Downward Ascent 7: Prickly Peace
‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.’ (Matt. 5: 9) Failing to save ourselves, freed only through Mercy, we rest in everlasting arms: peace like a river. Jesus silences the noisy claims of poverty upon our souls. We are weak, but He is strong. Stilling our hearts in order to listen becomes a gift: instead of attending to old accusations, we wait for the whispers of our Beloved. Glorious peace. Deeper than the ebbs and flows of daily uncertainties