Spring
These tulips, a gift from my mother-in-law, opened fully today, and struck me as both beautiful and totally vulnerable. What a powerful image that is for us: in her most radiant state, where the fulness of her shape and color are visible, the flower is also totally delicate and powerless. No petals to protect her most inner and valuable self. Isn't that true in our relationships as well? When we are the most open, honest, and true to ourselves, we've also let down our guard. When we are totally intimate with someone emotionally (and physically), we give them power over us. Of course, we trust them to protect us. I suppose this is true also with God. When we are most honest with Him, and shed all of the facades and barriers we put up to "protect" ourselves, and show Him our true beauty (the way we were made in the first place!), how wonderful to His eyes that must be! We become totally vulnerable to His will---and though it sounds frightening to give up the wheel to anyone, who better to pilot the ship than the creator of the both the ship and the ocean themselves!
What a great piece of writing, Kuma. Excellent.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Jacob just loves his tractor shelf! we put it at Jacob-level. The "ladder" has turned into a censer and an epitrachelion at times, but mostly he is trying to figure it out in his own 2 year old way. :-)
Looking forward to more pictures, Kuma! I really liked them. Are you going to continue?
ReplyDeleteChristos Anesti!