Collect the weeds to be bundled, Matt 13:30
As a yoga teacher, I am charged with exhorting a ‘how to’ pray in order to follow the marching orders we receive from scripture. We each have streams of energy in ourselves called koshers from mental, physical, emotional, spiritual/breath, innate wisdom and at the center or core, rests our pearl of great price– Jesus HimSelf whom we have invited to be King, guide and Lord.
The yoga practice is one way to collect the weeds by drawing our attention to one moment and breathing into the body new space to allow ourselves to be seen by El Roi. Holy Spirit’s one main role is to convict, not condemn. In those moments of presence, we are often challenged to see the ways our life, our behavior and way of seeing do not align with the gospel. Ah!! A few weeds to bundle and burn. Keep going– breathing, moving and letting go. In our busy lives, we have difficulty gathering those weeds and handing them over.
This morning Holy Spirit showed me that we often speak of Jesus as receiving His marching orders from His Abba and look where that got Him! But I was seeing anew– my Daddy and his Daddy desire for me to allow my inner child to not simply behave but to PLAY. I don’t know about you, but I had to become the adult in the house really young and I desire to live following my Creator who is my husband as a lover, a dancer, an enchanter.
I’m going to be looking for more examples in the gospels of seeing Jesus as playful and not simply taking His very difficult marching orders. We are the ones who are guilty of killing God with our spewing hate and fear-mongering. His Father is all about redeeming what we get caught up in.
I bundled up some weeds in my teary prayer time. Here you go Daddy- I thought you were mostly about giving me my marching orders. Let us enjoy feeding the sheep, washing the feet. Thank you for placing a song in my heart as I go about my very ordinary day.
You are a GOOD Father to me!!
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