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Inspirational Sermon Illustrations on Healing
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Mending is an Act of Courage
Mending is an act that requires courage. To mend can be to repair a relationship, as described in the line above from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. In this splendid play, Benedick and Beatrice carry on what’s often described as “a merry war” with each other, and toward the play’s end, Benedick advises Beatrice to follow this pithy trifecta: Serve God, love him, and “mend” their fractured bond by forgiving.
…My mom taught me how to sew when I was six or seven, and it’s a skill I use regularly. Threading a needle, making a knot at the end, and letting strong fibers of thread hold a torn item back together: It feels like a little satisfying feat of magic. Soon after Pope Francis was elected, the world learned of his affection for both a devotional practice and a baroque painting titled Mary, Untier of Knots.
Painted by artist Johann Georg Melchior Schmidtner around 1700 in Augsburg, Germany, Mary, Untier of Knots shows Mary patiently untangling knots out of a long white ribbon. Smoothing out the knots, bringing some order to a small thing like a knotted ribbon or a torn sock: The small act of mending and untangling can give us a sense of resolve for the larger complexities and challenges.
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