Of Monks & Mystics

A spiritual pilgrim on a journey into deeper intimacy with Jesus.

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

Love points broken, sinful sinners to the God of healing & hope. If you’re walking with Jesus someone pointed you in the direction of the Healer. #healing #hope #Jesus #redeemer #salvation #GodsLove #brokenness #Christian #faith

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

Can we be so in tune with our level of brokenness, hurt, and pain that we get comfortable there; we let it define our existence. In doing so we forget that there is a Healer who heals. Let’s glorify the healer & celebrate healing.

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

Does loving others involve speaking truth or is speaking truth equated with violence?

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

@clevelanddotcom Supremely bad idea!

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

@MarlenaGraves The question is too rooted in present tense worldly thinking. The believer’s focus in life, regardless of the political & societal noise around them, is walking in union with Christ. These other concerns are silly in the final analysis. Petty distractions not worthy of our attn

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

@HillaryClinton I think water stations are a good idea. I don’t think allowing partisan activists on either side to have potential influence over voters waiting to vote is a fair prospect for our democracy either.

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

@ryanpost Good word!

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

@SbethCaplin I think mystery is the “somewhere in the middle” you are describing. You may be on your way to becoming a Christian mystic.

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

persevere in my solitude, to stay in my cell until all my seductive visitors get tired of pounding on my door and leave me alone." (Henri JM Nouwen, The Way of the Heart).

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

“It is this nothingness (in solitude) that I have to face in my solitude, a nothingness so dreadful that everything in me wants to run to my friends, my work, and my distractions so that I can forget my nothingness and make myself believe that I am worth something. The task is...

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

“To escape the distress caused by regret for the past or fear about the future, this is the rule to follow: leave the past to the infinite mercy of God, the future to His good Providence, give the present wholly to His love by being faithful to His grace.”-Jean-Pierre de Caussade

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

@InspiringChris1 Christ and His Kingdom first.

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

“Such is the paradox of Jesus the Christ in the world. Because God is limitless he assumed human form and lived a limited life. Because God is unknowable, he became a person whom we can know."-Phyllis Zagano (from her book, Sacred Silence). #silenceissacred #sacredsilence #peace

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

@clhesselink The old soundtrack was, "Your worth is measured by your performance." Jesus has been gently healing that lie and overwriting it with a new song.

[Of Monks & Mystics @OMystics]

“Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it.”-St. John of the Cross
#stjohnofthecross #peace #spiritualhealth #life #live #christianspiritualformation #spiritualformation