God trusts you and me. 

Fragile. Vulnerable. Dependent.

God trusted himself to Mary and Joseph.

Last week, we welcomed our new grandson Aiden into the world. At our last Gathering, we celebrated Mary the mother Jesus. She is most special for she cared for Jesus in his fragility, vulnerability, and dependence.

God trusted himself to her care.

God came into the world just like you and I did; curled up in womb, struggled down the birth canal, blasted by cold earth air, wrapped in something far rougher than womb water, breathing the same air we breathe, needing food, needing to pee, completely vulnerable and requiring total care in order to survive. Mary and Joseph provided that care.

Today, you and I bear God's Spirit into the world.

We allow God's Spirit to flow through us to love, to care, to provide for our world.

Fragile. Vulnerable. Dependent.

God trusts you and me.

TRUST

How much we are loved to be entrusted with God's presence. May you rest deeply in God's presence within you and allow The Spirit to flow freely through you this day.

With love and prayers

Anne
The Revd Anne Crosthwait
Contemplative Fire  Community Leader Canada