OUT OF THE DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT

I accepted the challenge from my brother and my cousin to pay attention to the political race this past year.  That meant being a part of the world’s system a bit more than I cared to be.  After all is said and done my response is what I kind of knew it would be…”Is this as good as it gets?  Is that all there is?”

I felt like I had lived these past months in a coal mine and as I cam out into the light and fresh air, I was covered with soot and needed to be washed off from the inside out.  My mind was muddied and cluttered, and my mood was dim.  I kept listening and waiting for the Recall to my contemplative life.  It has come and I am responding to the life I love to live.

I don’t fit in the “In” crowd; I don’t fit in the “Progressive” crowd.  I don’t fit in either the “Conservative” or “Liberal” crowd.  Let’s face it…I don’t fit in the world and that is more than ok with me.  I am getting back into my way of being with the world, which is more prayer than participation and I am feeling much lighter.  As the dark gets darker in the affairs of the world outside me, the Light gets brighter inside my soul and my spirit. 

I am happy to return to my quiet life where I can clearly hear that still small voice that gets lost in all the booming voices in the air waves of the world; the world where everyone speaks but no one listens; the world where God’s voice has been drown out and isn’t even missed by many. 

I have been overwhelmed with a sadness that God has been ignored, abused, and disrespected by so many people, especially by those who claim to know Him and be His children.  They are missing so much and aren’t even aware of it.  This hurts my heart, but it is nothing new.  Jesus was born into such a world.  He negotiated it and taught His followers how to negotiate it without succumbing to it.  I am learning by following Him as He walked through this world not to judge or condemn but to only love and pray for others.

Myself…I am recalling myself back into my life of contemplation and inclining my heart and ears not to the media and social networking, but to His voice, the one I have come to know and love so well.  It is there and there alone where I will find Truth.

God and His Kingdom are where I fit; my home and my dwelling Place is in His Presence.  I am tuned into His words and I wait upon Him only.   That might not be “In” or “Progressive”, but it suits me fine.  When I think about it, I am a Regressive…Back to the ancient paths.  I’m fine with that.