tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post5250971425875791506..comments2024-03-22T03:21:52.628-04:00Comments on Reading, Teaching, Learning: Spiritual Journey Thursday - MERCIFULHolly Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-50638150180613602252016-04-08T20:35:59.715-04:002016-04-08T20:35:59.715-04:00There are some wonderful videos on Water for South...There are some wonderful videos on Water for South Sudan's site. http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/<br />Some other water organizations that feature good resources are:<br />http://aqua-africa.net/<br />http://water.cc/<br />http://ugandanwaterproject.com/media/video/Holly Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-37636650673884739802016-04-07T18:05:45.296-04:002016-04-07T18:05:45.296-04:00This is exactly what mercy is about. I'm so g...This is exactly what mercy is about. I'm so glad you had this amazing experience. One of my students, a second grader watched a video about water shortage on Wonderopolis. He became interested in this issue, so I told him about your project. We cannot do anything this year, but next year we could organize a walk. Can you send me some video suggestions for my young student? Thanks.Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-83645680612803751882016-04-07T13:05:05.330-04:002016-04-07T13:05:05.330-04:00I wish I could claim it, Carol. I never make my o...I wish I could claim it, Carol. I never make my own images/posters. ;-) I should have put a link to the source, but I forgot, and now I can't find it!Holly Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476411667354933648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-87731662409742006642016-04-07T11:08:29.110-04:002016-04-07T11:08:29.110-04:00Thank you for sharing this very real and gut-wrenc...Thank you for sharing this very real and gut-wrenching example of MERCY. I can hardly imagine working through mixed emotions to come to the place of forgiveness that Salva did. It reminds me of the story told in The Hiding Place, of how Corrie Ten Boom met one of her former guards (was it a guard--I think so, or at least someone with whom she had had dealing during the war) and struggled to even shake his hand. Such mercy needs deep work!Violet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-89292250319320569962016-04-07T09:38:23.981-04:002016-04-07T09:38:23.981-04:00Thank you for sharing my OLW with the SJT communit...Thank you for sharing my OLW with the SJT community, and for honoring that word by showing it in action, as you describe in your post. Salva's words reminded me of Martin Luther King's. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." Though MLK was influenced by Gandhi, as the son of a preacher and a preacher himself, King was influenced by Jesus' tough teaching about loving one's enemies and praying for one's persecutors, too. The kind of forgiveness that follows Jesus' teaching is tough, indeed. Being merciful when everything in our being calls out for revenge is tough. We are blessed to have had amazing witnesses of the power of that kind of mercy; what some misinterpret as wimpiness is holy meekness/not weakness. Blessed are the merciful; thank you for your beautiful graphic reminder of that beatitude.<br />Congratulations and every blessing, too, on your new home! May it be a merciful dwelling place for you, your friends and relatives, and the Lord Whom you so faithfully serve! Thank you for all the OLW's you enabled us to explore this year. God bless you!<br /><br />bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026321265922677556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2752544695499885154.post-63047455987415663382016-04-07T09:37:11.609-04:002016-04-07T09:37:11.609-04:00Holly, I agree that Salva's action is an amazi...Holly, I agree that Salva's action is an amazing journey of merciful love. Thank you so much for the Beatitudes' poster. I was thinking of writing that until other messages came to me. What app did you use to make the poster because it is stunning. Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.com