I am a wanderer. I would say that I am a seeker, but sometimes I have no idea what I might be seeking, so I will stick with wanderer. This blog is more a public journal than anything. I don't claim to have life figured out. I simply stumble from mystery to mystery, and share my reflections along the way. Sometimes I feel burdened, and trudge. Sometimes? Well sometimes grace breaks through, and its time to dance.
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Both / And
We melt a little each day.
The candle burns down.
And it may wonder at times, it may wonder:
What will become of me?
What will happen to my precious flame?
Hafiz
Life is a paradox O God
I wish it were not so
For life in the eye of a paradox
is a tumultuous and puzzling thing
It is a life of tension
Law and freedom
Light and Dark
Giving and receiving
Good and Bad
New and Old
always that tension is there
lurking
that "both / and"
and rarely an "either / or"
And yet in that beautiful tension
is growth and life
for as we give we receive
and as we learn how to receive we find
paradoxically
a new ability to give
In sinning we learn about forgiveness
In our awareness of our weakness, we also learn of strength
In our failure we learn of hope
And the darkness only makes the light stronger
Life is a paradox oh God,
thank you that it is so!
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