Comments on: Fragility http://erika.haub.net/fragility/11/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:18:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Wugger http://erika.haub.net/fragility/11/#comment-955 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:24:37 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/fragility/11/#comment-955 I find myself wondering quite often what the world would be like if we all started the day and remained through out with a sense of gratefulness that we even woke up. So many of our insurmountable, gigantic, ovewhelming obstacles would be returned to what they are: petty, small, and insignificant - or they would disappear all together. We spend so much of our time trying to 'fix' things or 'right' things or bring 'justice' to things. I have been amazed at how many things simply vanish completely in even the realization that we are blessed to be alive - a very small and single facet to the magnitude and complexity of God's justice and grace. Would that we would all live this way, all the time. In our marriages, our friendships, with our 'enemies', wherever. And for those of us who know the Good News, isn't this how we should be living? If we could do that what a testimony it would be. I find myself wondering quite often what the world would be like if we all started the day and remained through out with a sense of gratefulness that we even woke up. So many of our insurmountable, gigantic, ovewhelming obstacles would be returned to what they are: petty, small, and insignificant - or they would disappear all together.

We spend so much of our time trying to ‘fix’ things or ‘right’ things or bring ‘justice’ to things. I have been amazed at how many things simply vanish completely in even the realization that we are blessed to be alive - a very small and single facet to the magnitude and complexity of God’s justice and grace.

Would that we would all live this way, all the time. In our marriages, our friendships, with our ‘enemies’, wherever.

And for those of us who know the Good News, isn’t this how we should be living? If we could do that what a testimony it would be.

]]> by: Ted Gossard http://erika.haub.net/fragility/11/#comment-949 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:43:38 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/fragility/11/#comment-949 Erika, Amen. This is one of the most important lessons I've learned and still am learning- over the years. And I like the prayer. We indeed are very dependent (and interdependent). Thanks. Erika,

Amen. This is one of the most important lessons I’ve learned and still am learning- over the years. And I like the prayer. We indeed are very dependent (and interdependent). Thanks.

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