Reflect: Discouragement knocks us down. It takes away our motivation, it makes us feel unworthy or incapable. Discouragement prevents us from seeing the truth about ourselves, and our situation. Discouragement is not from God. The voice of the enemy discourages, while the voice of God encourages. When you feel discouraged, reject the devil’s lies, and […]
Advent Day 14: Better Than Anything Else
Reflect: St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) used to share a story about a mother embroidering a quilt. Next to her, on a small stool, was her little son. As the son looked up at his mother’s embroidery, all he could see was the underside, and he said to her, “Mama, what an ugly picture! There […]
Advent Day 13: Your Love and Presence
Reflect: “It was Christ who chose the stable to be born in and who continues to choose unlikely places. In each of us, just beyond the noise of our outward life, there is some place of silence and darkness, an emptiness where, if we have courage enough, we are alone with ourselves.” (Caryll Houselander) In the […]