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\nTO PONDER<\/p>\n

‘Our pilgrimage on earth cannot be exempt from trial. We actually progress by means of trial. We do not know ourselves except through trial, or receive a crown except after victory.’<\/p>\n

by Augustine of Hippo<\/strong><\/div>\n

 
\nfrom Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals<\/a><\/em> by Shane Claiborne<\/strong>, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove<\/strong> and Enuma Okoro<\/strong>, p. 391<\/p>\n\n

Prayer<\/h3>\n

Keeper of our lives,
\n      you know the hardness and gentleness of human hearts.
\nYou call your people to faithful living.
\nThrough the storms of life
\n      that bring suffering and fear, joy and laughter,
\n      teach us to turn to you for all we need,
\n      so that we may come to know your presence
\n      even in the midst of the trials that surround us.
\nAmen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 
\nposted on re:Worship<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  TO PONDER ‘Our pilgrimage on earth cannot be exempt from trial. We actually progress by means of trial. 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