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Poets & Saints · September 23 · 5 min

It's All a Gift

Scripture James 1:17 (NRSVUE) Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights. Refrain It's all a gift. Quote Julian of Norwich, from Revelations of Divine Love "And in this he showed me a little thing, the quantity of a hazelnut, lying in the palm of my hand, as it seemed. And it was as round as a ball. I looked upon it with the eye of my understanding and thought, 'What may this be?' And it was answered generally thus: 'It is all that is made.' I marveled how it might last, for I thought it might suddenly have fallen to nothing for littleness. And I was answered in my understanding: It lasts and ever shall, for God loves it. And so have all things their beginning by the love of God." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Scripture

James 1:17 (NRSVUE)

Every generous act of giving,

with every perfect gift,

is from above,

coming down from the Father of lights.




Refrain

It's all a gift.




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Julian of Norwich, from Revelations of Divine Love

"And in this he showed me a little thing,

the quantity of a hazelnut,

lying in the palm of my hand, as it seemed.

And it was as round as a ball.

I looked upon it with the eye of my understanding

and thought, 'What may this be?'

And it was answered generally thus:

'It is all that is made.'

I marveled how it might last,

for I thought it might suddenly have fallen to nothing for littleness.

And I was answered in my understanding:

It lasts and ever shall, for God loves it.

And so have all things their beginning

by the love of God."

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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