When Jesus had been baptized,
just as he came up from the water,
suddenly the heavens were opened to him
and he saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove and alighting on him.
And a voice from heaven said,
“This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”
—Matthew 3.16-17
Awaking this morning, you rise
out of the waters of Creation.
Today you walk across the Red Sea. You will drown,
and come to in a new place.
The heavens are torn open forever.
You can get there from here:
Heaven has spilled out into this world.
Live this day as if you are in heaven.
You are God’s Beloved, radiant with the image of God.
You belong, and have no power to remove yourself.
You are immersed in Christ, who heals you,
who accompanies you, who dies and rises in you.
You brim with Spirit, humming within.
Let her live in you. Let her sing. Let her fly.
Let her love in her infinite way. You can give,
for you have abundantly received.
Christ will go about the world now, healing and teaching,
blessing and serving, in your hands and ears and eyes.
The fire with which God will change the world
glows within you. Tend it.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net