AN EMPTY TABLE AND AN EMPTY STABLE

What do they have in commom? They seem to be waiting.

LOVE IS ALREADY THERE! There is no emptiness that love cannot fill when we invite it to do so. This table was prepared for us as God prepares a place for us to be born. God also prepares the time and just as it is important for a baby to be in the womb until the right time. There are things in our lives that are changing us as day by day as the expected and the unexpected can happen.

We feel so welcomed when we come to a place that has been prepared for us. Children change our lives in so many ways. Mary and Joseph's lives were completely changed when they knew they were expecting a baby.

Our lives are changed by the different people we meet, the books we read, the music we listen to

and as we discover new gifts in ourselves that will unfold as we use them. As I watched Ben and Morgan [Morgan was on the video as we did not make it to her concert] my heart was filled with happiness. We were so proud of them as we have been at all the family concerts we have attended.

The songs were from different countries and different religous faiths and that was very meaningful. I think each of us should be proud of our religious background and allow the sacred into our daily lives.

I think that most of us dream our fears and we all have fears; like not liking to be in the dark and unfamiliar place. There comes a time in our lives when we have to let go of our children and let them do what they want and what they need to grow and develope character and inner strength.

Who is speaking into our lives today? Are we listening and are we learning? There will be times when the world seems a cold and unfriendly place but like our son says just turn on the heat. For me this can be done prayerfully as I allow the quietness of the spirit to unfold like wings of a dove over me.

Love is there for us and will speak to us in our times of waiting.