Musings on Love and
Loneliness
Scripture: For with the Lord, there is steadfast Love – Psalms 130:7
Before, my loneliness was like a deep gash that was constantly
bleeding. Now, it is more like a sweater that I’m wearing on a warm day in
early spring. I want to take the sweater off because it’s warm and the heat
makes me uncomfortable but I don’t dare remove it because I don’t want to catch
a cold. My loneliness keeps me safe from love sickness and heartache. And yet,
I want to know and be known. I want to love and be loved.
I miss Love.
I speak to Love from time to time. I tell Her that I miss Her, I invite
Her back into my life.
I believe it is sort of a
prayer.
And when love shines forth in my life like the sun on a hot August day,
I will shed my sweater of loneliness and dance naked in her light. Until then,
I will wait.
Uncomfortable, but safe.
And for that I thank the Lord. Amen.
The Reverend Tiffany Thomas
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