Meditation in Eastertide ~ Friday, Week 3 '24: Our Turn to Rise Again and Again

April 19, 2024 ~ Friday, Week 3 

The mythical Phoenix

  rising from the ashes of its previous life 

 

I get knocked down

But I get up again

You're never going to keep me down

~ Chumbawamba**

 

If there is anywhere on earth a lover of God who is always kept safe, 

I know nothing of it, for it was not shown to me.

But this was shown: that in falling and rising again 

we are always kept in that same precious love.  

~ Julian of Norwich*

 

Dear God of Skinned Knees, Bruised Egos, Grieving Hearts, Pain-Filled Bodies, and Damaged Souls,

       I've been hit hard here and there ~ more than some, less than others ~ and then life goes on in its way until the next bump, or fall, or smack-down and I pick myself up, dust myself off, and life goes on again. Some days, though, I do have to fight back the not always fears of what's next while the world turns on its axis, the sun rises and sets, and the seasons change. I know You are here with me, I don't know how I would have gotten this far without You. And as long as I have breath within me, I will try to remember to turn to You in those inevitable times. But, could you give me a nudge now and then? Sometimes I need a shove to get myself out of the dark. Better yet, send me off to help someone else, there's always someone hurting far worse than me ~ then I'll get out of my own stuff and let Your light shine. amen.

 

*Julian of Norwich [1342-ca 1416], was an English Anchoress ~ a hermit who lived in, and was sometimes permanently enclosed in, a small cell attached to a wall of the church ~ whose life consisted of daily devotions, prayer, devotional reading, and writing. She is considered to be one of the most important mystics in all of Christianity. Her manuscript of Revelations of Divine Love - also known as the Short Text - is thought to be the oldest surviving book written in English by a woman. She is probably best known for her words that with God, "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well."

 

**Chumbawamba ~ a British Rock group, released their most popular song Tubthumping in 1997. Perhaps not the most elegant of tunes or lyrics, but their line above has always kept me going!

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