humility

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A 17th-Century Nun’s Prayer for Growing Older with Grace

A 17th Century Nun Prayed ‘Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and someday will be old.’ A Pilgrimage to Jerusalem, New Zealand Recently, I went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a small village here in New Zealand. In 1892, Suzanne Aubert (better known […]

To Be Someone or To Do Something? That Is The Question

There are some people that I struggle to like, let alone love. They are those that preen. Those who seem so full of their self-importance, strut around like peacocks, and who want everyone to notice them. You can see it so obviously with some, while with others, it’s more like […]

Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh and its Meaning for You

Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh and its Meaning for You

Paul’s thorn in the flesh could have meaning for you. The greater the thorn, the greater the wound and scar. A “thorn in the flesh” can disable your walk physically and spiritually, but it can also be a place of growth as it keeps you in humility. Could your thorn […]