#AdventWord #Shine

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I Have Come To ShineI have cometo take you by your hand,and bring you to myself.I have cometo shine your wayas you walk this path.I will make you guiltless,I will make you fearless,then I will place you in thebrightest point in the universe.I have come like a breeze of springto your field of flowers,so I can hold you by my side,and embrace you tight.I have cometo take you by your hand,and bring you to myself.I have cometo shine your wayas you walk this path.Like the cry of lovers,I will help you reach theroof of heavens.From the dust of the earth…

#Safety #AdventWord

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I have just learned of a Jewish woman named Etty Hillesum.* She was held for a time at the Nazi transitional concentration camp Westerbork, then ultimately died at Auschwitz. While she was at Westerbork she kept a diary, and the excerpts I have read convey a woman of extraordinary spiritual maturity. She found safety in the arms of Divine Love even as she was fully aware and embraced the reality of her situation, a reality surely among the most precarious and horrific humans have ever experienced. I believe she understood what I have been groping towards for years, namely that…