You quieted me. I came to you with fears, finally willing to acknowledge them to myself so I could speak them to you. How you comfort me. How gently you receive me. How sweetly you remind me of your Presence, drawing me into that still center where I am free to simply be, where I rest in your goodness, your greatness, your love, where I know, again, that you are … [Read more...] about Quieted
Archives for July 2014
Gratitude
“Thank you. Thank you,” she’d say, offering her soft spoken hymn of praise to you with each step she took. Ninety seven, clutching walker, while I held onto her, she walked in thankful wonder like a toddler taking first steps with glee. Each step a gift, counted. Walker steadied and grounded her body in motion while her thanksgiving steadied and grounded her spirit in the here and now … [Read more...] about Gratitude
This Life
This life I claim as mine, hold onto and defend, is a gift, entrusted for a time, given, breath-by-breath by you. It is a vessel carved rough and beautiful for you to pour yourself into and overflow from, for your joy and mine and others. It is a gift I cannot truly receive, you whisper repeatedly, until I release my grip and let it go to you. Help me as I open … [Read more...] about This Life
Washed Up
You ask to wash my feet, as you disrobe and kneel before me. You wait, looking up at me. Joy dances in your eyes. I cannot breathe. Everything in me threatens to break loose, melt, flow, in the warmth of such tenderness. Your kindness undoes me. Your naked love disarms me, inviting me to bare all, too. If I say yes, the great flood of my longing, my need, my pure joy will break … [Read more...] about Washed Up