May the sun go down
anger, stress, and worry.
Made the sun go down
on problem solving and planning.
May the sun go down
unrushed and on deadlines
May the sun go down
on this day’s work – now done
Made a sacred circle of the sun
frame the harsh outline of the cross.
May it signal brighter days ahead,
new energies and emerging hopes.
Filed under Celtic Prayers, Prayer
Augustine of Hippo
“Love, and do what you will. If you keep silence, do it out of love. If you cry out, do it out of love. If you refrain from punishing, do it out of love.”
Augustine speaks of silence as a form of love. I propose that in our silence , we show the ultimate love to others. Our world is a place of “getting it straight,” but Augustine tells us that is not always the answer. Jesus says, “Turn the other cheek,” and by doing so we have expressed true Christianity. The challenge is to know when to speak and when to refrain from speaking. The twenty-first century world tells us that every doubt must be addressed, every question must be answered, every offense must be rectified, but that is not always so. Might we hear the word of the great Church Father, and know that silence is, at times, pure love. Think about it.
Filed under Augustine of Hippo, Christian Living, Conflict, Missional Living, Motive
A Pastor's Thoughts 