Why are we
in such a hurry,
To get
everywhere,
Why is
everything a scurry,
Without the presence of care?
Why is it
natural,
To be
blown by the wind,
When all
we need to know,
Is we’ve comprehensively sinned?
Why do we
push things,
To the
point where we scare,
Why do we
stay in conflict,
When frustration’s what we bear?
Why do we
not wonder more,
About this
wonderful life,
What is it
about it,
That cuts like a knife?
Why do we take
helplessness,
When the
answer’s right there,
Why do we shun
hopefulness,
Which is to know divine care?
Why do we
not instead,
Take the
divine lead,
Putting
the self to bed,
In surrendering to feed our need.
Coming prayerfully
into the Presence,
Of the
Holy Spirit inside,
That’s to
know Divine essence,
A journey to revelation we ride.
The Journey Into Divine Revelation
Gaining access to the spiritual
life is patently simple, but increasingly hard to achieve in our busy day. What
is never easier becomes paradoxically hard. We make it hard in the ways we
complicate our lives, even conceding that our lives are complicated, sometimes
beyond simplification.
We may not realise any sense of
God speaking to us, realistically, without jettisoning the selfish,
preoccupied, prideful, and busy self. We need to empty ourselves of ourselves—even
momentarily. When we get away from all the noise of life, and there are simple
ways of doing it every day, we do receive little glimpses of this divine
revelation that can set our lives on Fire.
This fire is of transformation. It
is a miracle. It is something we cannot affect, unless by inviting God through making
ourselves available through surrender.
When we are surrendered, and God
has our fullest attention, even if for minutes, our hearts and minds are opened
to receive this revelation that would inform us in ways to set us spiritually
free. This is no painkilling injection for the soul. When we inhabit this
spiritual space all that is truthful is able to be borne—in mind and in heart.
We do not shirk the truth, but we peacefully rest beyond the pain of it. The
truth and the pain may be present but they do not affect us. There is a simple
courage of faith we are living at this time.
***
The God-present spiritual life,
where we are open to divine revelation, is the answer to all our woes. When we
open our hearts and minds in ways to surrender ourselves to the wonder of life,
even within pain, we can experience the peace of God that transcends our
understanding.
© 2012 S. J. Wickham.
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