Meditation Thought: “Your name, O Lord, is everlasting,
Your remembrance, O Lord, throughout all generations.
14 For the Lord will judge His people And will have compassion on His servants.” (Psalm 135:13-14)
“Faith” is not a word,
nor a feeling
It is a determination to focus
Upon the highest, the best that you know.
It is living as if
All is right.
The very intensity
of concentration
Upon the Good, the True, the Beautiful
Generates power,
Releases the vision
From the future
And moves it
Into the “now”.
Use your gifts
Of mind, body, spirit,
Freedom of choice
To bring the vision
Of the kingdom
Into the reality of the world.
Many examples are set before you.
One Example overshadows all.
Do not despair that you are not perfect.
But rejoice that you can be as similar
In thought, in word, in deed
As you are.
In faith, in hope, in confidence
Move on: trying, experimenting, coping,
To comprehend perfection
And to desire it
Is to improve your status –
Whether you reach the goal,
Or fall short,
The effort, and the results produced
Shall be worth more
Than sitting, seeing no goal.
It is better to strain in vain
Than to atrophy in place.
One day you shall
See clearly the whole,
The movement, the results.
For now, know that
Each choice shapes your future
And trust that
“The Lord will vindicate his people
And have compassion on his servants.”
Meditations of Marie's Heart 