Prepare the way of the Holy One,
make straight the paths of God.
—Luke 3.4
Mary, waiting for her child, is powerless, patient,
dependent on a greater movement—
not uncertain, but also not in control.
Like waiting for the sunrise.
Waiting for God to appear in a new way.
Yet waiting like Mary is not passive,
but preparing, being transformed.
The “way” of God is not elsewhere,
some road God needs to enter the world.
God enters by the unlikeliest path,
through the least accessible means.
The Mystery will enter as Mystery wills.
So maybe to “prepare” is not so much waiting
for God to appear as changing how we see,
becoming ready to see God in new ways.
And God enters the world through us.
So waiting with Mary, we are waiting
as God transforms within us.
We are the way God is preparing.
How are you preparing yourself
to be the way God enters the world?
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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