A Surprising Wonder

At APCE last month, I went to the labyrinth to walk it on a whim.  I had wanted to earlier in the week, but thought I’d do it “later” when I had time.  Then the time came, and I was prompted to go and walk.  I did not have any purpose for this walk – no weighty decisions to make, just a vague sense that I might try to let my cares and worries drop away like Autumn leaves, then listen for whatever might be a message for me.  I walked in; struck eventually by the flickering lights…there was a message there that was for me – but what was it?

I reached the middle and waited first in the unknown.  Then I moved on, asking for guidance from the angelic/divine realms, then finally resting in the Person/People.  There!  That was it! I must not let the divine light within me flicker and die out because of stress from within a relationship.  Instead I would pray for her to be received in the arms of God-reaching out and touching her-and healing me.  As I walked out, finding my way on the path without an action in mind to carry out, I thought how could this be?

Perhaps God will respond – perhaps prayer will be answered.  Who knows that walking the labyrinth, with nothing really in mind other than release, illumination, and return, would bring me to a place where I can let go, let God, and lean for a moment into the peace that passes all understanding.  A surprising wonder, indeed.