Inner Writing
Advent Meditation 4
Growing in You
You will need
some privacy, some anointing cream (Aqueous Cream or hand cream is safe and good – but if you don’t have these don’t worry), enough time not to worry about time.
Reading
The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy;
Luke 1:35
Sitting or lying down take the anointing cream and gently massage your belly.
If you don’t have cream just enjoy giving your belly a gentle rub. Take time – enjoy.
As you rub your belly whisper………….
Whisper ” Most high come upon me.”
Pondering
The angel messenger comes to a young woman living in the back-water of Nazareth. She is told she will be overshadowed and through the power of the Most High, the divine will be created within her.
Here the emphasis is on the Spirit’s work in her life rather than her seeming lack of qualifications. Although afraid, at risk of being outcast and misunderstood, she is willing and open to that powerful overshadowing. Later she pours out a song of praise.
Mary was unique as was her commission, but maybe we are all in some small way asked if we might be open to the overshadowing of the Most High in our life. To somehow allow the divine to be created in us; for us also to carry the divine. Or better maybe – to become conscious of the divine which we are already carrying.
How can I nurture the divine I am carrying?
Thanks Tim for the meditations, all so carefully and beautifully presented. I hope it was a special time for you. Carole
Thank Carole – I really enjoyed putting together the meditations and sending them out into the world. Glad you enjoyed them. I love the Advent themes – the waiting, hoping, expecting is so exquisite.