![]() ![]() ![]() In one of her well-known showings or revelations, God’s reassures Julian that, despite sin and brokenness, “all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.” (Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love, Ch. What could provide grounding and certainty in the big change these seniors are entering, passing from spring into summer and from undergraduate into their careers and lives? What can I hold onto in seasons of transition, both ones that hold joy and ones that hold grief? What can I say to friends who are struggling to see God’s goodness in the midst of tragedy, or to loved ones overwhelmed by the goodness and hope of new opportunities?Ī few passages by one of my favorite theologians, the fourteenth-century anchoress Julian of Norwich, kept coming to mind. But what about those who may not feel joyful, or for whom May holds difficult anniversaries, or those who are grieving? When one doesn’t feel the promise of summer sunshine holds much hope or joy, what can one hold onto? When giving a benediction to graduating seniors a few weeks ago, I was thinking about some of these transitions and changes, and about how to weather the changing of seasons when things are bright and hope-filled as well as when things seem bleak and grief-filled. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |