The Mercy Bowl

Of course, we won't become vulnerable enough to connect unless we learn to trust over and over again. Einstein is said to have claimed this to be the most important question: "Is the universe a friendly place or not?" The spiritual experience is about trusting that when you stop holding yourself, Inherent Goodness will still uphold you. Many of us call that God, but you don't have to. It is the trusting that is important.

When you fall into such Primal Love,

you realize that everything is foundationally okay.

~R. Rohr

The Gift

Lord, in my time of pain

Restore my soul again.

Humbled and weak, I stand.

I need your love.

Lord, in my deep despair

I wonder, are you there?

And through a wordless prayer,

I seek your love.

And it’s always there,

always there

Like the sea, like the air

Reaching out, fully free

Will I claim it for me?

Lord, in my brokenness,

Amazed, I must confess,

To find in gratefulness

Your love for me.

And it’s always there,

always there

Like the sea, like the air

Reaching out, fully free

Simply gift to me.

 (February 19, 2001)