Thanksgiving Week: Healing Words
“You who live in the shelter of the Lord,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,
say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress;
my God in whom I trust.’”
--A prayer of the faithful (Psalm 91: 1, 2)
One of the enjoyable, insightful writers of the past couple of decades is Madeleine L’Engle. She offers these words for us to think about as we begin a special week, preparing for a day of Thanksgiving.
It is no coincidence that the root word of whole, health, heal, and holy is hale (as in hale and hearty). If we are healed, we become whole; we are hale and hearty; we are holy.
The marvelous thing is that this holiness is nothing we can earn.
We don’t become holy by acquiring merit badges and Brownie points.
It has nothing to do with virtue or job descriptions or morality.
It is nothing we can do, in this do-it-yourself world.
It is gift, sheer gift, waiting there to be recognized and received.
A prayer: Holy One, fill this week with people who are eagerly journeying toward being hale and hearty people. Amen.
Ben Keckler
11.24.08
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