Writing has always been from a solo perspective, from living a life on my own, and sitting with those feelings without speaking to anyone before writing them down. Yet this perspective has changed in the last months with the entrance of an amazing man in my life, spending time with him and now looking forward to our wedding in the later part of the summer. The shift inwardly has caused me to talk more with my beloved than to writing it down on my blog!
Yet writing and blogging those thoughts is an expression and activity that will continue and be revived, coming from the place of partnering in a way that has taken me totally by surprise! I have been sitting with those changes in this period of time walking towards our committment day of partnering together for life.
In the embracing of these changes I have also treasured the solitude moments in Holy Presence in a new way, knowing these minutes will be shared differently.
This weeks meditation from A Mystical Heart by Edwina Gately draws one into the reality of change, the embracing of Holy Presence, and the wonder of how redemption is unfolded:
Whatever happens to me in life
I must believe that somewhere,
in the mess or madness of it all,
there is a sacred potential -
a possibility for wondrous redemption
in the embracing of all that is.
For in the unfolding of my journey,
in all its soaring delight
and crushing pain,
I may be sure that God is there -
always ahead, behind, below, and above,
encompassing all that befalls me
in a circle of deep compassion.
And there,
above the darkness
that wraps me round
the bright wings of the Dove
hover and beat
in gentle healing love
and invitation to
New Rising