Our world today

Some days are so full of emotional experiences that they leave a person in a kind of 'awed silence'. This happened to me today. The morning was fine and I was going to meet a spiritual friend, when I got a call that my relative had been admitted to hospital in Singapore. Serious but not critical. I could not process my feelings then as I had the meeting to attend.......That was a thoughtful time of gathering up my gratitude to God for the many graces of inner freedom he has granted me. Then went straight for a lunch meeting where we talked about common friends who are sick..........after that I had some errands to run. And I heard news of a well known physician's sudden death (though not someone known to me personally). By then I felt myself cocooned in a kind of 'inner silence' - a place where I needed to work through the many feelings. Thankfully, I decided to go to the hair dresser after the errands. There I had my hour and a half of 'silence' . Unlike my usual practice, I could not read the book I brought. I just allowed myself to feel the many feelings......somehow held in the presence of God, yet also not praying in any formal manner.

Lord, this world is puzzling. So much beauty yet so much pain and confusion. As a human being, I am not comfortable with this 'messy' arrangement. I would rather you tidy things up.Yet this is the world that we live in now......the world where you meet us, and where we try to discover your presence.....the world where we find meaning because we believe that love triumphs over hate, light over darkness......thanking always for grace upon grace.Amen