I had a great conversation this weekend with a young friend about his work on a suicide hotline. One self-depreciating, but powerful thing he said, “all we can do is talk. But it helps.”
It sure does. So many people don’t have meaningful conversations. They don’t feel heard or affirmed. It is lonely.
Our talk reminded me of my Uncle who once told me, “people want to be known.”
Think about it, who really knows you deeply? Who understands those thoughts you have that are guarded behind private eyes?
Psalm 19: 12-13 "But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults.
Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me.
Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression."
Freedom of soul and spirit requires being known. If no one truly knows you, there will always be a part of you that feels like it is living in secret. That is where the dark things develop.
You start with God, and if you are lucky, (and it’s worth the risk,) you have one or two others in your life who truly know you.
Finding Room For Love And Forgiveness
Learn And Grow, Ignore Or Fade Away
I Was Mad, So I Crawled
Into The Tree Line
The Psychology of Forgiveness
Free Yourself And Forgive
Spring, To Life
Shall We Be Blessed?
On The Road, Because It's The Right Thing
Ask Not, or Baaah!, That Is The Question
On Heaven Is Real, Be Heard
Heard On The Radio Today, Family or Career?
Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives
Rule Breakers Or Law Abiding Citizens?
Judging Ourselves By Mass Incarceration
The First Amendment And Publick Traytors!
Tiger Could Be Us
Get Dirty And Live!
A Moment For The Little Things
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Life After Ministry
Cast The Word
Let Me Be Frank | Bishop Frank Caggiano’s Podcast | Diocese of Bridgeport, CT
The Bible Recap
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)