Difficult and Beautiful
Last year my bloggy friend, Mary Demuth, posted this on her blog site in a post titled, “Sometimes We Need the Truth.” Here is an excerpt from that post:
My friend Jeanette Morris sent this to me last week, with some trepidation. She worried it would be too scary or harsh.
But I loved the Fourfold Franciscan Blessing by Sister Ruth Fox. Jeanette said her pastor prayed it over the church as they left. It’s hard, but good. Difficult, but beautiful. An oxymoron.
Mary’s right. It is an oxymoron: difficult yet beautiful, and yet I love it. Even though I often fail in that at times I need to make myself pray the hard things in order to grow: in myself, in my relationships with others and especially in my relationship with my Lord Jesus.
Beloved, how about you? Do you believe the beautiful things are worth the difficult path to get there?
Posted on January 10, 2013, in blessing, Franciscan blessing and tagged beautiful, blessing, difficult, Franciscan, Franciscan blessing, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, life, Lord Jesus, prayer. Bookmark the permalink. 7 Comments.
Lord, preserve us from apathy!
Without the problems and the difficult times, we would not grow, so while we don’t exactly welcome them, after our amazing God has taken us through them and undertaken for us, we thank Him for that opportunity to know Him better and to grow spiritually.
Cloudwatcher, I love your phrase about how “God has…undertaken for us.” It’s something I often forget but oh, so true! Thank you for this important reminder!
Thank you both. I so enjoy your wisdom and sharing.
Reblogged this on Aah Home Care With Heart and commented:
I believe this is good and healthy for all.
Thank you for sharing, Anna!
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