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Looking To Easter

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Someone has said ‘that to replace a vision we need a greater vision.’ Easter promises us an incredible vision! So from the good work of Good Friday we look forward to the vision of Easter Sunday morning when Jesus breaks through the death barrier and brings us along—if we agree to make the journey that is.

Farrell crafts a beautiful rendition of the vision of Jesus:

“Realizing Jesus’ vision being dreamed in us is bound to change us. Imagine the dream the Father has for each of us. A dream so real that it becomes creation, a love so immense that it becomes Incarnation, divinization. Imagine Jesus’ love and what he sees in each of us, that He could dream we could be like Himself. In Christ, we are dreamers and co-dreamers. We dream together with Him. He dreams in us, creating a new world” (Beams of Prayer).

 This Easter I pray that you may have a fresh vision of what Abba wants for you and that you will have the passion to embrace His dream for you.

Dare To Believe

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I have been musing on some words of Farrell:

“Jesus has drawn you. He’s been waiting for you all of your life and he wants to pour Himself into you. “If you but knew the gift of God…” If you but knew the gift of yourself. If you but knew the gift of each person. If you could see the glory of God, His presence, His waiting. If we could only believe the truth. “I will give you that water of life. I will give you that love that it may be poured into you and overflow into the life of each person to whom I send you this week”. Dare to believe that Jesus is waiting for you. Recognize how much in you is waiting for Him”.  

Lent is about receiving Jesus. It is about waiting and being replenished in love, patience, kindness, joy. It is saying yes to the overtures of Christ and being drawn into his desert of love.

So often we resist. We say no to what will lead us deeper into God. During this Lenten season may we open our hearts to the God of all compassion who only desires what is truly good for us.

May we dare to believe that Jesus is waiting for us and that at our deepest core we are also waiting for Him.

The Minimal and The Maximal

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Reflections for the new year:

“From what do you derive the greatest joy in your life? It ‘s so easy not to think. It’s so easy not to pray. It’s so easy not to believe. It’s so easy to make the minimal the maximal of our life…How much time, how much energy, how much devotion do you give to the Lord, your God? Or, do you have a God? What or who makes a difference in your life? We need an examination of conscience again and again.” (Edward Farrell)

Focusing on the ‘minimal’ or focusing on the ‘maximal?’ Lost in the details or living a larger life where the vision is maintained? The tendency for us all is to be worn down by the steady demands of living.  More and more we live smaller lives.

Enlivening Spirit—help us to keep our perspective open, liberated, joyful—receiving the expanse of your love—not being consumed by the storm of the moment.

God’s Dream For Us

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One of my favorite writers Edward Farrell encourages us with some ‘big thinking’:

“Realizing Jesus’ vision being dreamed in us is bound to change us. Imagine the dream the Father has for each of us. A dream so real that it becomes creation, a love so immense that it becomes Incarnation, divinization. Imagine Jesus’ love and what He sees in each of us, that He could dream we could be like Himself. In Christ, we are dreamers and co-dreamers. We dream together with Him. He dreams in us, creating a new world”.

It seems to me that we need more ‘healthy dreaming.’ Not simply about money, careers, exotic travel… Rather, a dreaming about our own potential. The unique role we have to play in the story of humanity. Each of us so beautifully gifted by God to leave His imprint on planet earth.

We spend so much time exploring the outer world. Perhaps, in 2010 we can give more energy to exploring our ‘inscape’ —our connection with Abba— and then let it flow creatively into our outer landscape?

God’s dream for us! Big thinking!