The sun peaking through the palms...last week, while on Kauai on vacation, I awakened fairly early, for me at least, due to the time change...often getting up about 5 am, and getting the chance to see the sun rise over the Pacific. Lots of thoughts and emotions--the destruction of the tsunami, the beauty of the coast, Transfiguration Sunday on its way, with the brightness of Christ bursting through all the confusion and conflicting thoughts that run through my own mind...even when that confusion and conflict is caused by the many interests and concerns and passions I have for ministry and for what I feel called to do and be.
I am thankful especially this week for friends in the connexion--new and old, and one in particular who listened to me on Tuesday, and with forthrightness and honesty allowed me to feel more settled in mind and heart. Living as a single woman, I am always joyful to find men who offer that strength and can deal with my own strength in ways that are neither condescending nor overly reserved, but enable me to get a perspective on how I understand myself in ways that are refreshing, enlivening and health-giving.
The light of Christ shines brightly for me right now, and I am very, very grateful.
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