Why waste your time reading
Poems like this one?
Why not close your eyes and
Weave your own instead?
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2 Corinthians 6:16
For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
“I will live with them
and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they will be my people.”
I invite you to contemplate this bible verse and hold it in your heart today.
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Isaiah 64:8
We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.
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1 John 4:16
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
I invite you to contemplate this bible verse and share your thoughts, experiences, questions, or feelings.
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John 17:26
I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
I invite you to meditate on this bible verse today. Share your thoughts or reflections in a comment below.
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The Guest House by Rumi
Sufi whirling dervish by sunriseOdyssey used under CC license.
In my early 20s, struggling with my own ‘house guests’ including sorrow, anger, depression, being mean to others, dark thoughts, and shame, I came across this poem by Rumi. He speaks so truly to the human condition and I found great wisdom in his poetry and could sense something amazing beneath the surface of his words. I hope you do too…
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
— Jellaludin Rumi,
Translation from The Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks
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