The View Up Here

It's been quite a week. Had the flu last week, missed a lot, had to catch up. This week had its own challenges, and I found myself again tossed and rolled in the rapids. I don't mean to sound like a drama queen, but the only word for how I was reacting to the events of the week was "suffering." I've been praying for months to learn how to suffer. Because we know that this world is not perfect, we know that we can expect a certain amount of suffering. But what do we do with that suffering? Do we simply bitch and moan? Cause that's what I usually do! Admit it...how many of us complain, whine, have a couple drinks at the end of the day because "today was too much" or "my life sucks" or "why is this (insert bad thing) happening to me?" The human condition, right? Doesn't matter who you are, how much you own, who is in your family, where you live, what language you speak, who you pray to (or if you pray), or how much you plan. Th...

In my last post, I wrote about the Light of the world. This morning I found an article on another blog that reflects the ideas I presented in that post. Here's a very appropriate quote from that article, referencing Meister Eckhart, a Christian mystic, theologian and preacher from the thirteenth century. He wrote that ...the story of the virgin birth is the story of Christ being born within us through the union of the Spirit of God with our own flesh. It is about birthing the Spirit within us. Ultimately, the story of Jesus’ birth is not about the past, but it is about discovering the “Light Within” each of us in the present. http://progressivechristianity.org/resources/a-light-in-the-darkness/ I clearly need to read some Meister Eckhart. Put that on the list, when I'm done with my current and immediate queue that includes St. John of the Cross ( A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and Bridegroom of Christ) , Bernard de Clairveaux ( A Lover Teaching the Way of Love: Sel...