Holy transition. The structure of my days is completely different than it was a month ago. Where I go, who I interact with, the activities I am involved in, have shifted. My days look very different. I talked about this the other week with my spiritual director. She asked me how I was experiencing God in all the transition. I don’t recall how I answered then. That hasn’t stuck with me. What has stuck with me is the question that came up for me later.
Here’s the thing about these conversations. We invite the Spirit to show up, and she does. And then she continues to hang about even after the conversation. Later that day, or maybe it was the next day, this question came to me – clear, gentle, curious:
How is God holding me right now?
How is God…
with me?
loving me?
strengthening me?
encouraging me?
supporting me?
comforting me?
How am I experiencing God’s tenderness?
I didn’t have an answer right away to these questions. Over the following days, whenever this question came back to mind, I still didn’t have an answer. Not one I could articulate well. The question itself was helpful, even though I couldn’t write anything in the blank. The question itself reminds me I am not alone. It begins with the assumption that God is holding me. Directing her tenderness toward me. Comforting me. Encouraging me.
The question also reminds me God is with me – right now, in the present. It reminds me the time to connect with God is this moment. I can connect with God for this moment.
So, how about you?
How is God holding you – right now?
Rachael