My Beloved ...

Dear One ... Breathe deeply and take a few moments to center yourself on the music in your soul that is God.  Remember that you are invited to sing your own song in this present moment ... the song that God has placed within you.

As you breathe, say a breath prayer ... 

     Inhale:  Symphony of Song  ...

     Exhale:  fill me with kindness  ... 

when you feel the time to move from your prayer, invite God to move with you 

     Pray:  as you guide me into your holy words of life

Read the passage slowly with a sense of openness to the Song of the Spirit in your soul ...

Isaiah 5:1-7     Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.   He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.  And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.  What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?  And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.  I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.  For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting; he expected justice, but saw bloodshed; righteousness, but heard a cry!

Read just these few words again slowly and Reflect.  What word or few words draw your attention?   Repeat that word or few words.  Ponder this Word that desires to be heard deep within you.  Let any feelings that have been stirred bubble up to the surface of your consciousness.  Welcome your feelings ... whatever they may be ... Let your feelings teach you about God ... let your word and your feelings help you to know God … what are you learning about yourself?

Read the passage again slowly and Respond.   Talk to God about the song that is being composed deep within you.  What part of yourself do you want to offer God?   What would you like to say or to sing to God who is your beloved?  Take a moment to journal your feelings and your thoughts … allow your mind to wander freely and simply write what comes to your mind.

Read the passage again and Rest.    Allow your mind to come to a gentle place of love and acceptance of self.  Let those feelings of warmth surround you and give you peace …

When you sense the time to move on, Pray ... Loving God, thank you for composing my life with me and help me to be free to sing my song and not the song others give me.

Cindy's Journal Reflection ... 

beloved … beloved …. beloved… 

my very own dearest Beloved Symphony Spirit, as I close my eyes and rest in the dissonant chorus, I hear the faint whimpering tune of wild despair … 

as grapes dropping from the vine … 

each one a cry of the girl who doesn’t know Is each note I hear and absorb a cry of one deep within me I’ve yet to meet?   

Amen.   Beloved, Amen.