WATCHWORD:
I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. Isaiah 43:19
Meditation:
A Conversation with God
Some time ago, my daughter found this conversation with God on a Facebook page and passed it on to us as our Meditation for today. It was written by John Roedel and it is such a good and appropriate message, and so I share it with you. As you read this, keep in mind, this is you and God having a conversation.
Me: Hey God.
God: Hello…
Me: I’m falling apart. Can you put me back together?
God: I would rather not.
Me: Why?
God: Because you aren’t a puzzle.
Me: What about all of the pieces of my life that are falling down onto the ground?
God: Let them stay there for a while. They fell off for a reason. Take some time and decide if you need any of those pieces back.
Me: You don’t understand! I’m breaking down!
God: No – you don’t understand. You are breaking through. What you are feeling are just growing pains. You are shedding the things and the people in your life that are holding you back. You aren’t falling apart. You are falling into place. Relax. Take some deep breaths and allow those things you don’t need anymore, to fall off of you. Quit holding onto the pieces that don’t fit you anymore. Let them fall off. Let them go.
Me: Once I start doing that, what will be left of me?
God: Only the very best pieces of you.
Me: I’m scared of changing.
God: I keep telling you – YOU AREN’T CHANGING!! YOU ARE BECOMING!
Me: Becoming who?
God: Becoming who I created you to be! A person of light and love and charity and hope and courage and joy and mercy and grace and compassion. I made you for more than the shallow pieces you have decided to adorn yourself with that you cling to with such greed and fear. Let those things fall off of you. I love you! Don’t change! … Become! Become! Become who I made you to be. I’m going to keep telling you this until you remember it.
Me: There goes another piece.
God: Yep. Let it be.
Me: So … I’m not broken?
God: Of course Not! – but you are breaking like the dawn. It’s a new day. Become!!!
Commentary:
Life is filled with unexpected pits and twists. What has been happening to you over these past two years ? Some of you put on weight – blaming it that on the Covid. Some have drawn closer to family, loved ones, friends – crediting your own need and your common sense. It seems that most of us have drawn closer to God and our faith – Thank you, Lord.
Truth – During this time, God matured us in our faith, in ways we could not have anticipated. We have drawn closer to the Word. We have changed in ways that bless the lives of others, and ourselves, even today.
In consideration of this topic, I recalled a passage from my book, Middle of Nowhere, that was released early 2022. In this Christian fantasy I have mortals living their lives, while being observed by a panel of angels in training. In this excerpt, Bearers are the mortals, Great One is God, while Holy One is Jesus Christ.
“When the Reverend One and Guiding Source were mortals, they were husband and wife, just like these Bearers,” the angel-in-training Watcher said.
“That is exactly right,” Wise One (their teacher) said. “Their togetherness was blessed by the Great One.”
“And waiting for the Holy One’s direction, was a good answer,” one of the Watchers said.
“Yes, and that is a good answer, as well. Did you all hear that? They are waiting for Holy One’s direction! That is how they started to deal with the uncertainty that the Evil One planted. It is also a good lesson for all of you.”
The other Watchers nodded their agreement.
The light, there, reflecting our tomorrow, that light, is our Lord beckoning us to peace, day by day. Life in Christ will not be the same, it will be different in a bright, new way. Listen to that voice within, telling us of the doors He will open, and the spiritual food He will provide, and the graces that will abound. You are breaking like the dawn. Wait for the Holy One’s direction. Become! Be at peace, and know. Amen.
Closing with The Prayer of Saint Francis – Or Is It?
Many people, would consider the following, as a prayer of St Francis, would name this one, but it is not, in fact, by St. Francis, but comes from an unknown French source, and was first written around 1913. The prayer does capture the spirit of Francis.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
