October 29. It had been nearly a year.
Nearly a year since she’d found herself on the edge of unbelief. She’d known her part… and then found it meant nothing, because that part had lacked love, had lacked heart.
Nearly a year since she’d found herself on the edge of unbelief. She’d known her part… and then found it meant nothing, because that part had lacked love, had lacked heart.
“Far off hymns and funeral marches, sound the same again… my
ears are worn and weary strangers, in a strange land, and I need a new song,
yeah, I need a new song… And all I am is breath and vapor and shadow, and all I
have is what I need, this I know… that I need a new song… yeah, I need a new song…” (Audrey Assad, "New Song")
She found a new song – and with it came incredible journeys she still didn’t understand. Maybe she never would. Not in this life, at least.
And then, in the midst of one of those journeys, a storm hit – nowhere near hurricane grade, but enough to knock her out of equilibrium. She’d found difficulty in weathering the storm, and spent several weeks reeling, trying to hold on, trying to keep her head above water, and just when she was ready to let go and slip beneath the waves, a stronger hand pulled her back. She was ashamed of her failures in weathering the storm so poorly, but at least ready to start moving forward again.
It’s a learning process, she reminded herself. Learning to love past emotion, and learning to keep the faith, even in the dark.
+Peace and good.
Prayers for all of my friends in the midst of the hurricane on the East Coast – may God’s protection be with you!
She found a new song – and with it came incredible journeys she still didn’t understand. Maybe she never would. Not in this life, at least.
And then, in the midst of one of those journeys, a storm hit – nowhere near hurricane grade, but enough to knock her out of equilibrium. She’d found difficulty in weathering the storm, and spent several weeks reeling, trying to hold on, trying to keep her head above water, and just when she was ready to let go and slip beneath the waves, a stronger hand pulled her back. She was ashamed of her failures in weathering the storm so poorly, but at least ready to start moving forward again.
It’s a learning process, she reminded herself. Learning to love past emotion, and learning to keep the faith, even in the dark.
+Peace and good.
Prayers for all of my friends in the midst of the hurricane on the East Coast – may God’s protection be with you!
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