by Sally Metzger | Compassion, Grace of God, Healing
The other day an 83-year-old living in the skilled nursing center where I minister was taunted by junior high school kids. They were kids who had taken up residence in her unkind mind. By virtue of our noble birth as children of Divinity, we all should be free of...
by Sally Metzger | Faith, Poem, Prayer
| Embrace the Day | Let me not in anguish say, When tragedy knocks here, “Oh my, ungrateful fool I was! I missed the golden year.” Life is glad and joy is mine, But often pain reigns ‘round me. Reduce my days to trite concerns? Let mundane things confound me?...
by Sally Metzger | Acceptance, Prayer
| The Power of Acceptance | Few practices provide more spiritual growth, freedom, or inner peace than acceptance. When our boat has capsized and broken into pieces, there is little point in struggling against the rapids. Better to go with the flow until another...
by Sally Metzger | God’s Grace, Slowing Down
| Mind the Rocks and the Sky | My husband and I often walk on a path where blue skies peek at us through the branches of gorgeous trees. Unfortunately, our trail is also laden with stumbling blocks called rocks. I’ve had to learn to mind both the rocks and the...
by Sally Metzger | Divine Design, God's Gift, God’s Grace, Raining Grace
Recently, it seemed my peace was surgically removed. Because of years of the repetitive motion of typing as a teacher and writer, I had an operation to cushion my thumb joint. I experienced the loss of the use of my dominant hand, pain, swelling, difficulty sleeping,...
