{"id":393,"date":"2009-05-14T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/05\/fresh-morning-strength-within-lifes-trials.html"},"modified":"2009-05-14T05:00:47","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T05:00:47","slug":"fresh-morning-strength-within-lifes-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/05\/fresh-morning-strength-within-lifes-trials.html","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Morning: Strength Within Life’s Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sun1.jpg\"<\/span>Our sister blogger Therese Borchard<\/a> recently shared a beautiful reflection from her morning meditation book. It’s from Jesuit priest Jean-Pierre de Caussade, and this part of it really touched me:<\/p>\n

“Even that which most upsets our spiritual plans turns into something
\nwhich is better for us. Remain firmly attached to this great principle
\nand the most violent storms will be unable to disturb the depths of
\nyour soul, although they may agitate your emotions which are, as it
\nwere, its surface.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the whole post<\/a>, and share: Do you think of emotions as the “surface” of the soul?<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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