My bones are not hidden from you, When I was being made in secret, fashioned in the depths of the earth.
This passage was not my first choice today. When I took a moment to prepare for the hour of prayer this morning, I was first moved to consider the invitation to probe, to search for errant ways so he could help me re-direct my course. When I sat down now to reflect, I found myself reconsidering what calls to me. This is not a surprise. I tend to overthink everything and this tendency has complicated life and irritated people for decades now.
What bubbled up as the referencing fashioned in the depths of the earth. I previously assumed the depths of the earth really pointed to the mother's womb rather than a literal reference to the earth. I have recently been focused on a study of Celtic Christian Spirituality and the close connection, integration, in fact of humankind into the earth so to be made in secret in the depths of the earth takes on a new dimension.
The most influential author I have ever encountered is the late poet, author, spiritualist, theologian, native Irish speaker and priest John O'Donohue. The offer of the book "Anam Cara", meaning soul friend, in 2009 allowed me to immerse myself in a revolutionary way of looking at humanity and the world. I never understood that spirituality existed before humans were created or was present with us at the time of creation. The Holy Spirit did not come along later after the saving mission of Christ. It was there when God created the earth. It was there as revelation come to view. It was there in the stories of Abraham, Moses, John the Baptist, Jesus and then the disciples.
O'Donohue reminds us we were created out of clay, fashioned from the elements of the earth but our spirits and our bodies came together. Seeing ourselves as creatures of clay allows us to use words like fluency, geography and landscape to view our existence and journey. As figures of clay, we dance to the melody of the spirit. Existence is not mundane or intended to be dull and boring.
The Psalm allows for all of that flow through the course of our life from what existed before our knowledge, what we know today and what will be revealed as we flow downstream to where we arrive where all three streams meet and become one.
We were created in secret. No, I was created in secret, as were we all. He knows me, he knows us. With creation, he set us free to merge into all creation without ever losing a sense of who we are. His children. I am his created child dwelling as I am today in his creation.
Wow. That blows my mind.
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