Contemplative in the Mud

Be Not Discouraged

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Benjamin Embley

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Beginners in the service of God sometimes lose confidence when they fall into any fault. When you feel so unworthy a sentiment rising within you, you must lift your heart to God and consider that all your faults, compared with the divine goodness, are less than a bit of oakum thrown into a sea of fire.
Saint Paul of the Cross

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Benjamin Embley

With backgrounds in engineering (BSc PhD) and philosophy (MA), Ben has lived and worked in England, France, and Thailand and is now back home as a settler in the unceded traditional territory of the Wabanaki peoples in Canada. He is a Laudato Si’ Animator and currently studying an MTS Peace & Justice in Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

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    sandyfaithking

    Yes, this about describes it. It takes a long time for head knowledge to change into heart knowledge. Can’t quite believe it.

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