Seek the welfare of the city
where I have sent you into exile,
and pray to the Holy One on its behalf,
for in its welfare you will find your welfare.
—Jeremiah 29.7
I hear you. The urge to distance yourself,
to renounce, to escape.
You want to move to Canada.
But there is no escape.
Your hands are on the levers.
Your name is on the casings.
And there is no distance. You are one.
Doubt the illusion of separation.
The stranger’s wholeness is your wholeness.
Friend, I need you here, where you are.
This is what I’ve been preparing you for.
All that talk about taking up your cross? This is it.
I have sent you here with all my love,
love: which is courage for another.
The world’s pain is natural; your presence is my grace.
I am with you. They are all with you.
Not in the outcome, but in your connection,
is your salvation.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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