I'd also like to update you on the different ministry sites that we visited this week but I think that's going to have to wait until next time as well.
Before I go, I want to leave you with a poem by Hafiz that made me laugh but also made me think about my own openness toward the year ahead.
Hafiz – A Divine Invitation
The Friend
No one can resist a Divine Invitation.
That narrows down all our choices
To just two:
We can come to God
Dressed for Dancing,
Or
Be carried on a stretcher
To God’s Ward.
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LOL! I love this poem, but I'm laughing because I read the ling "dressed for dancing" as dressed or dancing...shows you where my mind is...anyway, hope the retreat and associated activities are/were terrific and I have lived long enought to agree with Hafiz, in that "dressed for dancing" is much more fun then being "carried to God on a stretcher." thanks for the update...."the dancing queen" (I'm in Mamma Mia Mode)
love to all barbk
OOPS! guess I should read before hitting the button....ling = line
and enought = enough....my bad
sbk
Just read your latest and now know why SKYPE didn't answer on your end!
Get the best out of your first Inter-C. gathering/retreat.
I love Hafiz so much. Marie gave me "Love Poems from God" for my birthday and I'm loving it, especially Hafiz' poems.
It reminds me of Donna Gunn's,csj, "going back to God in the best shape possible" and of Joyce's sliding in to the gate with chocolate, wine and a body well used!
Love, Jeanne
I vote for dancing! Have a great retreat!
Love Hafiz also - thanks for sharing. Hope the retreat will be a good experience - waiting with anticipation about your ministry choice. Lots of love.
BTW, tell Lynn I said hello...we are Facebook buddies!
Ha! I read "dressed or dancing" too. I need to get to bed. Praying with you all as you go.
Sarah
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