I loved this and just wanted to pass it along. If feels very appropriate for the season:
I love the plough that
opens up the earth, lays bare the soil where seed can fall. It matters
little that the widening wound of earth still hesitates, uncertain of the
nutrients it has to offer falling seed. The seed is sown, the wound of
earth closed up again. The broken soil becomes a womb, a sheltering tomb
of life protecting what must die to live. We wait then for signs of life:
the stem, the leaf, the bud, the fruit or vegetable to wend its way from dark
to light. The image of the plough opening the soil to welcome seed offers
us a metaphor for the human heart. The heart too must be prepared, readied
to receive its daily seed. No more looking back!
I love the Word of God that pierces
the human heart, lays bare the soul where seed can fall. The sower's
passion invites the heart to receptivity. The sower looks not back to see
if the heart is worthy. Sower and plough become one. With
contemplative awareness they trust the widening wound of the opening
heart. This laying bare the heart's good soil is a moment of
readiness. She or he who receives the seed of the Word of God receives
also the silence of the Word and waits to be transformed. No more looking
back!
I love the disciple who allows the
heart to be pierced. Obedient to the piercing Word and broken heart, the
disciple learns to wait, trusting the Word to die and live within the heart's
good soil. The disciple's heart becomes a sheltering womb and tomb
for what must die to live. I love the one who is transformed into a
disciple by surrendering to the Word of God. Rooted in obedience to the
Word, there is no more looking back! (Abide by Macrina
Wiederkehr)
By the way, Abide by Macrina Wiederkehr is a really good book! Just sayin'.
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