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\n(Photo: Lindy Twaddle)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Here are some radical verses from one of my favourite psalms and a blessing from one of my favourite writers, Jan Richardson<\/strong> of paintedprayerbook.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nYou created my inmost being;
\n     you knit me together in my mother\u2019s womb.
\nI praise you because I am
\n     fearfully and wonderfully made<\/span>;
\n     your works are wonderful,
\n     I know that full well.
\nMy frame was not hidden from you
\n     when I was made in the secret place,
\n     when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
\nYour eyes saw my unformed body;
\n     all the days ordained for me were written in your book
\n     before one of them came to be.\n<\/div>\n

 
\n(Psalm 139: 13-16, NIV UK)
\n <\/p>\n\n

Known<\/h3>\n

A Blessing<\/em><\/p>\n

First
\nwe will need grace.<\/p>\n

Then
\nwe will need courage.<\/p>\n

Also
\nwe will need
\nsome strength.<\/p>\n

We will need
\nto die a little
\nto what we have
\nalways thought,
\nwhat we have allowed
\nourselves to see
\nof ourselves,
\nwhat we have built
\nour beliefs upon.<\/p>\n

We will need this
\nand more.<\/p>\n

Then
\nwe will need
\nto let it all go
\nto leave room enough
\nfor the astonishment
\nthat will come
\nshould we be given
\na glimpse
\nof what the Holy One sees
\nin seeing us,
\nknows
\nin knowing us,
\nintricate
\nand unhidden<\/p>\n

no part of us
\nforeign
\nno piece of us
\nfashioned from other
\nthan love<\/p>\n

desired
\ndiscerned
\nbeheld entirely
\nall our days.<\/p>\n

 
\nwritten by Jan Richardson<\/strong>
\nfrom paintedprayerbook.com<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n\n

From the blog:<\/strong>
\nBody of water<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Here is a summary, with some prayer prompts. Two of Jesus\u2019 disciples are headed for Emmaus, about 2 hours walking distance from Jerusalem. As they walk down this familiar stretch of road their conversation is coloured by a flood of mixed emotions. 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