AMore from "Sacred Wounds" in "Let the Bones Dance."
God seeks closer relationship with humanity. This yearning for relationship not only shines a light on the one who reveals God's nature to us; it shines on us, on our human nature, that we might see ourselves more clearly in relationship to God.
This intimacy with God often may not feel like a cool breeze or a toasty campfire. This interdependence is awe-inspiring, confusing, even terrifying. Like the disciples who witness Jesus' transfiguration, we are not sure what to say or do. We grope for the sacred. The most bone-chilling layer of this entanglement with Divinity may just be that God's revelations tell who we are too. Jesus shows us who we are with utter clarity. He bears the sins of the world; he shines a light on our humanity. He shows us our shadows, our best face, and the divine capacity in each of us.
A light that shines on us that we might see ourselves more clearly in relationship with God - what a wonderful image. The light shines that we will see what it already - we are grasped and beloved of God. This is not just me - it is also you - it is also the you that I stand to be with. Andy yet, in this light of God we are able to see the relationship God has with all of us - All Beloved. All of life is a sacred journey in relationship with God and one another. What I also like about Mount Shoop's comment here is that we are seen holistically. As she notes - our shadows, our best face, and the divine capacity in each of us. Usually we do not want to see our own shadows - just those of people we want to be in the shadow and separate from us. But our God pulls us out into the open and through Jesus, we are reconciled with each other and the God who claims the whole bunch of us.
Connection: Still the most difficult part of this journey as God's Beloved - to love the other no matter who it is and how hard it is to step up and re-vision life.
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