In the November issue of ‘Raven’s Bread’ we readers were invited to respond to the following question for the February 2023 issue:
Do people find being in private vows liberating or do they find the lack of recognition upsetting? How were they professed? Who witnessed their vows?
Here is my response: When I read the question for the February 2023 issue, I was intrigued. I longed to respond, to say something, to have an answer. But I have never taken vows, private or otherwise. As I prayed on the question, it came to me that this might be something I want to do—privately, not publicly, perhaps with God as my only witness. But it is not what I want, but what God wants of me. I will know what to do by how often and with what intensity this idea of professing vows keeps coming to me.
www.ravensbreadministries.com
Do people find being in private vows liberating or do they find the lack of recognition upsetting? How were they professed? Who witnessed their vows?
Here is my response: When I read the question for the February 2023 issue, I was intrigued. I longed to respond, to say something, to have an answer. But I have never taken vows, private or otherwise. As I prayed on the question, it came to me that this might be something I want to do—privately, not publicly, perhaps with God as my only witness. But it is not what I want, but what God wants of me. I will know what to do by how often and with what intensity this idea of professing vows keeps coming to me.
www.ravensbreadministries.com
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