Sacred Wounds

all wounds are  potentially sacred wounds. It depends on what you do with them. Can you 
find God in them or not? 

                Richard Rohr





Things happen
life happens
we make mistakes
we get ill
people do things that hurt us



Things happen
and our lives are not what we thought they we would



and so we suffer

what is suffering?

suffering is “not being in control” (Rohr)

suffering is “the gap between what we think we want and
need and what we have” (Germer)

whatever it is 

suffering is real

God does not create suffering

we do

but the God within is willing be with us in our suffering

the God within is willing to partner with us
that we might transform our suffering
the sacred within is willing to love us, love us some
more
guide and nudge us

the way out of suffering is not an easy one
40 years in the desert
Stumbling in the valley of the shadow of death



But transformation is possible
out of all things good can come
out of all things good can come
out of all things good can come



(do I believe it yet?)

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Lord from ourselves deliver us

Lord from our suffering deliver us

Lord walk with us

In our suffering help us learn about ourselves

help us find you

help us transform our suffering into a sacred wound

that can bring the deepest kind of healing
to ourselves
and those around us



 do with our woundedness

what you did with the cross