A while back, Harper, the dog, and I were messing about in the canyon. There had been much rain and the river was ragingly spectacular. Entranced, I thought, “Well, I don’t hike as well as I did at twenty, but doing pretty good for fifty-six.” So, as I approached the watershed that I had circumvented going forward, I decided that I could jump it on the way back. So, I leapt! 

As I lay there with the water gurgling around me, gazing upon the sky, feeling my skinned knee, I chuckled, “Well, this is another fine mess you’ve gotten yourself into.”

Just as a child; testing our limits, boundaries, abilities, so we do in other life stages. I’m finding, as well, so I do in my spiritual life. 

Do we leap again~or not? Are we wounded~or revealed? 

And what is up with all this wandering about in deserts? Are we lost, searching, adventuring? Are we afraid or filled with wonder? Do we hear a call or just want a map? 

Jesus answered, “It says: Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” Luke 4:12 

Faith pulls us up and calms us down. Faith inspires us and let’s us question. 

On and on we may question. Faith allows us. For, truly, we do not live by bread alone. 

And Hope ~always the hope, that we grow, learn from the boo-boo’s, joy and chaos. Whether we are healing from a shattered knee or a shattered heart. Faith in our healing, our limitations, our abilities. 

Divine Love. Wandering and wondering.                                                                       

– Susan Proctor