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March 5 - March 12, 2025
we all hate this, but the practices that are the hardest for us will likely be the most transformative.
Questions will come into your mind, like Am I doing a good job or no? Do I like it or dislike it? Those types of questions just aren’t very helpful. When they come up, gently set them aside. And take a deep breath. Resist the urge to judge, critique, or overthink your practice. Just stay with it; let God do his work through the discipline. Eventually, you’ll begin to feel at ease in your body with God.
James K. A. Smith said it well: “Micro-rituals have macro significance.”[66]
There’s great joy to be found in repetition, if we can learn to be patient and full of delight in the present moment.
G. K. Chesterton: Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “Do it again”; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, “Do it again” to the sun; and every evening, “Do it again” to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately,
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I believe the invitation of Jesus in our day is to live as desert fathers and mothers in the middle of the city.
Many were genuinely drawn to Jesus (how could you not be?), but they were not willing to commit to a life of apprenticeship.
Following Jesus always requires you to leave something behind.
We must count the cost not only of following Jesus, but also of not following Jesus.
You must daily hold before your mind and imagination the beauty and possibility of life in the kingdom of God.
Jesus has never met anyone anywhere other than where they actually are.
