the desolate

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; 
break forth into singing, and cry aloud, 
thou that didst not travail with child:
for more are the children of the desolate 
than the children of the married wife, 
saith the Lord.  Isaiah 54:1

Good Old Gal

Julian of Norwich 

First there is the fall, and then there is the recovery from the fall. 

And yet both are the mercy of God.

We live in this and yet.