The Uncaged Journey

Today we celebrate the day Love took on human form and was birthed into the earth; Christmas day! Love comes and sweeps me off of my feet at times when I least expect it! At times Love comes and overwhelms me and at other times it feels as though my senses have dulled. In fact lately, the times which are usually the most amazing, have felt the driest. Recently, the times I feel Him the most is when I'm just thinking about Him and not making any effort of my own. He comes and initiates conversations with me, or just surprises me with overwhelming love for me that hasn't been earned by anything I have done;  it is a gift.   I now long for Him to come and reveal Himself to me in ways I have nothing to do with.  Such beauty in the absence of striving! Though He is in me, I cannot force a manifestation of His glory. Though I am FILLED with Him, I find myself craving greater consciousness of my holy union with Christ. I realize that I am as close as any human can...

Face to face encounters with Jesus ... Oh, to know as I am known! Longing   for Him is a beautiful gift.   The desire for living in this place of bliss that superimposes itself over the mundane, has abducted me. Please don't ever try and rescue me! I spent a lot of time reading and listening to teachings today that have stirred me to a place of stillness which screams of passion .   At times words seem so  dry  compared to the abundance of swirling in my spirit.                            Instead I will leave you with the words of a Catholic Nun, St. Theresa of Avila...... "While seeking God in this way, the soul is concious that it is fainting almost completely away in a kind of swoon, with a very great calm and joy. It's breath and all it's bodily powers progressively fail it, so that it can hardly stir its hands without great effort. It's eyes close involuntari...