Violeta Altmann

Category: Spiritual

  • In her grief and longing, she worships.

    In her grief and longing, she worships.

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    Then Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the Lord;    in the Lord my horn is lifted high.My mouth boasts over my enemies,    for I delight in your deliverance. “There is no one holy like the Lord;    there is no one besides you;    there is no Rock like our God. “Do not keep talking so proudly    or let your mouth speak such arrogance,for the Lord is a God who knows,    and by…

  • Hope ahead

    Hope ahead

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    Despite all this flexible time, do you feel spread thin? We nearly found a rhythm. Some even made the very best of this sheltering in place. Check out this perspective https://polylogos.eu/blessing-in-disguise/ I spend more than an hour (sometimes three) every day coordinating Jackie’s online school activity. Printing materials, checking her work, scanning, uploading it online,…

  • My hope is in the Lord

    My hope is in the Lord

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    I wait upon the Lord New season I put everything out of my mind and delighted in the blossoming nature, the breeze, the smell of flowering buds.  This Spring feels spectacular; it’s quite enchanting and in deep contrast with the reality of the world economy and health care system.  Ivy refused to call us for…

  • Wait for the Lord

    Wait for the Lord

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    “but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 Most translations use the wrong word. It’s not merely hope or trust. WAIT is something we all do or have to…

  • Faith does not exclude the plea for justice.

    Faith does not exclude the plea for justice.

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    Adopting is like building a house. The procedure is complex and it involves many specialists. It takes time and commitment. But every chapter can and should be tackled efficiently and with a sense of urgency. It says so in the law. The eagerness to move into the new house is valid and justified. The eagerness…

  • Conversation with my Father

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    -“I don’t think we can endure 30 more days of separation” I cry out-“Sure you can!” says God with Fatherly patience, smiling at me, as clear as day. (Those who hope in the Lord     will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;     they will run and not grow weary,     they will walk…

  • If not me, then who?

    If not me, then who?

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    I was born responsible. As the youngest child, that’s rather strange. Quite Unusual.  On the other hand, I know I’ve been well cared for, because I know how to rest in the care of trustworthy people. I know what good leaders are, intuitively.  So I speak up. Though I was the quietest kid throughout my…

  • What are we waiting for?

    What are we waiting for?

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    We’re wait-experts. But waiting is not a good place to be in. The best place to be in is the present. Even if you’re tempted to label it as terrible. It’s not terrible. It is what it is. But our mental suffering occurs when we cling onto the past or the future. Our life lesson…

  • Poem of the present

    Poem of the present

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    Don’t envy me.Don’t pity me. Just pray if you will. Let’s! Reach out your heart. Our aches are different. I’m sure. There’s no comparison No competition Together though we can allow the pain we create with our mind To pass through As we acknowledge it We let it go. Intense suffering of any kind Can…

  • Puterea Prezentului

    Puterea Prezentului

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  • Beauty in the storm clouds

    Beauty in the storm clouds

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    The silver lining. I love the silver lining. As I sense a wave of embracing the present all around me, that sweet acceptance that allows the mind to clear. Although not much has changed yet, in our current situation, I find this worldwide quarantine to be an excellent experiment of the mind, an X-ray of…

  • Thoughts from isolation

    Thoughts from isolation

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    Understanding the stages of grief is a start. But whenever I talk about the stages of grief, I have to remind people that the stages aren’t linear and may not happen in this order. It’s not a map but it provides some scaffolding for this unknown world. There’s denial, which we say a lot of…