Through Stained Glass: A Mid-Week Reflection-some days

          some days  

          Some days are easier than others. Some mornings we want to get up on “right side” of the bed but that “side” is nowhere to be found. Some psalms can be annoying, with the psalmist giving thanks for just about everything, while we spill our coffee on the bed. Some walks are full of uneven pavement that causes us more trouble than tranquility. Some cups of tea are too hot, leaving our tongue as rough as a cat’s.

Yea, some days are just hard.

            Today was one of those days. The coffee didn’t take, the poems I read in the morning bounced off of me like a tennis ball to a wall, and my pen couldn’t fill the lines in my journal. So, I decided to take a stroll through the church and some how I ended up downstairs, the place where, well, only brave souls venture. I’m glad I walked down there because I unearthed from the dirt and debris a photo of Jesus that inspired the lines below.

            Behind the veil of dust, his eyes caught mine. And these words came to mind:

28 ‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’ ~Matthew 11.28-30

So I returned to my study and wrote:

Troubled?

Then stay with me, for I am not.

Lonely?

Then remain here with me, for I will keep watch.

Sad?

Then sit with me, for I will illumine you.

Angry?

Then walk with me, for I will show you peace.

Tired?

Then relax with me, for I will teach you to breathe.

Joyful?

Then smile with me, for I will listen to felicity.

Happy?

Then share with me, for I will delight.

Anxious?

Then grab onto me, for I will ease your mind.

Unsure?

Then listen with me, for I will reveal.

Thirsty?

Then drink with me, for I will refresh.

Worried?

Then stop with me, for I will slow you down.

Excited?
Then run with me, for I will be elated.

Hopeful?

Then create with me, for I will be awed.

Desperate?

Then breathe with me, for I will return you.

Hungry?

Then dine with me, for I will prepare for you.

Lost?

Then stand with me, for I will embrace you.

Concerned?

Then lean into me, for I will give you my Wisdom.

“The sun hears the fields talking about effort

and the sun smiles,

and whispers to me,

‘Why don’t the fields just rest, for

I am willing to do

Everything

to help them

grow?’

Rest, my dears, in

prayer.”

~St. Catherine of Siena

            May you find hope knowing you travel not alone today, but many, near and far, travel with you. May your faith grow stronger as God walks with you no matter the season. May you revel in love, embracing the good news that God welcomes you, not just some days, but all days, 

exactly

as

you

are.