Humility
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Victory
"Victory is mine!"boasts the executioner,holy writ in hand:"Now I chop off your head!" "No, victory is mine,"snarls the victim,holy writ in hand:"You'll burn forever in the fires of hell!" "Victory,"says God,with undertones of irony and amusement,"is not for the one… Continue reading
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Mercy
What mercy do I need today? humilitypatiencestillness What mercy do you need today? Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Welcome
Why are you here? Did you come for transformation?Or to feel good? Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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New York City View, May, 2002
We view the pastonly through the lens of the present.Can we trust this perspective? In the photo below,that which is modernshapes our vision of that which is oldas the sleek glass of a contemporary skyscraperreflects classic New York architecture.Only a… Continue reading
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“Love Me,” We Say
The Sufi poet Hafiz, writing over 600 years ago, opens one of his poems by asserting: "Everyone you see, you say to them, 'Love me.'" You don't say it aloud, of course, but it's there, just beneath the surface, revealed… Continue reading
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I Stand Mute
I stand mutein the shadow of my own meekness.Who am I?And who knows that I am? This is not humility;I have abandoned my holy orders,forgotten my ordination:to be–absolutely–me. (with thanks to Debbie Rodahaffer) Text and image © 2011 by Dirk… Continue reading
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Trust
I tripped over this quote this morning, source unknown: Trust God to work his life in others as he is working in you. Okay. Of course. Yes. Wow. The challenge is to trust in God, not in me, not in… Continue reading
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Because God Is God
Draw close to God because God is God. Don't do it because you fear God. Don't do it to please God. Don't do it to appease God. Do it simply because you delight in God, find joy in God, wonder… Continue reading
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On a Snowy Night
I walk through my neighborhood on a snowy night a few days before Christmas, mulling over life and just wondering (as in, feeling wonder-struck) at the decorations and lights. Every now and then something I see triggers specific memories from my childhood, like the… Continue reading