by Sally Metzger | Sep 26, 2023 | 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 | Aug 17, 2023 | 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 | Jan 30, 2023 | God’s Grace, Prayer, Raining Grace
During my action-packed, responsibility-laden teaching days, sleeping wasn’t always easy. Praying and relaxing my muscles usually helped me drift off at night, but one night I was drifting nowhere. I was stuck firmly—exactly where I’d been all day—awake. It didn’t...
by Sally Metzger | Dec 22, 2022 | Christmas, Prayer, Raining Grace
Christmas is a time of gift-giving. In preparation for a new year to breathe, live, and enjoy another spin around the sun, we might want to ask Christ for the gift of virtue as our Christmas present in 2022. We’ll need virtue to live as fully as possible in the coming...
by Sally Metzger | Dec 2, 2022 | Divine Encounter, God’s Grace, Prayer, Raining Grace
Divine Encounter |I Struggled to Give My Son a Faith I Didn’t Have| I flew out of bed at the sound of Brian’s chilling screams. My five-year-old sometimes had bad dreams, but this was different. The air in his room seemed charged with danger and dread. “It’s...
by Sally Metzger | Dec 2, 2021 | Prayer, Raining Grace
When We Don’t Make the Grade It was my last class of the week—my first week as a teacher. “Ms. Metzger, you made a mistake when you totaled my score on the quiz. I earned an 87, not a 92,” the student said. “Wow! How honest you are. I’ll fix it.” The student’s...
