Sunday, February 03, 2013

more dirt

I noticed as I cleaned the bathroom floor that there is always more dirt. First I vacuumed, then I swept it with a dustpan and brush and then I washed it with Mr Clean and every time there was more dirt! Like our lives. We might start by cleaning up the big things. But there is always more for us to clean up in our lives. Thank God for His grace!

At the end of Church I had this funny thought. You see I like watching reality tv. And it occurred to me that in a way, the Bachelor is a picture of the Church. In the show you have 25 girls pursuing 1 guy. In the Church we are all pursuing God. Now the difference is in the show only one girl wins but with God, everyone who pursues him wins! What I think is interesting is how the women treat each other. Sometimes they are catty (those are the bits that make it on tv) but I think a lot of the time they are warm, loving and supportive of the difficult situation they are all in. I hope we are warm, loving and supportive of our fellow travelers!

posted by Aphra @ 2/03/2013 09:01:00 PM 0 comments

Saturday, February 02, 2013

grief

I read this in "The thirteenth tale" by Diane Setterfield p.435:

"I (Margaret) abandoned myself to a sorrow that was wide and deep...I cried for Miss Winter, for her ghost, for Adeline and Emmeline. For my sister, my mother and father. Mostly, and most terribly, I cried for myself...When I came to myself Dr. Clifton was there...'I know,' he said 'I know'.
He didn't know, of course. Not really. And yet that is what he said and I was soothed to hear it. For I knew what he meant. We all have our sorrows, and although the exact dimensions of grief are different for everyone, the colour of grief is common to us all. 'I know,' he said, because he was human, and therefore, in a way, he did."

posted by Aphra @ 2/02/2013 10:20:00 PM 0 comments