For Those Who Lose Heart

Don’t get distracted or impressed, beloved,

by the ways the world works –

ways of manipulative power

perfectly timed technique

measured in dollar signs and predictable results.

You will quickly feel small and insignificant in such a world

for it was not made for the likes of you;

shoved aside by bullies

and chewed up in the gears

of the glory-making machines.

Worse, you will quickly lose sight of me

and with me goes your courage

for I always reside with your deep heart.

When you’re slammed up against an immovable mountain,

when caught between a rock and a hard place,

the issue for you, dear one, is not if you have what it takes,

if you have the 

money, 

power 

and relational connections 

to make things happen;

The issue is never whether or not you can;

the issue, always, is – is this something I want done?

Do you know me well enough to answer that, beloved?

Every task of mine is an invitation to partner with me,

to know and be known

and I promise to take the lion’s share.

Yoke yourself with me and you will know rest

courage will once again fill your chest;

Walk with me and you will know peace,

where it’s safe to be least.

Peace can only come in when you are unafraid of outcomes;

when the need to control circumstances has died,

when the existence of the mountain no longer makes you afraid

or filled your mind with frenzied strategies,

Peace, My Peace.

I love you, right where you are, afraid and overwhelmed!

My love is the reality upholding all others, 

the atmosphere that makes you safe.

You can never create safety and security 

by arranging circumstances in your favor,

that project is ever changing and never ending.

Let not your heart be troubled; have confidence in me.

Let my peace guard your inner life.

Then my joy will flood your outer life.

Now pick up your gear, for we will make use of what you have brought.

Come, follow me!