Sublime

This is my one incessant prayer to you, hour by hour, day upon day: It’s yours. I am not fighting this battle for you, God. It’s your battle, and you are fighting it for me. It is all yours, and I want whatever you have for me in this situation. It is not my organization, it is yours. So I depend on your Spirit to show me what to do. These are not

attempted a translation of the inscription. The first word seemed to be the name of a god or gods – the Lugoves. It was a Celtic name, similar to ‘Lugh’ in the Irish pantheon and ‘Lleu’ in Welsh. So the inscription began by invoking the Lugoves of the Neri tribe. Then, ‘araiai kalte’ could mean something about ploughed land and a grove – which

23The LORD rewards everyone for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD gave you into my hand today, but I would not raise my hand against the LORD’s anointed. 24As your life was precious today in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the LORD, and may he rescue me from all tribulation.”

“Kindness is invincible, but only when it’s sincere, with no hypocrisy or faking. For what can even the most malicious person do if you keep showing kindness and, if given the chance, you gently point out where they went wrong—right as they are trying to harm you?” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 11.18.5.9a

Auferre trucidare rapere falsis nominibus imperium atque ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant.

I belong to a God capable of holding the ugliest parts of my anger.

Healing begins when, in the face of our own darkness, we recognize our helplessness and surrender our need for control…we face what is, and we ask for mercy.

Elyon gives Yahweh jurisdiction over Jacob and the land where Jacob and his family lived. Yahweh — the Bible says — takes excellent care of Jacob’s family; and that is all. It is clear that the matching of Jacob’s family with Yahweh has no particular universal significance, nor does it convey a global message for all humanity. Israel was a tiny