A Blog by Ann Yeong (2005 – )
Posts I make when pensive
I was never taught that if I were to enter a personal relationship with God, that I would be perpetually stretched to rediscover God again and again, or that my experience of God would keep expanding and breaking every mould I knew that could help me understand who “God” is. But that has been my […]
A little over 15 years ago, I went through an intense spiritual conversion in daily life. It didn’t take place at a retreat, nor was it facilitated by anyone. Over a period of 7 incredibly spiritually intense days that began with a sacrament of reconciliation and an unburdening of unforgiveness (of myself) of over 9 […]
That is why, even after the good advice and counsel of many, I can still say with Dante, “In the middle of the way of our life I find myself in a dark wood.” This experience is frightful as well as exhilarating because it is the great experience of being alone, alone in the world, […]
Many want wholeness but don’t want to wait. But what if wholeness only comes to those who have learned to wait? And what if waiting is not passive but includes the most full-hearted surrender of ourselves that we can possibly imagine? What if it means putting ourselves out on the line, but at the same […]
As my birthday drew to a close this year, it hit me that this year marks 25 years since the first time I asked God for my mission – the mission He created me for. 25 years since Christ responded with, “Are you willing to suffer for me?” 25 years since He tenderly yet very […]
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 “Can we get a cup of coffee sometime?” My heart sank when I saw this question come from yet another person who would like to talk to me about the work I do. I took a deep breath and […]
These are precious moments – those moments when I feel sad. Lost. Angry. Helpless. POWERLESS. These are the moments when I am reminded yet again that there are things I cannot change. Some things are beyond my will and control no matter how much I wish it to be otherwise. And from the many experiences […]
Sometimes the more restless the heart is to reach out to others, the more it needs to remain in solitude in order to become still. Without stillness, our reaching out is compelled by neediness and a grasping insecurity instead of fullness and freedom of being. So dare to remain in solitude, my poor restless heart, […]
My confessor and spiritual director once shared with me that when we notice ourselves growing in irritability and losing our equanimity and peace at an increasing frequency, it is usually an indication that something is going “off” in our relationship with God. If and when we notice this happening, we need to intentionally take the […]
A decade ago when I left my doctoral studies to enter full-time ministry, it took a lot of letting go of ego for me. In fact, it would have been impossible for me to do without supernatural grace. My heart and mind were full of fear of what not completing my PhD studies ‘said about […]
Journey of the Heart 