This was the 1st Reading last Jan 20 and it really struck me. Here are the specific snippets that hit home:
"God is not unjust as to overlook your work and the love you have demonstrated for His name ...
We earnestly desire each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of hope until the end, so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience, are inheriting the promises ...
And so, after patient waiting, Abraham obtained the promise.
... so that ... we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to hold fast to the hope that lies before us. This we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, which reaches into the interior behind the veil ..."
This ties in with a short article my friend, Aweng, posted for Epiphany. I wrote parts of it down in my journal:
"When we follow our stars, we shouldn't expect them to function like our personal GPS. Their purpose is to convince us to leave our comfort zones, not to show us how to get to wherever it is we're meant to go. Our stars will disappear. Eclipses will occur. Stars will go into hiding. Like the wise men, we need to learn to search in the dark. We need to find our way because that is the only way to make our journey. This probably means that perhaps losing our way is an essential part of the journey. And, most importantly, we need to refuse to give up just because the searching isn't always easy."
"Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found." (Neil Gaiman, Instructions)
"God is not unjust as to overlook your work and the love you have demonstrated for His name ...
We earnestly desire each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of hope until the end, so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience, are inheriting the promises ...
And so, after patient waiting, Abraham obtained the promise.
... so that ... we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to hold fast to the hope that lies before us. This we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, which reaches into the interior behind the veil ..."
This ties in with a short article my friend, Aweng, posted for Epiphany. I wrote parts of it down in my journal:
"When we follow our stars, we shouldn't expect them to function like our personal GPS. Their purpose is to convince us to leave our comfort zones, not to show us how to get to wherever it is we're meant to go. Our stars will disappear. Eclipses will occur. Stars will go into hiding. Like the wise men, we need to learn to search in the dark. We need to find our way because that is the only way to make our journey. This probably means that perhaps losing our way is an essential part of the journey. And, most importantly, we need to refuse to give up just because the searching isn't always easy."
"Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found." (Neil Gaiman, Instructions)
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