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Today we learned about using images in spiritual direction. This is called “Visio Divina,” sacred seeing. Images speak to us in ways words cannot. A classic Visio Divina question is: “What image represents your spiritual life right now?” Ask yourself this question. There is no wrong answer. Let an image rise to the surface and then ponder what it might mean. What does it say about where God is moving (or not) in you? Or, you can look at an image and ask: what do you see in this image, what does this image say about your spiritual life, how does this image speak to an encounter you have had with God? So look at the image above–it’s a lovely time of year to be in the desert–and tell me what you see.
I see a beautiful, colorful, cheerful, welcoming blossom,
surrounded by hostile, dangerous, unfriendly cactuses
For me, the bright beautiful bloom overshadows the prickly surroundings.
New life!
I agree the Blossom makes the Cactuses pale
The cactus plants represents the humans we are and the blooms represents the beauty in each of us.
Life and beauty and thrive anywhere, no matter how hard the surrounding environment may try to choke it out.
When Jesus touches our life – His beauty and truth fill us with a Joy that cannot be squelched, no matter where we find ourselves and our circumstances. Oh, life can be really hard, but life in Jesus promises He will never leave us or forsake us! <