Scripps Sunday #107

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I wrote the following reflection last Friday after my spiritual direction meeting (the one that I almost slept through after taking you to the airport!). Kelli (my spiritual director whom I've been meeting with since the spring) asked me to imagine the Trinity in the room with me here in my office. It was a really sweet time marking this place as one where God meets me in my work and prayer and play. I wonder if you could do the same thing in your new space in your house....  

 

Father, Son, and Spirit,

help me imagine you in the room here with me.   

Let me settle in.

Give me the grace to breathe in the breath

that you have given me for this moment.

Let me tiptoe in this space

as I know might sneak up on the holy

here in my midst.

Let me peek over your shoulder

to see what you are up to.

Let me notice you, God, here and now.  

Show up in the objects and spaces here.

Be tea.

Be books.

Be emails.

Be photos.

Hem me in, behind and before you

and help me remember you at all times.

Let me sit on your lap

In the largeness of your love.

Let me experience the Spirit

blowing through this house

sweeping away all the things that

do not serve me or others or you well

and leaving the things that reflect

your delight.

Infuse this space with your grace.

Remind me that my labor is not in vain

because you have called me by name,

and you are with me.

 

This is a picture hanging in my office that I have overlooked for quite some time, but it was so sweet to have this as a part of my meditation.... 

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