tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509359853321953022.post3365354559248226396..comments2023-10-30T06:22:05.446-04:00Comments on The Cloistered Heart: Nothing Short of a CelebrationNancy Shumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584199691076992017noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509359853321953022.post-74408576814057132432015-02-27T20:20:46.656-05:002015-02-27T20:20:46.656-05:00Thanks so much!Thanks so much!Nancy Shumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584199691076992017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509359853321953022.post-3224725293649296222015-02-27T16:43:48.044-05:002015-02-27T16:43:48.044-05:00Yes, a great habit worth cultivating! This continu...Yes, a great habit worth cultivating! This continuous process of laying down one's self, or realizing I'm not!! I relate so well with the apprehension you expressed above. Thanks for saying it out loud. And I haven't been through the burning desert in bare feet yet. Good to be aware of during Lent; who are we serving? The Mad-Eyed Monkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01033013996246941498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509359853321953022.post-15389096082718537312015-02-25T21:34:28.054-05:002015-02-25T21:34:28.054-05:00:) !:) !Nancy Shumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584199691076992017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509359853321953022.post-86769725183030679342015-02-25T20:45:03.794-05:002015-02-25T20:45:03.794-05:00practice makes perfect, or at least easier, lol. ...practice makes perfect, or at least easier, lol. I will join you in working to develop this habit.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509359853321953022.post-55204623692644050962015-02-25T17:39:37.003-05:002015-02-25T17:39:37.003-05:00Thank you so much, Lyn. I love what you said about...Thank you so much, Lyn. I love what you said about placing the wrong person in the number one spot... oh my, yes!! And looking out for that number one (who's in the wrong place!) IS such a HABIT. Wouldn't be great to form a real habit of looking out for Our Lord's interests first and foremost? Now, that is a habit worth cultivating.....Nancy Shumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584199691076992017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509359853321953022.post-70439094844165517982015-02-25T13:43:22.876-05:002015-02-25T13:43:22.876-05:00Oh wow, Nancy! This is just what I needed today, ...Oh wow, Nancy! This is just what I needed today, I do this too...consecrate myself then find myself fretting about what the Good Lord will ask of me...LOL...talk about a divided heart! Don't we often find ourselves in that old habit of looking out for #1? Trouble is, we've placed the wrong person in that spot.<br /><br />LOVE LOVE LOVE the quote by St. Bernard. I will be making it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com