My Becoming JOY
Jesus, blessing us, filling us to overflowing with His Body and Blood…..,Heaven coming to earth….vulnerable in our hands….Jesus, I take You into myself at every Sacrifice of Holy Mass, Your Life, Your Body, You, the Word of Life……..Creator, trusting the wee one…..to embrace You, and be transformed….Overwhelmed with Thanksgiving for the Grace and Gift of loving You, and drinking deeply of Your love for me….without you I am devoid of Life, of Love, of breath in my soul.
My precious One Love Jesus, Grace, Savior, Redeemer, and JOY, my yearning for You never ceases, even as I cradle you in my broken, red swollen hands….
You, gazing at me with crucified LOVE, and I, gazing upon You, drinking deeply of the wounds that have given me Eternal Life in You……Gift offered and Gift received…I lean into You and I rest…..in the Wisdom and heartfelt knowledge of Your JOY…… “God’s hand cupped around our becoming”… (Rilke)
The wee one…..becoming……..
JOY….my word for the year…, whispered to me in the early hours of the morning , before the Light splashes across the sky, illuminating the darkness…….”the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John1:15)
Light of Your Love, penetrating my heart, bursting with ……..
Joy, in being in You, my One Love Jesus, Grace, Savior, Redeemer, JOY…. For You, only You…a new creation within You!
JOY!
In the simple…, gentle caress of the wee broken child……acceptance of self, flawed, sinful, beautiful in Your eyes! Always enough in You…..
Joy!
In giving of myself to others, as You have given to me……….pink roses assuring me of Your love…..
Joy!
In loving with your heart…as I embrace the Cross of My Crucified Lord………
Joy!
“I have told you this so that MY JOY may be in you and your JOY may be complete.
This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you” (John 16:11-12)
Bodies filled with cancer, I offer You, as I journey with them, crying, praising, lifting up…to the only One Love Jesus, Grace, Savior, Redeemer, JOY who can heal.
“You make known to me the path of life, in your Presence there is fullness of JOY” (Psalm 16)
With outstretched arms, I breath in You, One Love Jesus, Grace, Savior, Redeemer,…and in
Exhaling Fear, I am filled with……..
Joy!
Everything is Grace,
the wee one