Life and what is needful

Yesterday I read about
a brown shawl and the beginning of an interior life.

Later I was telling Mr. Husband about this
and about Metropolitan Anthony's book
courage to pray
which began a new life and opened new worlds to me.

I read this book over and over when I was
new to Orthodoxy and
as I was far away from home
and my first church in BC.
It instructed and comforted me.

So I pulled it off the shelf
and intend on starting a re-read of it.
It is time.

Mat. Anna blogged a piece that speaks to
what our life can be.
and then so soon after I came across
another blog asking
what do we want of life?

 

Each of us must answer this.
A new baby was born to a newer friend of mine.
So happy.
She one day will have to answer this question also.
In truth,
we are always asked and always answering.
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In big and little ways.
Lord help us.
This prayer one realizes with time is vital to us here in this time:
Lord save us whether we want it or not.