Counterbalances

Unemployment.  Earthquake.  Hurricane.  Family concerns.  Unspeakable burdens and suffering in the lives of friends and friends of friends.  The yearning to be seen, to be heard, to be known in wholeness.  To have so much, and to feel so little... it is easy to get lost in the rubble of life and in trying to live.  It is easy to close in and become one tiny isolated wounded soul.
And yet... there are counterbalances waiting for us.  There is a Spirit that beckons us to join in the ongoing celebration of vibrancy... without changing who we are or even our bewildering circumstances.  Right here.  Right now... some of what we most need is here. We don't need to wait any longer.  Just come... singed, tired, broken, hopeless.  Just come...

Lay it down or bring it with you...
just come.