On my April calendar there’s a saying by Macrina Wiedekehr, a wonderful contemplative whose readings I’ve come to appreciate.I stand before what is
And dwell in possibilities.
This beautiful sentence holds so much. As a realist, possibilities are not usually a part of my life vocabulary. But I am drawn to this phrase, and hope to discover some of what it has to offer.
Sitting in quiet in my daughter’s apartment recently, I was drawn to the moment-to-moment beauty of this phrase. As I encounter each moment, I have the opportunity or possibility to turn away or to engage, to wound or to encourage, to be false or true, to withdraw or to show love.
As I stand before what is—God’s extravagant love and grace, I want to live and move and have my being in that reality, and in each moment seize the possibility that flows from that experience of love.
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