"I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;
I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways
Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears
I hid from Him, and under running laughter.
Up vistaed hopes I sped;
And shot, precipitated,
Adown Titanic glooms of chasmèd fears,
From those strong Feet that followed, followed after.
But with unhurrying chase,
And unperturbèd pace,
Deliberate speed, majestic instancy,
They beat -- and a voice beat
More instant than the Feet --
"All things betray thee, who betrayest Me."
By Francis Thompson
Does God/Love pursue us? This is something that I feel. I blogged here on it once "who is pursuing who" back in August.
The odd thing to me is that even as I get closer and closer to Him, and my understanding of our relationship, I then begin to feel the vista somehow changes. I'm suddenly again in new and unfamiliar territory, and I'm not sure about it. He starts pursuing me further into the depths of my experiences and my heart and soul.
Here is a link to the entire poem. http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~gbrandal/Illum_html/hound.html
Have a wonderful day.
Peace and Love
Keren
http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~gbrandal/Illum_html/hound.html
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7 comments:
Keren, I hadn't thought of that in awhile - whether Love/God pursues us, though from my own experience I'd have to give an unequivocable yes. I'm so interested in hearing how the "vista has changed" for you, and how you feel he has pursued you into the depths of your experiences. Thanks for sharing all these thoughts and for the poem by Thompson as well.
Well...the feeling I experience is perhaps like perhaps climbing the "corporate ladder" in a way.
You start out in an entry level position, You know if you want to get ahead, you do the work well, play well with others, stay late, come in early, do the things the others arent willing to do, the extra effort, and you get noticed.
Once you get noticed, you get a promotion you are so happy and you think "this is it" this is great! I have made it. You think you can rest a little. You think you can kick back and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Your new vista is bright and expansive.
All of a sudden you look around and the big boss has the same expectations of you as before, AND greater expectations of you in your new position.
Vista change...Your world is no longer yours and expansive but small and difficult again.
Bottom line, I suppose, my realtionship with God, at this point at least, involves Him very seductively telling me .. "I love you ...you are beautiful...you are loving and lovable, and I am always there for you...and ... I want so much more from you, because I know you can do it THROUGH ME."
"I want you in a deeper and more expansive way, and once you rise to that, I am going to (wham) change the way you look at things, so you will be always be unsure and you will always be hungering for some unattainable unavailable-to-human satisfaction and that is Me - your creator."
"I want you to always long for ME and ME alone."
"When you finally come home to Me, probably only through physical death, we will be totally one"
Anne, not sure if this is specific enough, but it feels right and I enjoyed pondering my own ponders.
Love you!
Keren
That's just beautiful. I so have had that experience. It always amazes me the depths God's Love will pursue me, and yes, every time I'm caught, the view changes...I see things I had never seen before.
Keren,
Once again you have given me cool stuff to think about. I really have not thought about it like that.
Yesterday I was pondering and thinking about how it seems like often I go off on a tangent and need to be reminded of things I have already known.
Is God pursuing me?
thanks so much :)
Thanks to all you! My beautiful mother just called and said she read my blog post - and said (in a loving way) it was sort of dark and heavy. She did say she understood what I was saying and was with me on it.
She is a fan of The Hour of Power, and I suppose my words aren't quite as ... motivating... :o[
O well, I love God and life and all its beauty, and totally believe God is Love, and I rely on my relationship with Jesus and on His Holy Spirit which is in all of us! Im just also experiencing some of the harsher realities of this earthly life right now...
My next post will be full of light for my lovely and loveable Mom-z who is so full of light herself:o)
Peace to all
Love
Keren
I actually sort of enjoy dark and heavy. I like posts that pierce my soul.
You rock my world Keren. Keep it coming. :)
Sending you super love rays,
marilyn
Oh, I don't see the "dark and heavy", but I'm not looking through your mother's lens either, or perhaps like Marilyn, I'm kind of drawn to that. I love your pondering, Keren, and all the beautiful ways you express the relationship you have with the divine within. "I want you to long for me and me alone" just resonates with such love and beauty and joy for me.
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