Because many of my posts are a sharing of something I have read, the fact that I haven't been blogging is a good indication that my reading has lagged as well. Again, there is no good reason other than "I've been busy..." (and who isn't busy, so that's really not a good reason). And so I return...
Turning again to the poetry of the mystic Hafiz, I came across this gem:
I am happy even before I have a reason
I am full of Light even before the sky
Can greet the sun or the moon.
Dear companions,
We have been in love with God
For so very, very long.
What can (we) now do but
Forever Dance!
When is the last time you felt like dancing? When were you so filled with joy or love or peace that the only fitting response was to kick up your heels, spin and twirl, and fall to the ground laughing? Has it been a while?
Remember the Spirit's word to the church at Ephesus: "I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance...I also know that you are enduring patiently and bearing up for the sake of my name and that you ahve not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first" (Revelation 2:2-4).
I know that when it seems like my dancing shoes have gathered dust, when it feels like my relationships are becoming hard work, when I find myself engrossed in simply going through the motions, it's because I've abandoned my first love - God.
Been there yourself? Felt the same way? What has been your response? Let's chat...
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