Week 3. Day 1 – Hope See with Two Eyes

One Hope. Above all. Through All. In all.

There is one body and one Spirit,
 just as you were called to the one hope of your calling,
 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all,
 who is above all and through all and in all.
 Ephesians 4:4-6 


She waits quietly, 
 Huddled against the storm
 Holding fast, 
 Hidden within the chaotic clamor.
  
 She sits through rattling thunder,
 Gale force winds, flagging trees
 Remaining inside the darkness.
 Calm. Present. 
 Unseen within the tormented soul.
  
 She stirs closer in the final stillness,
 Slowing approaching through the tears,
  
 Leaning into the sighing,
 Joining the agony of the pain unwilling to leave.
  
 With two eyes she ponders
 Through the pause of the quiet,
 Hope emerges.
  
 One eye remembers past storms.
 Acknowledging the pain, darkness, wind, chaos.
 Aware of survival 
 Moving into living;
 Living into resilience;
 Resilience into loving;
 Loving into life.
  
 And with the other eye, 
 She invites a future vision.
 Feeling a healing breeze.
 Smelling a scent of freshness.
 Sensing a glimmer of light on the horizon
 Watching a flower pushing through the rocks,
 Hearing the call to dance, 
 Bidding come.
  
 Hope abides. 
 Hope awaits. 
 Hope affirms tomorrow.
 Again. And again. 
 And yet again. 


 
 Breathprayer:
               Breathing in:   Abiding Hope
 Breathing out: … encourage our lives.

 Reflection:  Remember a difficult time when hope broke into your life. 

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