Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Ribbon of light

Tuesday of the First Week of Advent

You will shelter them,
so that those who love your Name
may exult in you.
Psalm 5:14



The morning sun weaves a ribbon of rosy-orange in and out of the bare trees. I am grateful as I absorb this ordinary moment of exquisite beauty.

Later in the day, I close my eyes and revisit that ribbon, taking it up, following along the path it has laid across the day, knowing it has traveled with me or even carried me to this moment.

And if later I quiet myself again, the ribbon of light will still be my companion, a reminder of the sacred tie that binds me to the Holy. Guiding and accompanying. Protecting and sheltering. Calling my soul to sing out.