Oh Mirror in the Sky, What is Love?

My him was placed in intensive care after his recent surgery. (He is home now, more challenges ahead ofcourse, but doing well)

Only allowed certain visiting times with Him was an experience I will not forget. Being in the ICU waiting room, alongside other people with loved ones, many of their lives in balance, totally in the healing professionals' hands, not ours. ..I was flooded with emotions and images and I saw myself in everybody around me.

There is a French saying, “etre a la Croix de par Dieu” – the individual words mean “being as the Cross of through God”, the idiomatic phrase means “literally and figuratively. (Oh those French!)

I was the one who :
Was shut down with fear
Just sat there letting things happen,
Tried to make things better somehow,
Complained about the nurses with bad attitudes,
Sang the praises of the good ones,
Understood how busy they were, there is a shortage you know,
Wanted to talk and who didn’t want anyone to talk to me,
Asked and was asked ‘why are you here?
Listened and shared how our loved ones are the most special person who ever lived.
Went from holding somebody’s hand, to being quietly aloof.

There is so much more but I hope you get my drift.

Thanks to guidance from a couple of special friends….I am holding this all in my heart space with regard to the body of Christ, spiritual growth, my Him, my relationships, community, ministry, fidelity, courage and action.

For that reason probably, this song came to me as I was driving to store this afternoon. Seemed to reflect mmy reflections :o)

“O mirror in the sky what is Love?
Can the child in my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I act out the seasons of my life?
I’ve been afraid of changing
I’ve built my 'life' around you
Time makes us bolder
Even children get older
Im getting older too.”

Words/Song by Stevie Nicks…
Sentiment, mine, exactly.

So what next? I don’t know, but I’m taking a closer look.

Peace
Keren