"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, totally worn out and proclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!" - Mark Frost, "The Match"
"Jesus promised those who would follow him only three things...that they would be absurdly happy, entirely fearless, and always in trouble." - Maltbie Babcock
A Franciscan Prayer
May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy.
And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.
"Jesus promised those who would follow him only three things...that they would be absurdly happy, entirely fearless, and always in trouble." - Maltbie Babcock
A Franciscan Prayer
May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy.
And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.
1 comment:
Great quotes. I have been doing a lot of soul searching lately along these same streams of thought. I think simple faith and determined obedience are, at best, undervalued and, at worst, absent from the typical American "church" experience today. My constant prayer is that one day soon "radical" will be typical again for the Christian community.
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