Sojourners
“I have
come to believe that we do not walk alone in this life. There are
others, fellow sojourners, whose journeys are interwoven with ours in
seemingly random patterns, yet, in the end, have been carefully
placed to reveal a remarkable tapestry. I believe God is the weaver
at that loom.”
Richard
Paul Evans
In scrolling through some
old writings yesterday, I unearthed a dream I had ten years ago in
which someone handed me a book titled, In Search of Miracles by
Sojourner Flight. In reading this dream again, I was most struck
by the name of the author. Of course, there is no one by that name
who has written such a book, but that is not what dreams are about,
is it? They present us with little vignettes that reflect what is
happening inside us. In many ways, we are all sojourners, and those
of us who take seriously a spiritual practice, and even some of us
who don't, are in search of miracles. We wish for, and pray for, the
miraculous to intervene in all sorts of things in our lives. We do
that because most of us believe that there is an unseen hand, a
benevolent presence, that can help us with our problems and dilemmas.
There are two
contradictions with this as I see it. One is that we seem to think
that miraculous power rests outside ourselves—that the miracle will
be visited upon us from without. And two, that since it will come
from without, there is no need for us to act. Both are incorrect.
That wisdom, that power is ours all the time. The miracle is that we
don't see it. We have the inner physician, the Self, the divine
spark, from birth to death. We can call upon it whenever we want. But
it will not change other human beings. It will guide us to change
ourselves in the face of every circumstance, if we but listen, trust
and follow. It is well and good to wish and pray as long as we
understand that we must also act.
We do not walk alone in
this life. There are others, both without and within, who share the
journey. We impact others in ways we don't realize, and they impact
us. Wishing and praying for a miracle is not in vain so long as we
realize that we must be the miracle we seek.
In the Spirit,
Jane
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