A Virgin a Day: Day Nine
Our Lady of the Linoleum Forest - created on Polyvore by MeriMagic |
One of the things that makes Our Lady so approachable
is her humanity.
She was a mother, laboring through natural childbirth,
raising children, watching at least one of them
die before her.
She followed the dictates of her husband,
even if it meant riding a donkey to his village
of origin to be enumerated in a census
when she was near her date of confinement.
Though she is exalted by those who wove her mythology
(scant as it is) into the texts that became scripture
as an extraordinary woman,
a woman above all others,
what those who seek her blessings see
is her humanity.
She is, and was, one of us.
While we know little of her life
beyond the bare facts recited,
we are assured that --
in the 2000 plus years since her death--
she has worked countless miracles.
How can that be,
if she is one of us?
Each of us is a spark of the divine,
capable of miracles.
Only by denying our divinity,
our inherent creative potential,
do we lose our capacity for the miraculous.
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if she is one of us?
Each of us is a spark of the divine,
capable of miracles.
Only by denying our divinity,
our inherent creative potential,
do we lose our capacity for the miraculous.
True, true and true again. This should be on a prayer card - made by you!
(A Creative Harbor) ~ aka ~ Artmusedog ^_^
Ruby
But I am speechless. And can only say. my admiration of you just keeps growing♥
Keeper of the Door