Comments on: Elegy to a lost experience

By: Mary Withers

Mary Withers — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 15:44:44 +0000

I am so glad that you found the peace and calm of being with your dad and working together on the miniature railway. We indeed have a God who meets us where we are. I enjoyed reading your blog Sally and seeing the picture of a wonderful model railway.

By: Franceska Dante, UK-22

Franceska Dante, UK-22 — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:32:29 +0000

Oh, and I hope that we as a group may be able to arrange some more meet-ups (either virtually or in person) over the next few months, so you’ll hopefully have plenty of time to do the getting to know you thing.

By: Franceska Dante, UK-22

Franceska Dante, UK-22 — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:30:55 +0000

So glad you managed to have this experience, even though we missed you at Corymeela! What precious moments with your dad (I’m slightly jealous of the railway, by the way). Somehow, God has often found a way to silence someone so vociferous as myself, and it is always a profoundly embracing, loving experience – sometimes He presents me with an empty church, sometimes with a rail journey where I can sit with Him and with myself, sometimes it is craft or gardening. As I’m sure you know, not all pilgrimages involve walking miles and miles: some just involve letting God peel back a few more layers and letting us open our hearts to Him a little more; that’s when we realise that the journey towards God is also a journey into ourselves, His beloved, the little mirrors of His own image. At Corrymeela, we looked at our own sense of belovedness. I suspect that, through your alternative experience, you might have found that belovedness with both your dad and your Father. In the Mary / Martha clash of priorities, it seems that God has given you what was, for you, the better part. My He continue to bless you with such surprises!