Dear Friends,
The following poem/prayer came through my email last week. I find myself sharing it with others and today I thought of you. Steve Garnaas-Holmes writing to us from Vermont, often touches truth with a gentle, and very real hand. I am grateful for his gift and share here his imagery about our souls: “the soul stands steadfast, a rock unmoved by tides,” our “deepest root, draw life and hope there,” “and surely in our shining light the way.”
Take your time dear friends, find the lines or images that speak to you of your soul, of your connection to the world that we inhabit. With Pastor Steve’s inspiration, claim and cultivate the relationship between your soul and your awareness, “return then, child of God,” to the truth of who you are.
With love, I extend my prayer on this new day. With hope, I stand and say, “yes.” Lisa
Soul
Crowds shift this way and that—
schools of fish, mumurations of birds;
politicians scurry, thrust and parry—
some noble, some selfish;
armies move; empires briefly burn;
history changes costumes;
movements spasm; ages turn;
some try to steer the flood.
But the soul stands steadfast,
a rock unmoved by tides,
a tree of life that seasons visit and depart,
whose grace endures, unfaltering.
Though we may claim or fear to belong
to a hundred other empires,
we each stem from that tree alone,
and in that life are one, and are at peace.
Return, then, child of God, to your deepest root,
draw life and hope there, light and mercy.
Our longest tale may end in woe or glory,
but we will shine with grace from now till then,
and surely in our shining
light the way.
Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net