Trust their guidance,
And let their light be enough for me."
~Joyce Rupp
This poem was handed out on the weekend by Margaret Silf. I am preparing for an Advent retreat day that I have been asked to facilitate. I feel as if images are slowly coming together for the day. I just caught these words now and they fit with what is also unfolding for my hopes for the day.
I love this line from it too: "There was a time before maps when pilgrims travelled by the stars." Many of us wish we were able to see more than a few steps in front of us. I have found lately that I am free to stand in the dim light of the journey and not know its outcome. This has been a huge freedom for me and I don't know if I can embrace the change permanently but I want to try.
Some people want to see the future and consult all sorts of mystics to do so. I want to continue to learn to throw myself in complete trust upon the One who knows what is ahead and loves me enough not to show me what will happen. I will wait for the stars, and trust in their light to be more than enough for me, even when the night seems darker than anything I know and scary because of it. Those moments are harder than these that I currently am in which seem more like nights where the snow reflects the moon and the stars so that it does not seem dark or scary. It just feels like I am standing in that in-between space of no longer and not yet and that the dawn is coming. I just need to keep my eye on the Star.
peace,
Suzanne
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