Hallelujah
Moments
“The
world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be
reconciled. But there are moments when we can...reconcile and embrace
the whole mess, and that's what I mean by 'Hallelujah.'”
Leonard
Cohen
I love the truth of these
words from Mary Oliver's poem, “Invitation,” that I posted
yesterday:
“it is a
serious thing
just to be
alive
on this
fresh morning
in this
broken world.”
It's easy to lose track
of all the Hallelujah moments that are happening right now because
they sit side-by-side with some terrible scenes—not just in
America, but in all the war-torn places around the world. It's easy
to believe that all is lost and the whole world is going down the
proverbial tubes. It may come to that, because we humans are a
stubborn lot and don't like inconvenient truths—especially ones
that mean we have to change what we're doing or give something up.
But, on the way down those tubes, let us not forget the wonder, and
beauty, and love, and kindness that also surrounds us.
We all bear scars (and
blame) for creating a climate of extreme heat and extreme weather,
and for trashing up our oceans. Leonard Cohen wrote, “A scar is
what happens when the word is made flesh.” Let us bravely bear
our scars, and allow them to move us past recriminations and on to
solutions. We didn't know we were making this mess until relatively
recently, but now that we know, we must take steps to resolve the
problem. Each of us individually, and all of us together, have roles
to play in that resolution. Our coming together will truly be a
hallelujah moment.
This world, this
creation, these people with these hands and hearts, are still filled
with the potential for great good. In the midst of mayhem and
madness, let's not lose sight of that truth. We can allow the
hallelujah to fill us; we can solve the conflicts and reconcile the
problems because we are the word made flesh. And so it is.
In the Spirit,
Jane
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