Light is all about seeing correctly. Humans always need more light or enlightenment about themselves and about the endless mystery of God. Samuel tells us: Humans see only appearances but God sees the heart. 
Spirituality is all about seeing. Sin is about blindness – sin is always a refusal to grow. The one who knows little, learns much and those who have all their answers already, learn nothing.

Rohr

Act always as if the future of the Universe depends on what you do, while laughing at yourself for thinking that whatever you do makes any difference. Buddha

If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. Lao Tzu

We can be constricted by stories of scarcity. Break through these false tales with the surprising truth of abundance. May we bask in your shalom and then perform your story of generosity over and over again. Amen.

Walter Brueggemann

Hold on to what is good,
Even if it’s a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe,
Even if it’s a tree that stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do,
Even if it’s a long way from here.

– Pueblo Prayer

The gift of rest.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28

“Friend, your sins are forgiven.”  Luke 5:20

The most grievous sins occur when we fail to love. Hudson

For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

Nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

So are my ways higher than your ways

And my thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55:8-9

From Anne Lamott: Stitches

I never used to take my turn. I always gave my turn away. I helped others have a great turn. I must have had a clipboard by the time I was six, because by then I had a whole caseload of people to keep track of. After they had all gotten a turn, then maybe I could go, if there was time and it didn’t bother anyone. Now I take my turn, as a radical act.