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Subject: Daily Inspiration for Nov. 18
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:00:08 -0800
From: "Bea Chun" <pastorchun@cgslc.org>
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From: "Bea Chun" <pastorchun@cgslc.org>
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Subject: Daily Inspiration for Nov. 18
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:00:08 -0800
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Hello everyone:

It is the 18th of the month - my day to offer a word of inspiration.* Here
it is.

Bea

 

Slowly
she celebrated the sacrament of letting go.
First she surrendered her green,
then the orange, yellow, and red
finally she let go of her brown.
Shedding her last leaf
she stood empty and silent, stripped bare.
Leaning against the winter sky
she began her vigil of trust.

Shedding her last leaf
she watched its journey to the ground.
She stood in silence
wearing the color of emptiness, 
her branches wondering;
How do you give shade with so much gone?

And then,
the sacrament of waiting began.
The sunrise and sunset watched with tenderness.
Clothing her with silhouettes
they kept her hope alive.

They helped her understand that
her vulnerability,
her dependence and need,
her emptiness,
her readiness to receive
were giving her a new kind of beauty.
Every morning and every evening they stood in silence
and celebrated together
the sacrament of waiting.

 

by: Macrina Wiederkehr

 

 

*Please note: If you are not assigned a day to offer daily inspirations and
would like to take a day, please let me know and I will assign you a day.

Bea


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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
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12.0pt'>Slowly<br>
she celebrated the sacrament of letting go.<br>
First she surrendered her green,<br>
then the orange, yellow, and red<br>
finally she let go of her brown.<br>
Shedding her last leaf<br>
she stood empty and silent, stripped bare.<br>
Leaning against the winter sky<br>
she began her vigil of trust.<br>
<br>
Shedding her last leaf<br>
she watched its journey to the ground.<br>
She stood in silence<br>
wearing the color of emptiness, <br>
her branches wondering;<br>
How do you give shade with so much gone?<br>
<br>
And then,<br>
the sacrament of waiting began.<br>
The sunrise and sunset watched with tenderness.<br>
Clothing her with silhouettes<br>
they kept her hope alive.<br>
<br>
They helped her understand that<br>
her vulnerability,<br>
her dependence and need,<br>
her emptiness,<br>
her readiness to receive<br>
were giving her a new kind of beauty.<br>
Every morning and every evening they stood in silence<br>
and celebrated together<br>
the sacrament of waiting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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