emptying

Opening Prayer: In all those dark moments, O God, grant that I may understand that it is you who are painfully parting the fibers of my being in order to penetrate to the very marrow of my substance. —Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Scripture: Mark 8:34-37

Journal: Where and how is God emptying you of yourself, in order to fill you with himself?

Reflection:

     emptying

there is an emptying

that comes from God

a profound deepening

meant to hollow out

space within you

that only he can fill

so do not be hasty to

grasp at the first thing

that comes along

in an effort to fill the void

lest you miss the gift

he is trying to give

that void might actually

be there for a reason

Prayer

Closing Prayer: Lord, I am stripped bare of all things, as you alone can strip us bare, whose fearful care nothing escapes, nor your terrible love. —The Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos