Tuesday Reflections: Jailhouse Monk

Over the next couple of months, I’m offeringTuesday reflections on pain, healing, and recovery. I hope you’ll join the community of folks walking this road together. (To keep up with this reflection series, signup for blog updates in the maroon box in the left sidebar.)

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At first, my requests for relief only rattle and echo in my stomach. So I ask again and I hear. What? The coming of something quiet?

Yes.

I am the Lord your God; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

I hear a smaller voi...