Breathe

 

Breathe in the truth that like the Israelites before the surging, scary Red Sea ~ so each of us stand before obstacles and feel fear.  What obstacles do you face?  What fears surge within you? 

Breathe out the promise of God’s presence even here and now.

 

Breathe in the truth that the way is made by walking, sailing, stepping forward even when we don’t feel ready.

Breathe out the deep desire each of us have to know how it is all going to turn out.

 

Breathe in the truth that life is full of forward steps and backwards momentum.

Breathe out the feeling that it is all up to us to save the world or that no one cares or waving the flag of surrender.

 

Breathe and be in the Presence of God who still parts seas providing a way forward.

Breathe and be in the Presence of God who beckons us to be in these Exodus days trusting in a strength we need.

Breathe and be in the Presence of God letting the stillness and silence right now wash over you.

 

God of Exodus moments when our hearts break and souls ache and we find ourselves caught in doom and gloom, lead us away from living in cynicism, break us free from prisons of pain, call us out of the shadows of clinging to idealized past to be in the messiness of this present moment.  Not that we have the answers, but that with You, we find our way one day at a time.  Let our songs of hope inspire.  Let our willingness to love break forth.  Let our call to be Your people in these days so challenge and change us that we might be the “we” You call us to be.  Amen.