Weekly Inspiration (8/17/23)

Quote of the Week

“If you desire peace, that desire is coming out of a seed of peace already sown into your soul, a seed that wants and needs to be cultivated. Do you desire to be more generous, more kind, more patient, more forgiving? You already have the gift, God’s gift. The desire is the sign of the seed. The seed wants and needs to be cultivated.”

Br. Curtis Almquist
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Poem of the Week

Whoever gives even a cup of cold water
           to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—
           truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.  
                           —Matthew 10.42
 
We forget how thirsty we all are
for hope and gratitude.
Don't pass up an opportunity today
to offer a cup to one of the little ones
(who of course are angels in disguise):
to encourage, to appreciate, to give thanks
to the one checking your groceries,
or delivering your mail,
or doing their best to be a decent person.
Notice how offering a cup of grace
quenches your own longing, too.
God is thirsty for our love for each other
and every little cup is a delight
that satisfies us all.

- Steve Garnaas-Holmes