Wednesday, May 21, 2008

My dear God,

Traversing the spiritual landscape with friends is a glorious activity that leaves everyone to ponder the magnificence of God's presence in our lives. Together we are defining darkness and light. We are not satisfied with small, pat answers to looming questions.

As in a cave adventure we are searching for gems of truth, allowing your spirit to search us out. We are using our pick ax to tap at stones, opening them up, seeing what they have to say to us. It truly is an adventure, an exploration of the deep. How refreshing to let go of the small talk, acknowledging that this conversation is the most important of all conversations.

Entering into a world so seldomly intentionally visited, I find myself welcoming the opportunity to share sacred mysteries I have encountered in my own journey. I think of those persons who have assisted me in this wondrous pilgrimage. How grateful I am to my spiritual partners Susan and Bill and to the Carmelite sisters who ooze spiritual love for Christ. My relationship to them is closer than to my own brother and sisters. They were born with me; these are born into me.

The sojourners of my church are hungry for what is next. They are not afraid to turn over stones knowing the stones may contain a challenge or a truth seldom seen or experienced. They know the risks of opening one's self to become vulnerable; yet we together are not afraid because the sum of what we find impacts all our lives. We are not on a casual trip; we are serious seekers and we like it.

But more importantly than who we are and what we are about, it is you we travel to visit. It is you we seek. It is you we want to know more about. It is you we long to touch. It is you we want to live our lives with. It is you we want to sing our love song to. It is you, Lord, it is you.

We'd crawl
to find you.
On hands
and knees
in the darkness
we go looking
for you.
Like adventurers
with our magnifying glasses,
we search
and find
treasure
every week.
We are so blessed
because
in you
we are able
to bless you.
It just works
that way.
Glorious,
positively glorious.

Love to you always, Andrea