Tag Archives: Psalm 23:3

The Path of Wholeness

Posted on May 25, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

You make me whole again,steering me off worn, hard paths.–Psalm 23:3 (The Voice, adapted) A part of me gets pretty loudwhen space isn’t given to others,equality isn’t honoured,feelings are dismissed,or fear is preached. I squirm in my seat,anger prickling.I want … Continue reading →

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Release, Receive and Return

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Esther Hizsa

For days after I heard how my words wounded another, I was visited with the recurring judgment that I was a bad person, an unsafe person. I was shrouded in shame until God found me through a Lenten reflection on … Continue reading →

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The Right Road

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Esther Hizsa

But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And … Continue reading →

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Invited to Love

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Esther Hizsa

This is the fourth post about what happened on my 8-day silent retreat in July. If you haven’t read the previous ones, I encourage you to do that before you read today’s. I pray with Psalm 51 again, trying to … Continue reading →

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