Here’s a prayerful reflection on the ascension of Jesus by Steve Garnaas-Holmes. It was posted on Unfolding
Light.
Ascension Reflection: Not Up There
He was lifted up, and a
cloud took him out of their sight.
While he was going and
they were gazing up toward heaven,
suddenly two men in
white robes stood by them.
They said, "People
of Galilee,
why do you stand
looking up toward heaven?”
~ Acts 1.9-11
Don't
try to diagram the mystery.
The
Body of Love,
in
your hands but hard to put your finger on,
within,
among and yet beyond,
is
here and not here.
The
One who Is With You is not present as you wish.
Sorrow
and joy mingle perfectly.
Theories
will not help you.
You
can't look it up.
Look
here: this, now.
In
the bed you make,
the
people you meet,
the
rumpling within.
Even
what has left you,
your
empty arms,
is
a place to look.
Jacob
on his stone pillow knew:
this
loss, this trouble, this gift
is
the ladder to heaven.
Keep
looking, but not up there.
~ written by Steve
Garnaas-Holmes and posted on Unfolding
Light. https://www.unfoldinglight.net/
