Category Archives: Hope

It will be amazingly beautiful

Posted on June 5, 2014 by unwobblingpivot

In this moment of pain the Lord said to me, “The wonderful end to your story is visible and present to me. I see the whole thing and it’s beautiful. You are not yet in a position to see it. … Continue reading →

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Merton on facing despair

Posted on December 6, 2013 by unwobblingpivot

The desert is the home of despair. And despair, now, is everywhere. Let us not think that our interior solitude consists in the acceptance of defeat. We cannot escape anything by consenting tacitly to be defeated. Despair is an abyss … Continue reading →

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Our will and God’s freedom

Posted on August 16, 2013 by unwobblingpivot

About 36 hours before, the title started out as “God’s will and our freedom”, but then something clicked it over, to invert the wording. And then, as if to ratify the new title, there was a post with some quotes … Continue reading →

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A way in which we are all like Jesus without even trying

Posted on July 28, 2013 by unwobblingpivot

St. Paul writes that Christ Jesus was a man like us in all things but sin. Obviously, our point of greatest dissimilarity to Christ is our sinfulness. Conversely, because we all live in a fallen world, we all suffer the … Continue reading →

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Completing the circle of mercy

Posted on July 20, 2013 by unwobblingpivot

There are two obvious lessons of mercy we need to learn: to seek forgiveness from God and to extend forgiveness to our brother. They are linked in the Lord’s Prayer, such that the first will not happen without the second. … Continue reading →

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Very much like an alcoholic…

Posted on July 9, 2013 by unwobblingpivot

In the same sense that an alcoholic is an alcoholic even when he is not actively drinking, I am always a sinner even when I am not actively sinning. I must accept that, while I may aspire to be a … Continue reading →

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Merton on trusting God’s mercy

Posted on June 23, 2013 by unwobblingpivot

Let my trust be in Your mercy, not in myself. Let my hope be in Your love, not in health, or strength, or ability or human resources. If I trust You, everything else will become, for me, strength, health, and … Continue reading →

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God’s love is utterly humiliating

Posted on May 21, 2013 by unwobblingpivot

When God floods us with his love, it humiliates us because we thought we knew how to love. We find out that we knew nothing. God, in his generous mercy, rescues us from this profound ignorance. The spontaneous response is … Continue reading →

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The depth of Christ’s obedience

Posted on April 6, 2012 by unwobblingpivot

The Passion narrative in the Gospel of John emphasizes the power of Christ. He is in charge the entire time. How much do we let this idea and its implications penetrate us? Do we, for instance, believe that Christ could … Continue reading →

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Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life — and Satan knows it!

Posted on October 24, 2011 by unwobblingpivot

The Way is the choice of freedom over slavery. The Truth is about seeing reality through the eyes of faith rather than accepting enticing lies. The Life is attained by hoping and trusting in God’s grace — the uncreated gift … Continue reading →

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