Reflections of Terror and Beauty

Tag: Hope

  • Because I love you

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    Janae
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    The hours I’ve bounced and paced with my son snuggly tucked in my arms are teaching me something. His cries are often relentless, but so are my arms around him. Tears stain both our cheeks and I wish he could rest in what is true: I love him. I find myself telling him, “you are…

  • These Anxious Humans

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    Janae
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    Said the Robin to the Sparrow,  “I should really like to know Why these anxious human beings Rush about and worry so.” . Said the Sparrow to the Robin,  “Friend, I think that it must be That they have no heavenly Father Such as cares for you and me.” Philip Howard Motherhood has revealed in…

  • Rejoicing in the Light

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    Janae
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    O come, o come, Emmanuel // And ransom captive Israel // That mourns in lonely exile here // Until the son of God appear // Rejoice! rejoice! Emmanuel // Shall come to thee, o Israel. I see December nights adorned by light: they glisten in the main streets and along the rooftops of neighboring homes.…

  • COVID Storms & Human Sandcastles

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    Janae
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    “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on…