[Magdalen] Fwd: The rest of us

[Grace Cangialosi]

From one of my favorite daily sources:



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>> Subject: The rest of us
>> Reply-To: unfoldinglight at gmail.com
>> 
>> Dearly Beloved,
>> 
>> Grace and peace to you.
>> 
>>          
>> We are one,
>> all of us,
>> ends of the same wire thrumming,
>> all fingers of one hand,
>> needing each other.
>> What is this strange lurch within,
>> this weight of unease,
>> what is this ache of dread and sorrow,
>> this fire, this hope,
>> but the cry of the rest of us?
>> The imprisoned and detained,
>> the maimed, defamed and misnamed,
>> the faces on the other side of the wall,
>> they are not strangers at all,
>> but the rest of us.
>> 
>> What is it in us
>> that wants to cut off ourselves
>> from ourselves?
>> Only they can save us,
>> our own secret selves in the dark.
>> Their suffering and their energy is ours
>> when we take to the streets to find them,
>> when we tear down the walls
>> and unbind them.
>> 
>> Pray for those whose lives are broken
>> by our brokenness.
>> Pray, and reach out,
>> until we become each other,
>> and are whole.
>> 
>> Deep blessings,
>> Pastor Steve
>> 
>> __________________ 
>> Steve Garnaas-Holmes
>> Unfolding Light
>> www.unfoldinglight.net.