"This, then is our desert:
to live facing despair,
but not to consent.
To trample it down under hope in the Cross.
To wage war against despair unceasingly.
That war is our wilderness.
If we wage it courageously,
we will find Christ at our side.
If we cannot face it,
we will never find him."
Saturday, 21 May 2011
I will lift up mine eyes
Lunch a few days ago at a rather nice country house hotel surrounded by the hills of the Brecon Beacons:
I'm not sure about the rather alarming notice by the hotel's outdoor swimming pool, but at least the scenery gives me an excuse for some patrimony:
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