[A meditation.]
At any given moment, I’m in the middle of approximately five books. It’s a blessing and a curse. Currently, they’re all non-fiction and non-fiction books & I get along in the beginning. But we rarely make it to the end. I’m about half-way through all of them. I’ll pick one up, then another, all while forgetting about the third [and forth and fifth] still sitting on the shelf.
One current read is A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans. It’s delightful; I don’t think I’ll have trouble making it to the end of this one. And within its digital pages on my kindle, I found an ancient meditation by St. Teresa of Avila that I love. I should pray it each and every day.
Let nothing upset you,
Let nothing startle you.
All things pass;
God does not change.
Patience wins all it seeks.
Whoever has God lacks nothing.
God alone is enough.
God alone is enough. Amen.
I bought that book recently but I haven’t started reading it. I’m glad to hear it’s a delightful read. When I cracked open the book and saw the small print, it turned me off. (what a snob, right?) Anyway, you’ve given me new excitement to pick it up. Well, after I finish the four or five books I’m in the middle of too . . .