Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Coming close…

God desired me so I came close. No one can come near God unless God has prepared a bed for you. A thousand souls hear God's call every second, but most every one then looks into their life's mirror and says, I am not worthy to leave this sadness.

Teresa of Avila: Love Poems From God, translated by Daniel Ladinsky, with thanks to inward/outward

I keep thinking of Teresa’s words, for I am indeed one of those who has looked into life’s mirror and said, I am not worthy to leave this sadness.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. By your grace, help me to say yes to you—open my knotted hands that I might receive your blessings…

3 comments:

joanygee said...

Amen

Sue said...

Amen.

Wow, I love the way she wrote this. So beautiful.

Jan said...

I love this.