Coming Soon- "Come to Bethlehem"

Guide Me

It's fitting that lately I have been contemplating action, and in receiving a new breath prayer this morning it too is regarding action. It is, "Teacher, guide me in your ways". I imagine myself in a field, lying on my back and desperate for something...something only half known that leaves an empty stillness within. I start to hear movement through the grass, and I prop myself up on my elbows as I peer over the tall grass to where I see it swaying. A man is walking toward me. I begin to rise as I realize that it is Him. The Son of Man. I Am. That's it, I realize. That is the longing- it's for Him. I peer up at him from my 5-foot frame and say Teacher. He smiles at me and recognizes the name. That is what I need- a teacher. I reach out and grab his hand in mine. It is much larger than my own, and warm to the touch. I am desperate in my plea: Guide me in your ways. "I am", he says. He must know my longing, for he takes me then and holds me. I am my beloved's, and he is mine. Suddenly I am beautiful. Suddenly I am strong. The ache is no more, the emptiness filled. And I realize that the only action I am called to is just to follow, and to be willing to be led.