Utterly In

I am completely and utterly in God, I cannot fall out of God, I am imperishable.  “Who shall separate us from the love of God?” we can then ask with Paul the mystic: “neither death nor life, height nor depth, neither present nor future”.

                     Dorothee Soelle

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there are days when one feels completely and utterly

alone

 

surrounded perhaps by people

spouses, children,

loved on by pets

 

but still

 

there is that sense of isolation

as the huge gears of the cosmos grind on inexorably

 

as evil people with malignant intent use their power

to control and abuse

 

as people make choices that violate the common good

and wallow in toxic individualism

 

as the globe burns

and a virus spreads

 

and while misery loves company

in our misery we often simply feel

alone

 

not just alone

but helpless and the hopeless

impotent spectators

 

and yet, and yet

all that is sacred

the energy and imagination that brought everything into being

 

is in us

woven into the fabric of our being

 

and we participate in this power, the energy, this love

 

God is in us

We are in God

 

we are completely and utterly in God

we cannot fall out of God

we are

 

imperishable

of at least (since our bodies are quite perishable)

this bond, this connection

this love

 

is imperishable

and we, who we truly, fully are

at our core, are also imperishable

 

and we are never alone

never parted

from the love of God

 

the storm may come

the storm may rage

we may be tossed about

caught up in the chaos

 

but Love is always there

with us as the tempest rages

to calm

and see us through