This is my prayer. For you. For me. For all of mankind.
The Franciscan Benediction
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 pain, rejection, hunger, and war,
So that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain to joy.
And may God bless you with enough foolishness
To believe that you can make a difference in the world,
So that you can do what others claim cannot be done,
To bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor.
Amen
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Grad School App. Essay. Homework. Crafts. New Books.
The title has nothing to do with this post, but rather things that have had a part in my Tuesday day. It was a very successful day. (Until I just realized I still have to walk outside and get my clothes out of the dryer. Though you will not notice that I have stepped away from the computer due to the very "present" feel of anything read online, I would appreciate a moment of pause to consider that I am now stepping outside into the freezing weather to grab fluffy clothes from the laundry room.)
Brrr...It is cold out there.
I write today about my experience at the grocery store and how God has been pressing on my heart the important things in life, such as sustainable energy, water and food sources. He has been reminding me that he blessed me with a wonderful planet to live on and abusing that resource is no more validated than it is to abuse anything else He has given me/us. This reality comes with the both the weight of making changes in way I choose to live my life and also the urge to pretend I don't understand the injustices of our current way of living and continuing in the ways of the present.
When grocery shopping at Walmart today, I hoped to buy a few fall/winter root vegetables and make "Roasted Root Vegetables" and Asparagus with my broiled Lemon Garlic Salmon. As I walked the "produce" section of the store, I found three types of potatoes. Three. I was absolutely amazed and quite annoyed. I continued on my journey in search of fresh herbs to cook with and found four fresh herbs in the produce section. Four. I am very aware there is a spice aisle, but I was hoping to put some fresh ingredients in tonight's dinner. Lastly, I went to grab some butter, where I found twenty-plus different kinds of butter. TWENTY.
It was in this trip to the grocery store that I was reminded of my desire to more to a town with a Farmer's Market and other sustainable resources to buy groceries from. I am tired of packaged food. God has never packaged food. I realize it is sometimes necessary, but it is not necessary for every food item in the refrigerator to be in a container of some sort. I want to move somewhere that I am not looked at strangely for carrying a refillable cup everyday. I want
to reuse cloth grocery bags. I want to cut back on the unneccesary resources I use on a daily basis. I want to do more good than bad.
That is my desire. That is the driving force moving me after graduation. Not a salary, but a passion to pursue God's heart through the respect and sincere joy of living in the creation that He allows me to experience every day. I want to experience the world He has given me.
" O God, I beg two favors from you;
let me have them before I die.
First, help me never to tell a lie.
Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?”
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name." -Proverbs 30:7-9
Brrr...It is cold out there.
I write today about my experience at the grocery store and how God has been pressing on my heart the important things in life, such as sustainable energy, water and food sources. He has been reminding me that he blessed me with a wonderful planet to live on and abusing that resource is no more validated than it is to abuse anything else He has given me/us. This reality comes with the both the weight of making changes in way I choose to live my life and also the urge to pretend I don't understand the injustices of our current way of living and continuing in the ways of the present.
When grocery shopping at Walmart today, I hoped to buy a few fall/winter root vegetables and make "Roasted Root Vegetables" and Asparagus with my broiled Lemon Garlic Salmon. As I walked the "produce" section of the store, I found three types of potatoes. Three. I was absolutely amazed and quite annoyed. I continued on my journey in search of fresh herbs to cook with and found four fresh herbs in the produce section. Four. I am very aware there is a spice aisle, but I was hoping to put some fresh ingredients in tonight's dinner. Lastly, I went to grab some butter, where I found twenty-plus different kinds of butter. TWENTY.
It was in this trip to the grocery store that I was reminded of my desire to more to a town with a Farmer's Market and other sustainable resources to buy groceries from. I am tired of packaged food. God has never packaged food. I realize it is sometimes necessary, but it is not necessary for every food item in the refrigerator to be in a container of some sort. I want to move somewhere that I am not looked at strangely for carrying a refillable cup everyday. I want
to reuse cloth grocery bags. I want to cut back on the unneccesary resources I use on a daily basis. I want to do more good than bad.
That is my desire. That is the driving force moving me after graduation. Not a salary, but a passion to pursue God's heart through the respect and sincere joy of living in the creation that He allows me to experience every day. I want to experience the world He has given me.
" O God, I beg two favors from you;
let me have them before I die.
First, help me never to tell a lie.
Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?”
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name." -Proverbs 30:7-9
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