Be longing. The space between these two words caught me standing at the threshold of Advent…be…longing…
How do the two words invite you in?
Be longing
Mystery
“What is our life on earth, if not discovering, becoming conscious of, penetrating, contemplating, accepting, loving this mystery of God’s, the unique reality which surrounds us, and in which we are immersed like meteorites in space? “In God we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28).” ~ Carlo Carretto, Letters from the desert
What are your doorways into God’s mystery?
Gratefullness
“As we learn to give thanks for all of life and death, for all of this given world of ours, we find a deep joy. It is the joy of trust, the joy of faith in the faithfulness at the heart of all things. It is the joy of gratefulness in touch with the fullness of life.” ~ David Steindl-Rast
Where are you fully alive?
Resting place
Be still and know that I am God.
How do you rest and connect with God?
Tears
Grief is,…, a powerful form of soul activism. If we refuse or neglect the responsibility for drinking the tears of the world, her losses cease to be registered by the ones meant to be the receptors of that information. ~ Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow
What grief activates your soul?
Hope
Hope is an orientation of the Spirit,
an orientation of the heart.
It transcends
The world that is immediately experienced
And is anchored somewhere beyond the horizons. ~ Václav Havel
How do you orient toward hope?
With the Eyes of the Heart 