Dear All of Us,
So, what do you think?
In our longing
for that one,
special, life-long
friend/mate,
do we wait it out,
wait to be sought out?
Or do we get out
and seek out that one,
special life-long
friend/mate?
YES
When it comes
to the God,
do we seek or
are we sought?
YES
Is it Abraham Heschel's
God's Search for Man,
or
Vicktor Frankl's
Man's Search for Meaning?
YES
It's the proverbial
twosided coin -
a unified,
complimentary
"two-fer"
all at once
In our spiritual desire for
The Ultimate, One, Special
Eternal Good God
We hurry up and wait.
Two Soul Sensitivities
at the very time.
Trusting that we are sought,
we wait.
All ears and eyes, heart and soul,
we seek.
Both necessary.
Each unique.
God seeks us.
We seek God.
That's what lovers do.
Both are an unfolding of
Love
God's and Ours
The seeking and being sought
can happen at the same time.
We hold a newborn baby
and sense God coming to us
and ourselves coming to God.
They can come about separately.
We are suddenly graced
as John Wesley was
that Pentecost Eve
when his heart was
"strangely warmed."
Sought
We read Richard Rohr and
find a contemplative
way to pray.
Seek
Sometimes we wait for one
or the other or both.
Sometimes we feel God
drawing us into moments of
profound, indescribable intimacy.
That's Soul Sought
At other times we seek God
in nature, in meditation,
in service, in........
That's Soul Seeking
Often we experience
being sought and seeking
in the same places and ways.
God "shows up" in:
prayer private and shared,
scripture,
the writings of mystics,
scientific research,
sharing,
caring for others,
love making,
a delightful dinner party,
Holy Communion,
great art and literature,
seeking justice for all,
a job well done,
in a simple kindness,
medical care,
a good education,
in our church,
at a State Park,
dancing and singing.
No matter
sought or seeking,
it's an unfolding -
sudden, slowly,
progressively, surprisingly,
a first ever, a regular.
One way and many
we hurry up and wait.
Forcing delays or destroys.
We don't try to get
a seven-year-old
to be a mystic on his
First Holy Communion Day,
but that could happen!!
God seeks us out
as God presents.
In our seeking
we find God
as God presents.
God just wants
our openness
and takes it from there.
Most basically,
God wants to be our
LOVER
There's a lot of surprise
to it whether it's
SEEK OR SOUGHT
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FOT REFLECTION
What does The Spirit
Soul Say
to us?
"For thus says
the Lord God:
I, I myself will search
for my sheep and
will seek them out."
Ezekiel 34:11
"You will seek me
and find me,
when you seek me
with all your heart"
Jeremiah 29:13
"Rest in the Lord and
wait patiently for him."
Psalm 37:7
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