Oh, Dear (On Suicide)
I woke up today to a couple of e-mails from friends concerned about my post from last night. Just to clarify: 1. When I talk about "disappearing", I usually mean in the digital sense... as in, just cocooning from the world and getting off all the online communities,...
Defragmentation / Reintegration #15
Wow. Someone actually got me figured out.
Defragmentation / Reintegration #14
Yesterday's Office of Readings sounded like it was meant specifically for these times we're living in (but that's to be expected, as God's word is TIMELESS) I repeat the directions I gave you when I was on my way to Macedonia: stay on in Ephesus in order to warn...
Defragmentation / Reintegration #13
Learning to be a good disciple. And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him. For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises...
Defragmentation / Reintegration #12
I'll be honest. Some days, this is my song: But some days, it's this: One thing that has helped: visiting some old threads on hormonal imbalance at the 4Real Forums. Sigh.
Defragmentation / Reintegration #11
“Great and glorious God, my Lord Jesus Christ! I implore Thee to enlighten me and to disperse the darkness of my soul. Give me true faith, firm hope, and perfect charity. Grant me, O Lord, to know Thee so well that in all things I may act by Thy light and in...
Defragmentation / Reintegration #10.5
Back to St. Teresa tomorrow. Tonight, U2.
Defragmentation / Reintegration #10
Have we never risen from our knees in haste for fear God's will should become too unmistakable if we prayed longer? I know no promise that He will accept a deliberate compromise. For He claims all, because He is Love and must bless. He can't bless us unless He has us....
Defragmentation / Reintegration #7
Had to do something creative with all that pain.
Defragmentation / Reintegration #6
Bad day today. All kinds of hurting bad. :'( Show Me - Audrey Assad You could plant me like a tree beside a river You could tangle me in soil and let my roots run wild And I would blossom like a flower in the desert But for now just let me cry You could raise me like...
Defragmentation / Reintegration #5
He sits beside us in the lowest places of our lives, like water. Are we broken? He is broken with us. Are we rejected? Do people despise us not for our evil but for our good, or attempted good? He was "despised and rejected by men." Do we weep? Is grief our familiar...
Defragmentation / Re-Integration #4
"From suffering comes wisdom" From Aeschylus: Day by day Bit by bit Pain drips upon the heart As against our will And even in our own despite Comes wisdom From the awful grace of the gods. Whatever the reason, for us as we are now, creation involves suffering, and the...
Defragmentation / Re-Integration #3.5
Considering how I felt yesterday, and how I felt Monday, and most especially how I felt Sunday, I am very much surprised at how today has been going rather well. Well enough for me to write this blog post with gusto. Perhaps one day I can detail exactly what has...
Defragmentation / Re-Integration #3
No computer, or artificial intelligence, either weeps or wonders. Computers do not weep because computers do not hurt. They have no feelings, physical or spiritual. And computers do not wonder, do not question, either. We alone, we humans, weep and wonder. This book...
Burden Or Gift? The Audacity of Trust
This is a repost of my Filipinos for Life blogging event entry for August. Thanks to DBoncan for hosting my post when I couldn't get into my blog. 🙂 There was a time in Philippine history when the words "sa awa ng Diyos" could come out of anyone's mouth at any given...