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MCCC Lenten Book Study 4/20/22 7pm
April 20, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Post-Easter – Meditations of the Heart
April 20 – SESSION 7 – Meditations of the Heart for discussion – #49
49 – Surrounded by the Love of God
I am surrounded by the love of God
The Earth beneath my feet is the great room out of which the life upon which my body depends comes in other abundance. There is at work in the soil a mystery by which the death of one seed is reborn a thousandfold in newness of life. The magic of wind, sun and rain creates a climate that nourishes every living thing. It is law, and more than law; it is order, and more than order–there is brooding tenderness out of which it all comes. In the contemplation of the earth, I know that I’m surrounded by the love of God.
The events of my days strike a full balance of what seems both good and bad. Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day, there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty of forgotten joy or unremembered peace. The weakness that engulfs me and its writhing toils reveals hidden strengths that could not show their face until my own desperation called them forth. In the contemplation of the events of my days, I know that I’m surrounded by the love of God.
The edge of hope that constantly invades the season grounds of Despair, the faith that keeps watching the doors to which pass all the labors of my life and heart for what is right and true, the impulse to forgive and to seek forgiveness even when the injury is sharp and clear– these and countless other things make me know that by day and by night my life is surrounded by the love of God.
I am surrounded by the love of God.
Topic: Thurman Conclusion
Time: Apr 20, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Rev. Chad Delaney
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