As I sit today I feel as if I am soaking life in…in a different yet at the same time familiar way. Also, the realization stunned me in a new way that yes, yes, there is indeed such a thing as grace…it showed up in an unexpected way and in unexpected places. Subtle hints and memories from other times and places yet refracted through a new prism so the colors are new and vibrant. Bob Dylan’s lyrics from I Believe In You, come to mind (btw…he was singing this to Jesus):
Don't let me drift too far
Keep me where you are
Where I will always be renewed
And that which you've given me today
Is worth more than I could pay
And no matter what they say
I believe in you…
Another thought that occurred to me this morning is that it is in loving the imperfections in each other that life becomes beautiful. And it is not that I have figured out how to do this or even done it well at all, it is something to strive for, to someday do well “…here and there and now and then…” to borrow a phrase from Paul Tillich. In life perhaps that is all we can hope and pray for, the, “…here and there and the now and then…” – hope.
After putting my thought about soaking life in today and that there is grace on Facebook a friend put Isaiah 43:18-19 as a comment to it, this is what the text says:
Forget about what's happened; don't keep going over old history.
Be alert, be present. I'm about to do something brand-new.
It's bursting out! Don't you see it? There it is!
I'm making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.
Listened to Brandi Carlile’s song, Looking Out and these lines spoke to me in a refreshing way and with an acute clarity:
I know the darkness falls on you.
And it’s just a point of view
When you’re outside looking in
You belong to someone and when
You feel like giving in and the coming of the end,
Like your heart can break in two,
Someone loves you.
Not sure what all this means except for maybe today, in these moments of time, in the momentary lapse of becoming, in the peace of being, if however transitory and fleeting - love won…as a good friend keeps reminding me – the sun will rise tomorrow and as he texted me this morning, “Another day of possibilities! What a ride eh?” Hmmm…
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