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Fragments of sin are a part of me.
New brooms shall sweep clean the heart of me.
Shall they? Shall they?When this light life shall have passed away,
God shall redeem me, a castaway.
Shall He? Shall He?
–Marianne Moore, public domain
Holly Mueller invites us to reflect on our spiritual journey each week. Today her theme is Follow. I also subscribe to Kim Douillard’s blog Thinking Through My Lens. She invited me to think about containers. So my creative-spiritual being thought about these things while I visited St. Marks Cathedral in Seattle today. We went to Centering Prayer. Sitting in silence in this holy space was a special gift. I let go completely and allowed my mind to rest.
The container of my mind holds many fragments.
Closing my eyes in prayer,
letting the mantra cleanse me, I am freed.
My container is opened.
We are called to Follow as we are called to Be still and know.
Today I looked into the font at the entrance to St. Marks and saw this reflection.
A God-centered mind will reflect only love.
Reflections on the Teche 
Centering prayer intrigued me. I had to Google it. I believe that I will be reading more about it. Thank you Margaret!
Margaret, this post and poem are lovely reminders to me that in God’s service we shall follow. I was involved in a special service project tonight for the Uganda project I support. You can read about it at http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2014/05/creating-hope-from-paper.html. The story of the Uganda journey is a very touching one. As a teacher you will appreciate it.
You are following God’s call with your support of such a worthy project. Thanks for sharing. Touched my heart.
What a beautiful thing…Centering Prayer. I’d never heard of it either. I just love how you end your post, “A God-centered mind will reflect only love.” Yes!! Thank you Margaret! Those words will stay with me!
“Be still and know” is one of my favorite callings of God! Beautiful image, Margaret!