S05 Episode 19: Restoring the Beauty Recap

Abiding Together

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today on the Abiding Together Podcast, Sr. Miriam, Michelle, and Heather recap their conference on restoring the beauty with special guest Fr. Josh Johnson. We talk about the four themes of our weekend and how this applies to all of us at every stage in our spiritual journey. We also discuss what it looks like to have restored hearts, femininity, hope, relationships.

One Thing We Love this Week

Sister Miriam's one thing - Book by Dr. Conrad Bars I Will Give Them a New Heart
Michelle's one thing - Being together
Heather's one thing - Her husband Jake (also the incredible Hannah Van Noort)
Fr. Josh's one thing - Fr. Lucio Choi & Heather's family

Discussion Questions

Fr. Josh said that when we allow Jesus into our painful places that he will not hurt us, he will only love us. What does this stir in you?
Sometimes we can brood and focus on our pain or lies more than the truth. What does this do to your heart when you do this? How can you change this pattern?
The word restore means to stand again. What is a part of your life that you would like the Lord to raise you up, to stand again?
Where in the garden of our souls is Christ present, but we don't recognize him?
What is one area from your childhood that God wants to restore in you?
What does it mean to restore the beauty in the Church?

Journal Questions

God asks us, "would you let me love you in your deepest shame and vulnerability?" Journal your own prayer response to this question.
If we are in relationship with Jesus and know his voice, we can better perceive where he is in challenging moments in our life. Pause and reflect on where Jesus is right now in the difficulties of your life.
How is God asking you to restore the beauty in yourself and the Church?

Quote to Ponder
"How many times in our life is Christ present in our garden, in our soul, but we think he is the gardener?" - Sister Miriam

Scripture for Lectio Divina - Lamentations 5:21
"Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return; renew our days as of old."

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Abiding Together podcast in partnership with Ascension.
0:11.4	Abiding Together is a place where you can find connection, rest and encouragement on your
0:16.2	journey with Jesus Christ.
0:17.9	My name is Sister Miriam James and every week I am joined by two of my dearest friends
0:22.2	ever.
0:23.2	Heather Kim and Michelle Benzinger, what you're going to find is we're three normal women
0:27.0	who are on the journey who laugh, we cry, we have all kinds of adventures and our heart
0:31.7	is to share our love of Christ with you, our friendship and all the beautiful and broken
0:35.9	places that we encounter.
0:37.7	So you are most welcome to join us on this journey.
0:40.5	Grab a cup of coffee, get settled in and welcome home.
0:45.7	Hello and welcome to the Abiding Together podcast and we are actually all in the same
0:50.6	time zone.
0:51.6	We're all at the same table and we have a special guest who we shall introduce to you.
0:56.8	We will let him talk.
0:57.8	I can barely contain myself.
0:58.8	I don't know.
0:59.8	I don't know.
1:00.8	Because we just have been together for a conference called Restore the Beauty, which Heather
1:05.4	put on.
1:06.4	So you want to talk a bit about that of how amazing that was and what a wonderful, absolutely
1:10.0	graceful weekend for all the women in Canada and the US who came to our conference.
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