Hidden in the Secret Place

"One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.

To behold the beauty of the Lord,

And to meditate in His temple.

For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle;

In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;

He will lift me up on a rock."

Psalm 27:4-5

Hidden in Christ

"A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her." --Excerpt from Beautiful Christian Sister by Maya Angelou

The Prayer of St. Francis

"Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love;
where they is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light, where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood
as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is
in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen." -- The Book of Common Prayer 1979

Choose What Is Elegant

"Holding to what is difficult is so very difficult. That's why we don't do it. We avoid it like the plague, orienting ourselves toward the easy. Yet almost anyone can hold on. Many people do. We can do it slowly, with the most minute and gradual of steps, first thinking about what it is we value and then moving toward that in spirit and attitude. Bit by bit, we move toward our good by choosing it. In the process, we transform ourselves, changing for the better every time we choose, in direct proportion to the quality of our choice. Elegant choice helps us raise the quality of our lives." -- Marsha Sinetar, Elegant Choices, Healing Choices

Joining Our Thoughts

"The reading of Scripture prunes us. A line here or there cuts to the quick of what we're about or need to do. Immersing ourselves in stillness, attending to selected, sacred texts of choice, we can become so intimate with God's thoughts that they become our thoughts." --Marsha Sinetar, Sometimes, Enough Is Enough