Country Church Music - From the Heart

Greetings dear friends and family,

Each day we see hundreds of images. On our computers, televisions, cell phones, billboards, store windows, just to name a few. These images can mean nothing to us at times and then there are times when an image speaks to us in ways unexpected.

While attending a conference recently many images appeared on the screen as the speaker gave her presentation. But one image has stuck with me and I continue to reflect on it.

It is the image of an old stone well with stones inside of it. The speaker told us the stones and grit are the things in our lives that cause us to fill in our inner beings, our wells. They are the things that separate us from God.

Often we have the image of God reaching down to us. This time it is reversed. God is reaching up to us. He dwells in the depth of our being, the wellspring of life. And he reaches up through those stones to draw us down. Way down, deep inside ourselves where we can be renewed by the life sustaining waters of our baptism. We must simply be still. God will take it from there.

“Be still, and know that I am God;” Psalm 46:10a

Let us pray: God of all life, so often we separate ourselves from you through our actions and words. Without knowing it we fill in our wells. Reach up through the rocks, stones, and boulders that separate us from you and draw us deep down into our being where the waters of your endless love can splash over us and wash off the grit and grime of our lives. In your glorious name we pray. Amen.

With love from the heart,

Diane