Be patient, dear siblings,
               until the coming of the Beloved.
         The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth,
               being patient….
                                             —James 5.7

Waiting is not always delay,
as for a bus that’s late.

Sometimes it’s gestating,
perfecting, becoming whole,

a rose unfolding,
the heart growing.

You don’t really want the baby to come
before full term.

In the powerlessness of waiting,
the passionate passivity of patience,

we give ourselves over
to the power of the Mystery.

In our waiting
the space we make for love grows.


Breath prayer:
                        The baby .. is coming

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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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