The Poetry of Spirituality
Tag: passion
I was young and blind to my vices I was young and enthusiastic and keen like the North wind . Who would help me resign myself to my human failings my daily, common human failings . So that I ceased to rage against myself and against my own inadequacies … Continue reading Learn a Little Wisdom
~ The journey Is hard: ~ Jagged falls The endless, hopeless plains ~ Demonic confrontation Wild torrents of passion ~ Encounters with beasts hungry for your destruction ~ And you must wait Long enough ~ For your wings to form To fly ~ To the citadel Of salvation. ~
. On the top Of the mountain One throned in light . All beautiful All powerful Glorious in sight . And sparks flew Around him So sweet and so bright . The love Of the holy one With passion and might. . Inspired by a vision described by Hildegard of Bingen .
~ In my deepest wound I saw ~ Your passion An astonishing ~ Moment Of consolation ~ A lifetime To come ~ Of Revelation. ~ "In my deepest wound I saw Your glory, and it astounded me." - St. Augustine ~
. Powerfully Passionately . Purposefully To lead . Others To richer pastures . That is The vocation . Of all Who hear the call . For the world’s Transformation. . Inspired by ‘Resonant Leadership’ (Boyatzee & McKee) .
. Unrevealed Yet the purpose . The passion that lay within . Hidden In soul's darkness . Temporarily Concealed. .
. The passion Of purposefulness . Is more powerful Than the threat . Of mere Meaninglessness. .
What moves us To do wrong? . The violence Of a moment’s passion . Abuse Of power and strength . The overwhelming Of another’s weakness . When hope lay In love . In awe In wonder . And in graceful Meekness. . Image by James Wheeler from Pixabay
Worn down by weakness . Harried by passion . The prodigal becomes pilgrim . To journey by spirit . To the source of all light . The creator of life.
Guard The mystic fire So your passion May flare Let God speak To the heart In the quiet Of prayer.
Flowering Poverello 
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