someone asked me a while back what I really had faith in - what is past all the words and the opinions, what surfaces at moments of exquisite joy or pain that cuts deep. not what I say or what I claim - not all those distractions or battles or false choices.
what do I have faith in is.
us.
it is really that simple.
us is where my faith lives.
in the lovers' caress after some fight or long night.
in a meeting where recovery is reclaimed after a fall.
in a fight or argument where the topic is secondary to the flash that entangles us.
in a lineage that goes back & forward, side to side, raining down from a cloud if witnesses whose experiences & discoveries are a current that carries us along.
in a truly unique work of storytelling - LOST - where the finale reminds us that "The hero is the community, the living together."
in a community of faith where life weaves us together, an unlikely communion, grace made visible & present in spite of, not because of.
in a family where edges & scars make the mosaic rich & pulsing.
us.
what ever God is, God is the connective membrane, the tether, the path, the root structure.
God does not come into us - God is us, hands held, limbs entangled.
God is the network - we boot to God, not locally - what I know is thrown in with everyone else, in some stew where the smells & tastes are far beyond any one contribution.
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Posted by: Kirstin | Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Oh so beautiful! God is love and we each have the capacity to spread love, give love and so very important, accept love
Bless you Bob for sharing your journey with us
Posted by: Ann Carlton | Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 02:44 PM
beautiful.
Posted by: db | Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Reminds me of "God is the good we Do", a book on Theopraxy. Love the idea that God is the collective good and that the more good we put into the world, the stronger God becomes. It is us. True dat.
Posted by: Sean Ramsey | Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 08:43 AM