Good morning…
What does the invisible love of God look like visibly, as the Holy Spirit morphs fluidly between our individuality and our cohesiveness?
“Let there be spaces in your togetherness,” says Khalil Gibran in his most famous literary work, The Prophet. “And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.”
“Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup,” he continues. “Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.”
“Love one another but make not a bond of love,” he explains. “Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.”
“Sing and dance together and be joyous,” he muses. “But let each one of you be alone, even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.”
“Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping,” he encourages. “For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.”
“And stand together, yet not too near together,” Gibran recommends. “For the pillars of the temple stand apart, and the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.”
And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow (1 Thessalonians 3:12a, NLT).
…Sue…
