Spiritual Care Sunday #17

 

art above by Morgan Harper Nichols 

and blessing below from Kate Bowler 

that reminded me of you all and the work we get to do together... 

A blessing for being someone's person 

(here or gone, we love you) 

Blessed are the noticers. 

The ones who see the story in its fullness.

Blessed are the attend-ers. 

The witness-bearers. 

The story-holders. 

The ones who tiptoe to the edge right alongside us, 

knowing that the very act will break their heart in pieces too. 

Blessed are those who are amazed by a life lived 

in its fragility, its brevity, its beauty. 

Blessed are the ones who stand close enough to say: “BEHOLD.”

BEHOLD. 

This is their love…

This is the marvel I get to know. 

Behold. This is not a problem to be solved. This is a person to be loved. 

And how lucky are we?

These people. 

These loves. 

These precious, precious, precious days. 

Thanks be to God. 

Amen.