Greeting cards. Standard greeting for letters. No, I don’t want a “standard greeting” for 2005. Saying “Happy New Year” makes me think of saying “how are you” with a plastic smile and just as plastic a reply “fine thank you”. What is an authentic, deep, true greeting that came come from my heart at the beginning of yet another chapter of life?
At first I thought I would write just to my In the Tent sisters, but I need to include my soul sisters, my friends, my fellow bloggers, those who stop by to read out of curiosity and maybe those who hunger for some kind of touch to their soul.
Writing has not come easily in the last month or so. Was it because the well was empty? Reading Anj’s post Rain Reflections, thinking of laments, thinking of tsunami’s and digging deep inside, I conclude that the well is never empty. Perhaps it is just that I have looked for the easy and familiar rather than searching, seeking, following the whispers, the laments, the lilting jigs, and letting the window of the soul be open to a fresh breeze, a fresh flowing of Ruach in the soul.
The words of a song keep flowing through the ventricles of my soul/heart:
Today I choose to follow You and live. As they bring clarity, fresh wind and speak gently, I find the words I want to share as my greeting to you in this new year. There are words from the Word and then words from my heart.
But you belong. The Holy One anointed you, and you all know it. I haven’t been writing this to tell you something you don’t know, but to confirm the truth you do know, and to remind you that this truth doesn’t breed lies.
Let it sink into your life. If what you have heard…lives deeply in you, you will live deeply in both Son and Father. This is exactly what Christ promised: eternal life, real life!
…those who are trying to deceive you…they’re no match for what is embedded deeply within you – Christ’s anointing.
Live deeply. Live deeply in Christ
(1 John 2)
As we choose, as we feel, deep within, that we belong, we continue to listen to the music. At this moment I hear the lament of loss, tsunami sized losses. I hear the cacophony of noise that keeps us away from heart living. Within those melodies I hear the beauty of heartstrings that make the symphony of community. The melody of the sea whispers as it breathes upon the shore. I hear my heart humming “today I choose” and I know the Voice that is humming along with me. The Voice that says “I choose you.”
Today I choose to let you know how wonderful you are to me. Today I want to enjoy the intimacy with my “in the tent” sisters and my soul sisters. I want to let that fragrance of living deeply to go even wider. I want my melody of life to be one that will sometimes lend the harmony to those I am in relationship with, to those I make eye contact with on the street, to someone I have a brief conversation with or a long dialogue, and perhaps one day a mate. A ripple affect that goes way beyond what I can see or hear.
Today I choose to follow You and live
Il Signore ti benedica e ti guardi. Il Signore faccia risplendere le sua faccia verso te, e ti sia propizio. Alzi il Signore la sua faccia verso te, e ti stabilisca la pace.
Numbers 6: 24-26
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