SEEN

Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent

Deuteronomy 4: 5-9

What other great nation

has a God so near to it

as the Lord our God is

whenever we call to him?

I call to mind that Taize chant 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_gfim2bySg:

See, I am near, says the Lord

See, I make all things new

There was a time 

when the thought of the Lord 

being THAT near was a clear encroachment!

It is the experience of my some-things being made new

My some-things that ever fall short of my dignity

My some-things seen and lamented

But ultimately transformed 

I just slightly turn my gaze 

and I find myself face to face with Mercy

Me:
It doesn’t frighten me

That you see the all of me

It is now to me like taking in a deep breath

And resting in place

Refusing to hide

I know

I know 

I did it again
Don’t you ever tire of making me new?

God:

 Daughter, It is what I am made of