[Magdalen] Bishop Wright on today's psalm

[Sally Davies]

Lovely, thank you Jim. I will take this thought to work with me
tomorrow...it sheds light on what I value most about hospital work, those
"whole hearted" moments with patients and/or their families. And the thing
is, those moments are very free. Not free from feeling (good or bad) but
from a sense of being "in charge", of being the one who must make something
happen or not happen.

Sally D

On Sunday, 1 February 2015, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:

> Wholehearted.
> Wholehearted moments seem increasingly rare. Is it the multitasking and
> the perpetual haste? A poet said, "I will give thanks to the Lord with my
> whole heart in the company of the upright." No polite thank you there.
> Wholehearted moments align us with the heart of God. They move us from
> Thank you God for the blessings of this life to I have a glimpse of your
> heart, God, through what you do and how you do it. They move us to delight
> in what God delights in and to love what God loves.
> A wholehearted moment softens our hearts and points us towards each other.
> This is why bigotry, estrangement and violence are all examples of
> halfhearted existence, which is an offense to God and diminishes living for
> us. What is the story of Jesus but God revealing God's whole heart?
> Psalm 111
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> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
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> Jim Handsfield
> jhandsfield at att.net <javascript:;>
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