may 01 2016

so I just begged God to teach me to feel love again
and then I typed "Maastricht" into the tumblr search bar because cz is becoming devoted to Mary as Star of the Sea and there's a very old basilica to her there and

the beauty of God's creation
there's something about the netherlands that is so lovely, all these photos,
it looks like the indigo spectrealms and the underground areas
but it's so gorgeous, I started tearing up,
and I realized GOD'S LOVE IS EVIDENT IN HIS CREATED WORLD TOO

I keep thinking this world is "lost" and therefore "evil" and it's making me miserable
but God did not create anything bad.
"and He saw that it was Good"
capital G, like in Dream World

but

it worked, he answered me immediately.
thank you God. all praise and glory and honor and adoration be to Your holy name and face mysteriously glimpsed in the revelation of Your created works.
may we here below always seek You with our hearts above. may we see your glory reflected here and through it learn to love You in your undiluted beauty in the world beyond.
may we love both You and the place You have put us in.
may we help bring Your Kingdom to fruition on this earth.
grant us the courage and integrity and devotion to love You alone, but without rejecting Your works. grant us the wisdom and discernment to associate only with the Good in this world, for it is plentiful here even among the shadows.


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