Dearly Beloved,
Grace and Peace to you.
What will it profit you to gain the whole world
and forfeit your life?
Indeed, what can you give
in return for your life?
—Mark 8.6-37
To be truly alive
is to be fully, freely, lovingly present
in this moment,
drinking in the grace of God
and pouring myself out in love
for God and for all beings.
What do I gain
by abandoning this
to be right,
to get my way,
to be comfortable,
to manage how people think of me?
When I win the argument,
protect my beliefs, defend myself,
when I judge another
and put them in their place,
when I separate myself from those
who suffer pain or injustice,
when I buy another trinket
for my heart’s little room
and close the door,
what have I lost?
I am not a body or a reputation
but a soul.
God of love,
open my door.
Let life spill in
and spill out.
Let me suffer and love,
truly alive.
Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
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