[Magdalen] Merry Christmas

[Molly Wolf]

I can never feel God's presence in the midst of suffering, but I go on faith, as you do, Jim.  And when the suffering is done (but not before!) I can see how God was invisible to me not from distance but from closeness.  

This is what deep faith in God is about:  the Cloud of Desolate Unknowing, where belief is still okay but a sense of God's love is gone.  

Prayers for you, Marcy, and Matthew.

Hugs,
Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Dec 25, 2015, at 7:21 PM, flyingfish224--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
> Praying for you, Jim.  Jesus gets born.  He lives. He dies.  He lives.
> 
> And we do too.  Pain and all.
> 
> Prayers. Much love,
> 
> Renee
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Dec 24, 2015, at 11:20 PM, AT&T <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I wish everyone here a joyous Christmas. As I have the joy, I need Christ's presence now more than in a long time. But I have to take it by faith because I have little feeling of Christ or Christmas this year. 
>> 
>> Jim Handsfield 
>> Sent from my iPhone