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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book The Wayfarer What does it mean to live and bear fruit for His kingdom? Each of us does this in our own unique way as we live out our own unique circumstances and are open to God’s love and grace flowing freely through us.. One thing we all need is…
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Last weekend I was at Scholastic in Duluth working with the sisters particiapting in our spiritual direction program. Sister Jean gave us the assignment of writing a letter to God, giving us a self-addressed envelope that would be sent to us during the next week. When I addressed my letter to “Abba” Father, I began…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, The Wayfarer The Lord wants us to come into His presence and be real and open to whatever comes up… willing to take off the censorship filters and let Him be God in our lives. We need to be truthful with Him and with ourselves. Sometimes we pray about everything…
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Devotions based on Margaret Silf’s book, The Wayfarer As we journey with the Lord we each have a unique calling. To me as a housewife Jesus might have said, “Come follow me and I will help you to make a home where God himself may dwell.” To a nurse or Dr. the invitation might be…
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Devotions based on Margaret Silf’s book, The Wayfarer “As life moves on, we have to leave behind a phase of our lives that we have grown through, to move on to the uncharted territory of the next stage of our living.” For most of us the transition is not accomplished without pain, and a degree…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf on Wayfaring We must align our dreams with the dream God is dreaming for us and attune our choices and decisions to the inner compass within us. Just like Mary who gave her consent, we also must make room for Him to make a home within us. As we allow God…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, Wayfaring All of us need courage to face the darkness within us and allow God to shine His light on it. Our faulty perspective blinds us and we need to cooperate with the Lord as He shows us what is hidden within us. “A decisive act of the will is…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, Wayfaring We are all encrusted with distortions of evil that come between us and our true self and cause us much pain. We can choose whether or not we want to remain enslaved or if we want to own these tendencies and acknowledge them in light of His grace. We…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, Wayfaring Our society measures our worth by our achievements and even the religious structures tend to underscore this in more subtle ways. We need to recover the value of our Being. God calls us into a deeper awareness of the wonder and beauty concealed in the heart of our being. …
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, “Wayfaring” This author talks about God’s invitation to walk our own living pathway in companionship with He who is the Way! We are on a pilgrim journey and it is not a tourist outing. It is a journey that challenges us and shapes our souls in ways we can not…