Meditation – April 17, 2009

Posted on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Scripture: The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. Ecclesiastes 1:5-7

Prayer: My first response to these verses is Oh, well. Bring me a deeper meaning.

Response: A stage is set for you and you are invited to participate. All nature is assembled and performs its parts flawlessly even in tumult; and you are asked to speak your truth against this glorious backdrop. These verses are not to convey what’s this life all about anyway? You are invited to take in the harmony and allow it to influence, to balance your own inner harmony.

I am sure you haven’t missed that you too rise and set and do hurry back – you are called home. Yes, there are times you are the wind blowing to the south and then the north – but even the wind calms and returns on its course. You are the young stream dashing against the rocks, then boulders, until you reach the open water – and then ascend once again.

See the cycle as a rhythm in life, and most especially in your life. It would almost be better – in fact it is better – not to dwell on photographs of the past as on storms of the past. Be present to now and filled with expectation of today – be it the sun about to rise, the wind shifting directions, the stream discovering a new channel to journey. And even if I am asking too much of you, it doesn’t matter; the movement and harmony of life continues with or without your awareness.

All for this morning.

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