Day: 22. November 2018

Rain of grace!

This week there was rain, rain of water! A shower of blessing! There was rain of learning! The flowers, the pines, the rosemary… all of nature sings giving thanks to God for the water from the sky. In contemplating this, I remember the Biblical passage, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you” (Exodus 16:4). The drinking nature of God’s word, providence covers the whole world with faith, being still and knowing how to wait, but it is not always easy to follow the laws of God. So, I pray asking the Lord that my human nature be fertile and full of obedience to continue walking in their paths. And speaking of the blessing of water, this is also a blessing: that Sister Maureen came from London to teach a course for us, a wealth of knowledge. The course called “Human, Spiritual, biblical and Theological Growth” the sessions are very interesting, and dynamic. We studied some issues around the Identity grid; Mechanisms of defence; Life transitions; also, video presentation and reflections, Bible readings, questions …