February 15, 2019

My Journey to God

Vertigo

As I took a step forward,
my world suddenly fractured
into hundreds of images,
like the jagged, shifting shards
of a kaleidoscope.
I felt an onslaught of sensations:
swaying, tilting, twirling,
falling, flailing—helpless.

In the disorienting tumult,
my fingers managed to find
the edge of something solid,
something sturdy and stationary.
I clung to it in desperation.
“Focus on this steady thing,”
I commanded my confused mind.
“Ignore the false signals.
Trust what you’re holding.”
It struck me later,
after the chaos settled,
that life itself is vertigo.
It can change in an instant
in myriad means,
as can the world
with its shifting values
and twisting of truth.

So as we totter and reel
through the vertigo of life
we must reach out,
grab hold of faith,
focus on Christ,
cling to His Truth,
and repeat, and repeat,
“Jesus, I trust in You.”

By Natalie Hoefer
 

(Natalie Hoefer is a member of St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis, and is a reporter for The Criterion.)

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