Anyone who has walked in the moonlight through silently
falling snow, or lay beneath a spreading pine filtering the star-scape above,
or tried to memorize the colors in a wondrous sunset so you could replay it
over in your mind's eye.... anyone who has experienced nature's wonders knows
there is sacred space.
But that is God-wrought.
How can we hope to create sacred space?
For me, it begins with prayers for guidance. My hope is to reach beyond myself, to listen
intently and then trust where I am being led.
If you're trying to build a personal sacred space for
yourself, inside or out, there really isn't a wrong way to do it. Listen to yourself.... how do you experience
the Holy? Is it through music? Is it through silence? Is it through reading or writing? Do you experience God while drawing or
painting? Maybe it's while seated in
your favorite chair watching dust motes float by on a sunbeam. Whatever it is , make space for it,
That space may be a shelf filled with candles or a mantle
of family photos or a collection of stones and twigs gathered on a walk with a
friend. Or maybe sacred space for you is
actually giving yourself time to experience the beauty God has already laid out
for us to behold.
There is no wrong way, only your way.
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