November 16, 2007

My Journey to God

‘Be Still and Know that I Am God’

The graceful crystal hurricane shade
Protects the scented candle flame
From the breeze softly blowing
Through the open window.

Twilight descends as the edge of darkness
Can be seen in imperfect
Light on the horizon,
Autumn leaves adding to the hue.

Purple, azure, gold and scarlet,
Sublime color,
Remnants of the setting sun,
Bringing to mind
The divine fire of the Holy Spirit.

Meditating on the beauty stretched
Out before me,
The candle burning brightly in
The darkened room, deepening the mood,
The tender embrace of the holy seems
To lift my soul to ecstasy,
Loving joy stilling anxiety.

“Be still and know that I am God.”
A mantra peals in my brain.
The divine fire encompasses
The soul as the
Fiery sunset embraces the night sky.
“Be still and know that I am God.”

By Trudy Bledsoe

(Trudy Bledsoe is a member of St. Christopher Parish in Indianapolis and the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites at the Monastery of the Resurrection in Indianapolis. Her poem was inspired by Psalm 46:10.) †

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