The inner journey and the active life are a constant rhythm from one to the other.
I have found myself, through Easter week, caught up with the active life and much less available for the inner one. I don't feel "bad" about this, but I am definitely feeling the longing. That's good.
When I start to lose the longing it means that I am starting to forget. And that's the danger of getting too caught up in the active life. When the outer activities start to become the fuel for living then the richness of the life within can begin to fade. Not only does the appetite begin to wane, but even the memory of what the inner life tastes like can become distant. Before I know it, I'm living life on crackers and no longer feasting at the Table, the Source, the Life... and not even missing it!
Ah, but thankfully, that's not where I'm at. I am missing it. Today and tomorrow I hope to take the time to settle into some abiding, soaking, being... just being with Him. How rich that is!
Don't let me settle into the "forgetfulness!"
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