Friday, March 13, 2015

Showing Up

It sounds so simple,
and yet it is the task
with which we struggle
throughout our lifetime.

Some days, the best we can muster
is a paper-thin facsimile,
completely incapable of knowing
or being known, even by those
we've seen and loved for years.

The greatest tool for increasing
our present-ability to others
is found in prayer's tool belt.

Showing up to listen
to the voice speaking without words,
resting in the silence of presence,
nourishes heart and ears,

opens us to the gift of response-ability,
grounding body, mind, and spirit
in the only place that matters:
the holy here and now.


© 2015 Todd Jenkins

3 comments:

  1. Amen!!! again - you have me, so very, very true.

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  2. Detroit? Now that's a place to share the love of Jesus....did you go to the GA there?

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    1. Yes, George, I was an observer at GA; went to catch-up with old friends and watch the process. It was my first visit there.

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