Just reading this lovely passage softly out loud brings a lot of comfort.
"[Grace] loves to look at us,
and loves it when we look back at [her].
Even when we try to run away from our
troubles ... [Grace] will find us, and bless us, even
when we feel most alone,
unsure if we'll survive the night.
[Grace] will find a way to let know that [she]
is with us *in this place,* wherever we are,
however far we think we've run.
And maybe that's one reason we worship --
to respond to grace.
We praise [Grace] not to celebrate our own faith
but to give thanks for the faith [Grace] has in
us. To let ourselves look at [Grace], and let
[Grace] look back at us. And to laugh,
and sing, and be delighted because
[Grace] has called us [her] own."
by Kathleen Norris
page 151
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