deeply moved by these meditations.
I was reading a manuscript by a lay contemplative woman hermit, Mary Kloska, called Out of Darkness. The meditations and locutions are about having such a bridal love of Jesus on the cross that we will not only bring our own sufferings to Jesus trustingly, but also want to suffer with Jesus throughout our lives until our glorious union with Jesus in Heaven.
I felt deeply moved by these meditations.
I think the first step for me would be to absolutely stop complaining about any crosses small or large that Jesus permits for me. And then to stare more intensely at the woodcut on my wall of Jesus Crucified.
Crucifixion by Otto Dix
April 30
I am doing much, much better on not complaining.
My daughter Diana posted this fact on our family chat: Snails Have Teeth. ... The average garden snail has over 14,000 of them, which are arranged in rows on their tongue. The typical snail tongue, called a radula, might have 120 rows of 100, although some species may have more than 20,000 teeth.
I thought: If they can handle 14,000 I guess God can handle billions of humans.
I am doing much, much better on not complaining.
My daughter Diana posted this fact on our family chat: Snails Have Teeth. ... The average garden snail has over 14,000 of them, which are arranged in rows on their tongue. The typical snail tongue, called a radula, might have 120 rows of 100, although some species may have more than 20,000 teeth.
I thought: If they can handle 14,000 I guess God can handle billions of humans.
Snail teeth
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May 1, 2019
Jesus seemed to ask me: “Would you be willing to have your usual state of mind be sorrow, laced by joy vs. your past state of mind which was anger and anxiety laced by humor?
May 4
Just as I would die for Carla or any of my children, so would God find a way to die for us.
May 4
I am reading this incredible autobiography of a serial bank robber Held Hostage by Ken Cooper, who took women hostages for a few hours as part of his get-away. He converted in prison with a life-sentence and became a born again Christian. By praying to Jesus he was able to turn around a serial rapist prisoner who had “bought” him as a victim. As he was about to rape him at knife point our hero said suddenly “Your mother and grandmother are praying for you,” and the rapist stopped cold. After that the rapist challenged him to a sit-up contest. When Ken Cooper, the author of this book Held Hostage, did 350 push-ups, the rapist shook his hand and stopped threatening to rape him. In one of the cells he was in, all of them were Christians and prayed every night that the rape would stop in the prison.
It did!
Jesus seemed to ask me: “Would you be willing to have your usual state of mind be sorrow, laced by joy vs. your past state of mind which was anger and anxiety laced by humor?
May 4
Just as I would die for Carla or any of my children, so would God find a way to die for us.
May 4
I am reading this incredible autobiography of a serial bank robber Held Hostage by Ken Cooper, who took women hostages for a few hours as part of his get-away. He converted in prison with a life-sentence and became a born again Christian. By praying to Jesus he was able to turn around a serial rapist prisoner who had “bought” him as a victim. As he was about to rape him at knife point our hero said suddenly “Your mother and grandmother are praying for you,” and the rapist stopped cold. After that the rapist challenged him to a sit-up contest. When Ken Cooper, the author of this book Held Hostage, did 350 push-ups, the rapist shook his hand and stopped threatening to rape him. In one of the cells he was in, all of them were Christians and prayed every night that the rape would stop in the prison.
It did!
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