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@RobertEllsberg
@RobertEllsberg
Sr Wendy Beckett died last year on December 26. One time I asked her if she would like to see the future. She said: “No I would definitely not like to know. I love the constant little surprises of every day, even the painful ones, which are all experienced...
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@RobertEllsberg
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...in the context of complete security in God. I don’t even think it could be possible because we haven’t an existence of our own. We’re contingent, God’s creating us every moment. We flow from God’s being—or if we like He sings us, and only He knows what His song will be.
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@RobertEllsberg
@RobertEllsberg
...I think of myself as a sort of breath that He breathes, only there because of Him and having no objective reality outside of that holy and creative Breath. It’s a nice fantasy to play with but I think the reality is so infinitely more beautiful and even exciting...
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@RobertEllsberg
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... because we have the adventure every day into what He will make of us, with nothing settled and nothing limited. It’s all an eternal coming forth from Love.” Thinking of her every day with love and gratitude.
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