Word for Today: Borderlands
Thresholds, liminal space, being on the edge, living in the borderlands when we have a spirituality that is committed to exploring these rich places, is the opposite of comfortable, safe, secure, boundaries, rigid, and unquestioned.
—Christine Valters Paintner, The Soul of a Pilgrim: Eight Practices for the Journey Within
Reflective Question: Can you acknowledge that you simply don’t know what is to come? Can you allow yourself to surrender to something bigger and more meaningful, even as it calls us away from familiar patterns that are loved?
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2 Responses
BORDERLANDS
“Open my eyes that I may see
Your presence, Lord, about me.”
(From Border Lands, The best of David Adam)
Courage, little one. I am with you always.
“borderlands”
breathing in
we say yes
answering the call
of our hearts
breathing out
we step into
the unknown ~
with deep gratitude