I like these lines from Poem 561 (HT: Mockingbird)
The Grieved – are many – I am told –
There is the various Cause –
Death – is but one – and comes but once –
And only nails the eyes –
There's Grief of Want – and grief of Cold – A sort they call "Despair" –
There's Banishment from native Eyes –In Sight of Native Air –
And though I may not guess the kind –
Correctly – yet to me
A piercing Comfort it affords
In passing Calvary – To note the fashions – of the Cross –
And how they're mostly worn – Still fascinated to presume
That Some – are like My Own –
Desire Without Ceasing: How Longing Fuels a Life of Prayer
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[image: Desire Without Ceasing]
This very desire is your prayer, and if your desire is continuous, your
prayer is continuous too. The apostle meant what he...
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