Weekly Inspiration (9/6/24)

“ When crying for help, we may think we’re getting God’s attention, yet God is already attending to us. God is waiting for our attention. ”

Br. Luke Ditewig
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Poem of the Week

by Steve Garnaas-Holmes

You are doing a hard thing.
Few people imagine what you're going through.
It may appear heroic, or it may not look like much—
a personal struggle, or caring for someone,
or grieving, or maybe just aging—
but it takes heart and strength and patience.
There is much you have had to surrender.
It is sometimes exhausting, sometimes lonely.
But you are not alone. You are accompanied,
held in the bosom of the One who also walks this road,
who bears the prayers of all who have come this way,
for they are one with you.
Unseen, you are fed by the Spirit,
sustained by an energy of love,
the power of a hope that is greater than you,
a heart who treasures you, who lifts you, who includes you,
who believes in you.
You are doing a hard thing.
But it is the Infinite One in you who is working the hardest.
Let yourself be carried.