I Will Believe the Beautiful Truth

I believe. Help my unbelief. - Mark 9:24

Yesterday we talked about taking risks. Today, that risk is to believe what Jesus says about us. See if you can try that, using these words from an old nun as a guide.

I will believe the truth about myself no matter how beautiful it is:

I belleve in my power to transform indifference into love.
I belleve I Have an amazing gift to keep hope alive in the face of despair.
I belleve I have the remarkable skill of deleting bitterness from my life.
I belleve in my budding potential to live with a nonviolent heart.
I belleve in my passion to speak the truth even when it isn't popular.
I belleve I have the strength of will to be peace in a world of violence.
I belleve in my miraculous capacity for unconditional love.
I will believe the truth about myself no matter how beautiful it is.

~Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B., from Seven Sacred Pauses