[Magdalen] Life's blessings

[Clarissa Canning]

Oh I hate those type of ghost and I know I still carry them somewhat.  They
cause me to come to same conclusions, unless I remember to ask God to go
thru those with me. Glad you found some blessings.  It hard writing a
sermon when the cloudy day is getting to me, but my theme of persistence is
persisting.

On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The last day or so has brought news of deaths, some closer than others,
> one being our student spiritual adviser at Trinity, a fine elderly man who
> was firmly in my corner and even wrote to the Bishop to protest my
> rejection.  Anyway,   these things raise the ghosts.  So this morning
> seeing on FB that a classmate will be an assessor at ACPO pressed my
> buttons, even as I was lifting her in prayer.  I have an awful lot of
> unfinished business tucked away behind my defences and this one got past me.
>
> What a blessing then, to be toddling along to the Rectory for Morning
> Prayer, a new introduction, just the three of us at this point, and HAVING
> to carry on regardless of snotty nose and tears which overflowed unbidden.
> The best medicine.   I am beyond grateful for the presence of our priest
> and his partner, and the twist in life that has brought me to this.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim   ... todayt my sail I lift ....
>
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