No Other Way

In our online book club, as we continue to read Falling Upward by Richard Rohr, our discussion last week included how often it is only in hindsight, looking back, that we can see why things happened the way they did, and that even though at the time, when it seemed bad and not what we wanted, it was working out for our good.
 
Of course, this is the wisdom of maturity. The young are ploughing ahead, being active to create the life they want, whether this includes God as Divine Mind/Heart, or not! And when we are in the middle of our challenges it is often so hard to see how this could possibly be good!
 
Yet the maturity of our years gives us the time and space to review, get God-centred, and recognise that we are only here, now, because of what went before. Not only that, we can take the wisdom of our experiences and share that in our world.
 
Martha Smock wrote it this way: NO OTHER WAY
Could we but see the pattern of our days,
We should discern how devious were the ways
By which we came to this, the present time, this place in life;
And we should see the climb our soul has made up through the years.
We should forget the hurts, the wanderings, the fears,
The wastelands of our life and know
That we could come no other way or grow
Into our good without these steps our feet found hard to take
Our faith found hard to meet.
The road of life winds on, and we like travellers go
From turn to turn until we come to know the truth;
That life is endless and that we, forever are inhabitants of all eternity.
 
As you look back on your life, allow yourself to honour and recognise that you are here, now, because of the path that led you here. We honour and celebrate you, as you continue on your life path, remembering we are on a journey to a place we never left.
 
Rev Kimerie Mapletoft
Director of Silent Unity and Daily Word UK
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