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I MISS YOU!

6/10/2011

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On this lovely Friday morning, I realized that these words are on my mind today:

I MISS YOU!  Naturally, I tried to figure out who it is that I miss, and as I’ve pondered this, I’ve come to realize I miss many people.  Some are here on this earth, and some are now in the light of the Spirit.  Some are within reach and some are thousands of miles away.  Some are very much in my life, but not present to what we share (or is it I who is not present fully?)  What I am also realizing is that what I am feeling isn’t about sadness.  It’s about goodness.  When I say or feel that I miss you… it’s about missing what is good and beautiful and powerful between us.  I am missing all that is wonderful in what we share or in what we once shared.  I MISS YOU… is an empowering place of vulnerability.

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I MISS YOU is also about me.  It’s about realizing there are spaces me that have overgrown with weeds.  It’s about pulling weeds and rediscovering fertile ground that has been dormant, yet so, so rich.  It’s about opening up spaces that have been closed down.  It’s about rekindling past dreams and hopes alongside of the current ones.  It’s about letting go of all that makes me less than and embracing all that makes me more of.  It’s about shaking hands with the soul of me… the soul that is simply my own fingerprints of living.

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And on underneath all of the missing is another voice.  That voice is God’s voice.  And I can hear God saying, “I MISS YOU.”  This has made me realize one other thing about these words.  Sometimes they are said to pour on guilt.  Sometimes I MISS YOU is translated or interpreted as you’ve messed up, you haven’t been here, you are not meeting my need.  But… when God says, “I miss you,” there’s none of that.  Oh, no.  When God speaks these words the message always is… “Ah, go ahead, honey, and live your life.”  Or something like, “Don’t hold back, sweet pea!  I made you for more!!”  Or maybe it sounds like, “Want to have some fun?  Wait for it… trust… but don’t settle for less than abundant life!”  When God says, “I MISS YOU,” it’s God’s own way of reminding us we are created in the image of love and the possibilities of reconnecting with our purest selves is always within reach.  We are created out of mystery and delight… for mystery and delight!

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Who do you miss today?  What places are tugging at your heart as it fills with tenderness and perhaps melancholy?  What is speaking through these feelings, thoughts, and words?  Stand open and ready to the miraculous teachings of missing… and lean into all that is meant for you.

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      everything connects."  KFG

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