tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36295725.post3787883534985479794..comments2023-12-25T14:38:40.017-05:00Comments on Holy Ordinary: The Sacraments of Everyday Life: Quaker Wisdom for TodayBrent Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351957537347562545noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36295725.post-53813493074412191252009-09-22T16:43:26.366-04:002009-09-22T16:43:26.366-04:00When I read these quotes I check them against my o...When I read these quotes I check them against my own experience. I don't think I can define or explain it, but there was something in my experience that confirmed the quote. Maybe some meditation on this one for a while...Dale Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283777966416561709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36295725.post-61233958594581731112009-09-22T14:06:42.810-04:002009-09-22T14:06:42.810-04:00That's why I think he said "Trouble of so...That's why I think he said "Trouble of soul..." -- which I read more as "the dark night of the soul", not so much things such as racism, cancer, et al - which are not, as you point out, gifts from God...Brent Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351957537347562545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36295725.post-7270539243600429462009-09-22T13:09:07.950-04:002009-09-22T13:09:07.950-04:00I find this kind of wisdom dangerous...
Yes, pain...I find this kind of wisdom dangerous...<br /><br />Yes, pain can teach us things that we could never learn otherwise. Sometimes people turn that into "This pain is a gift from God."<br /><br />Racism, genocide, hatred, greed, cancer...are not gifts from God.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00905850036743973387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36295725.post-58016890559911618172009-09-22T08:44:22.001-04:002009-09-22T08:44:22.001-04:00Nice quote.Nice quote.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396312339372162866noreply@blogger.com