Dear Friends in Christ -
Yesterday, I was thinking about leaving things behind. Today, on this first day of the New Year, I am thinking about turning toward new things. For me, transition is NEVER easy, whether it's moving across the country or turning the corner into the new year. I'm not sure why this is . . . perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I spent the first 18 years of my life in one tiny rural community. After that length of time in set rhythms, any newness just rattles my being a bit.
As I've felt the new year rattling in me, I've had this image persistently before me: the image of the time in the Sacrament of Baptism when the baptizands and sponsors turn to face the darkness, renounce it, and then turn to face the light. This process of turning takes only a minute, but it's clear and intentional. It's the outward and visible act that marks an inward choice.
Interestingly, as this image has played over and over in my mind like a little video, the "video" ends with turning to face . . . pure light: tender, lively, warm, inviting light.
I haven't yet settled on a New Year's resolution. I have several things I need to do this year: do a better job a taking care of my body; take care of some financial issues for my family; get my Christmas cards out; and more, and more. But I've decided that whatever I resolve to do, it has to be something that pulls me in the direction of that light. Making the resolution that takes me toward the Light will be the right one for sure - and it will also be the one I'm most likely to actually keep!
Blessings of the Light to you in this New Year!
Faithfully,
Janet+
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