5 thoughts on “Rest”

1. Friends:
   RE: …RIVER WITHIN…
   In your message of 08/21/22, Love First, you remind us that His love flows through us.
   In his book, «Mount Analogue,» Rene Daumal, p, 112, admiring finding himself below the peaks, makes a humble comment that touched me, I thought I’d share:
   What you find here is merely a rather pale and approximate translation.
   Thanks for your messages. Sincerely, Ruby M. Shelton

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   • Thank you for your comment. I am not sure I got it completely. Would you care to elaborate a bit? 🙏

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     • Friends:

       Thank you for your prompt answer to my comment on God’s love. Like most of you, I hope, I love Him and at times I feel that I need to be closer to Him.

       AIlow me to share the message of 07/2022 in my project, Our God Within. Thanks again. Sincerely, Ruby M. Shelton

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       (July, 2022)

       Sometimes I wish I’d live in a monastery, devote my life to God and avoid noisy surroundings. I read in chapter VII of the book of Sirach, however, to not ask for

       special requests.

       A prayer to conclude,

       Dear God:

       I ask that I may remain calm,

       Façade aside,

       That my true self comes alive.

       I am Thine’s.

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     • Thank you for your reply. Your prayer is reflective of my longing as well. I also do believe we can wander this world being living monasteries of God’s love and calm.

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     • Friends:

       I appreciated your comment and was interested to read that we are «living monasteries of God’s love and calm.» Might it be that monks/nuns make good symbols in the monasteries?

       Longing lasts for a long time but I strongly believe that it must end when we obtain union with God, in the meantime, we keep trying. May I share one of my messages and hope that you feel free to share yours, if not, thoughts or other.

       Thank you. Sincerely, Ruby M. Shelton

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