Thank you for providing this sacred moment. It was absolutely beautiful. It was so instructive too, as I am wrestling and wrestling and wrestling with opposition having a place in the Divine experience. My life is a daily torture of opposition and has been to an intense degree for over a decade. But your words ring true to me: "It is in the pairing of the transcendent with the painful that I find the fullest truth." It is in my darkest night, when in the pains of the labor I am called to suffer I find Jesus. Waiting for me there.
i'm hesitant to break this beautiful spirit by even writing anything. But, The spirit continues to move… I am often inspired by contemplating all the many cultural elements to the context of Mary and Joseph's ordeal. but, I confess I had not thought about the embodiment of love and courage and endurance in this way. Yes, I have taught about the physiology of childbirth in my classes, but to overlay that with the birth of our savior is glorious. At once, Mary was saving Him and He was saving her. perhaps it is that way for all parents and children as they make their way through the blood and bones of this mortal life. Having never experienced childbirth, tonight, I bend the knee to all of you who have and a big thank you to our authors for taking the time to make such sacred space for the rest of us.
Thank you for providing this sacred moment. It was absolutely beautiful. It was so instructive too, as I am wrestling and wrestling and wrestling with opposition having a place in the Divine experience. My life is a daily torture of opposition and has been to an intense degree for over a decade. But your words ring true to me: "It is in the pairing of the transcendent with the painful that I find the fullest truth." It is in my darkest night, when in the pains of the labor I am called to suffer I find Jesus. Waiting for me there.
"And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own,
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known."
i'm hesitant to break this beautiful spirit by even writing anything. But, The spirit continues to move… I am often inspired by contemplating all the many cultural elements to the context of Mary and Joseph's ordeal. but, I confess I had not thought about the embodiment of love and courage and endurance in this way. Yes, I have taught about the physiology of childbirth in my classes, but to overlay that with the birth of our savior is glorious. At once, Mary was saving Him and He was saving her. perhaps it is that way for all parents and children as they make their way through the blood and bones of this mortal life. Having never experienced childbirth, tonight, I bend the knee to all of you who have and a big thank you to our authors for taking the time to make such sacred space for the rest of us.
Thank you, Mary. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Ola. Thank you, sharer of these words.
Thank you for this beautiful message and meditation. Truly a gift and fully appreciated.
Beautifully written.