Meditating to Heal

Be as a Child

 

We rest in God’s love the way a newborn rest on its mother’s breast, realizing warmth, comfort, and security.

We grow in our love for God as we experience our mortal lives. We do not know what to do with our pain and suffering; we are unable to understand why evil should visit our doorsteps. God doesn’t bring this pain, suffering, and evil; God comforts us and is with us, supporting us, strengthening us to survive.

Even though we cannot see God, we love God; we rejoice in the glory of God’s goodness. This is something we cannot think about; God does not live by the intellect; God lives by the heart, the core of our lives. We enjoy peace from our troubles only when we feel the glory of God’s love. Our lives test us; God tempers us with patience, kindness, and gentleness. These are the elements of our existence.

We entrust our lives in God; for it is She who gives us everything we have. When I look at my grown children with families of their own, I remember the perfect gifts they are from the time we first received them to our present days. Our children are given to us, because God trusts us. Let Her see us in the glory that She created us. We may be shaken by life, but we are secure in our God dwelling within us. She asks for love; then gives us shelter and security.

 

 

What Spirit?

 

Invisible;

a refuge to believe in.

Life,

always a part of me.

Protected,

chosen because of who I am.

Love,

His feeling of closeness.

The paths of life are His refuge.

May I live my life in that refuge.

May I not be separated

from this path.

 

Reflection for Today’s World on Proverbs 3:

 

Keep God’s commandments:

love God; love others; love yourself;

these are the ones that count.

Trust in God with all your being;

discover Wisdom and understanding;

they are life-long companions.

Understand, She is trusting,

more precious that gold.

She is honor;

Her ways are of peace;

She is the tree of life.

God’s Wisdom founded Earth;

walk safely in Her light,

do not stumble.

She is your confidence;

She is your glory.

Mary at the tomb

trembles with fear.

“My lord is gone;

What have they done?”

Peter comes;

lacking faith,

returns home.

 

Mary weeps

before the angels

fears the presence behind.

“Why weep?”

“Rabbouni!”

Mary sees . . .

 

We visit the tomb;

find emptiness.

We fail to see

the presence,

who lives within.

 

We are comforted

by this presence,

by this love.

We live in this embrace

heartened by the warmth

of this blessed embrace.

 

 

 

 

Why has thou forsaken me”

 

I come to Your cross,

solemn and fearing.

In Your pain,

have You forgotten us?

Are You too busy

restoring Your life

and forgetting ours?

 

You are our savior,

but we feel abandoned.

 

In this covid pandemic,

I fear for myself,

for my family,

for my friends,

for all others.

 

With death all around

can You heal us?

As You healed Lazarus?

As You healed yourself?

 

I pray for forgiveness;

I pray for relief from loneliness;

I pray for guidance;

I pray for love.

 

 

 

Gifts

 

God has blessed me

with the heart of a teacher.

I sustain the weary

with my prayerful words.

I stand with others

in our struggles,

in our damaged society.

Let us persevere

on the race before us

to live in the glory

and light of God.

 

Songs of Moses, Jesus, Martin

 

Moses sings,

“I will sing to the Lord.”

Listen, follow

God’s words

Manna from heaven.

Believe, forgive

Jesus on the cross

Forgives and cries

“why have you forsaken me.”

Martin prays

“I have a dream.”

Live in God’s light,

follow and listen,

forgive and believe,

live and love.

This is all that is asked;

sing and dream

God does not abandon.

She lives within us . . .

always

A simple prayer

 

You brought me

from my mother’s womb

to serve my brothers

and my sisters.

At times, I ignore

Your message

and follow

my own path.

All this time,

You are the rock

of my refuge,

but I do not recognize You

in the shadows.

For many years,

I lived outside

of your protective fortress.

You brought me

into the light,

allowing me

to again become

a child of Your light.

I am no longer trying to hide from You.

 

As You brought the Israelites

From Egypt,

from the horrid slavery

of the Pharaoh,

through the Holy Spirit,

you free me

from the spiritual slavery

of modern society.

I fill my lips

with your praise,

with your glory

for the remainder

of my days.

 

 

Glory Revealed

nature surrounds with beauty

a snow-capped mount

a river-blessed valley

every inch exalted

a regal condor sharing fresh air

with a tiny garden gnat

a kingly elephant

trembling from a stinging bee

a blue whale balleting

with a school of anchovies

every creature blessed

from a tiny atom

to a massive Jupiter

all share in being blessed

why do we destroy

the glory revealed

 

Poor in Spirit

“In the beginning was the Word,

And the Word was with God.”

He was born into poverty,

and with the poor He toils.

His spirit is eternity,

no beginning, no end.

His light shines within us,

bringing comfort and grace.

We cry to him from the depths

of our depression and our plight.

We are poor in spirit,

except when we find

His presence in our lives.