LOVE LOOKS LIKE A MELTING PATH

We were frozen in time last week: wintertime, harsh, biting, bitter treacherous beautiful days. Ice wrapped round each branch of every shrub and tree. How could anything survive such a deep freeze? Paths and roads were like icicles in motion as black and grey ice made moving forward a monumental task. Sun and warmth finally arrived and we began to thaw.

How true this is for our lives at times. We find ourselves like a snapshot, frozen with the emotion of a certain time and unsure, unable, perhaps even unwilling to go forward, as if staying where our heart is frozen would be a better option than letting it defrost all around. Fear grips us and grabs hold of our hearts paralyzing us and we freeze simply because moving seems so dangerous- we don't know how to move or what step to take next.

In a world filled with conflict and hatred, and in families and relationships caught in tension and misunderstanding, do we just freeze? We stop, shut down, disengage and lose heart, when all the while what is needed is love and light to warm our own hearts and kindness to allow what's frozen in us to begin melting. 

Our souls are thirsting for living water, where we can soak up the love and grace we need to nourish and sustain us for the journey. Allowing the love of God to touch all that is hard, bitter, cold, and harsh within is essential if we want to find a path forward.

There is One who can touch what's hurting inside with the warmth of His love.

Medicine from Sacred Writings:

"To Thee I feel I must return; I knock; may Thy door be opened to me; 

teach me the way to Thee." 

St. Augustine 

Soliloquies Book 1.6