I woke up to a filtered view from the 28th floor. Today’s filters were a heavy marine haze infused with dust. It was, in many ways, incredibly peaceful. There was a heavy quietness as I stood on the balcony. The tall apartment buildings were covered at their base, slowly revealing themselves as I looked skyward.
With a dominating quietness wrapping itself around me, cool, moist, and ever so salty, I could hear Life’s whisper challenging the release of my heart and soul. The call was not to just release but to abandon my efforts and embrace the Divine gift offered to every being in each moment.
I do not know how others hear and respond to this invitation. I can imagine but it is just my imagination. I relisten to Paul’s own words resonating in the silence around me. “God’s way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: ‘The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives.’ Ignoring God Leads to a Downward Spiral.” (Romans 1.17)
The lesson for me this morning is to trust in greater love, a story told through the lives of the community. It is told in acts of compassion, expressions of faith, and through each unconditional gift of forgiveness and acceptance. In life’s best moments, I find myself believing. Far more frequently, I am holding on as tight as I can, hoping beyond hope that Divinity is reaching back to make up for my fears, uncertainties, and doubts.
The choice to believe or not often occurs within my heart. As much as I think it is made without notice, there are telltales left in my voice and actions with others. In the reflection of the day, I can see my acceptance of Divinity’s embrace playing itself out with a kind voice, listening ear, and patient demeanour. Invisible Divinity made visible. Divinity appears unseen and unknown. In my faith, I know otherwise. She is alive, restoring, and recreating; gifting unconditional love to all who are willing to accept.
