In the quietness of a new morning, I find myself adrift in my thoughts. As I sipped my coffee and looked towards Abu Dhabi, I am looking through eyes filled with fear, uncertainty, and doubt. It’s easy to get lost. The road to darkness is shorter than I imagined.
As my emotions and sight blurred, I realised the primary building in front of me was the Cleveland Clinic’s Fatima bint Mubarak Centre, a transformative centre for cancer diagnosis and treatment. With memories of cancer still fresh, in the juxtaposed reality of what I could see and feel, my heart went out to those in the arena battling for their lives. Whatever concern I had for myself faded into a prayer for those facing the uncertainty, pain, and awareness of their days.
In the quietness within, I could see their eyes and hear the cry of their hearts. “I have one request, dear friends: Pray for me. Pray strenuously with and for me – to God the Father, through the power of our Master Jesus, through the love of the Spirit.” (Romans 15.30)
To them as well as to myself, I found myself remembering and holding Divinity’s promises.
Divinity and love will always be with us. There is nowhere I can go that love will not be present, if only in my heart. There is nothing I can do to forever reject Divinity’s love. It begins with Divinity and extends out because of who She is. She will never leave us, even when evil seems to be prevailing from every direction.
Divinity and love are always wrapping themselves around us. This is more than just knowing. Divinity’s love can be experienced in the hope of a sunrise, the beauty of a flower, and most of all in the gift of the relationship of family and friends that care.
We are Divinity’s children. In my awareness, a certainty grows. I see hope with I look at the building. It is a hope born in the knowledge that every person who enters is loved, cherished, and known by Divinity.
