a fertile emptiness

Opening Prayer: Lord Jesus, forgive me for all the ways I try to be something.  Give me the strength and the courage and the grace to make myself mothing instead.  Help me to become more and more like you every day.  Amen.

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-8

Journal: How do you try to make yourself something?  How is Jesus asking you to make yourself nothing?  What does that look like?  Will you?

Reflection:

a fertile emptiness

if you really want to be like me

the way you say you do

then let go of every way

you try to make yourself something

and make yourself nothing instead

just like i did

                           ~jesus

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Lord Jesus, I’m afraid that if I really emptied myself of all the ways I try to be something, there might not be anything left.  Which might be exactly what you are looking for.  Maybe that’s the kind of emptiness you want; the kind of emptiness that you can fill with yourself—a fertile emptiness.