Hold us in The Light during the storm

[annabanana]

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I just had a Quaker friend say she would "Hold us in The Light" as the storm rushes through us. So I looked it up:

When I Hold people in the Light I am most comfortable visualizing them wrapped in an actual warm light. To me it represents God's love. If I know the person, I "see" them. If not, I find my mind still sees a light and I know that God is, and will be, caring for that person. A speaker at the FGC Gathering this year led us to understand that in the Bible we are instructed to petition God. So many of us wonder if it's "OK" to pray for health and well being, and it was wonderful to be invited to ask.

I like to think of “holding in the Light” as being “holding in Love.” The Light to me represents God’s love and some of its qualities, and so when I think of holding someone in the Light I picture them surrounded by visual, bright Light, but also surrounded by something with warmth and a soft texture. In the Psalms there is reference to being borne up on the wings of an eagle, and I like the image of an eagle’s wing as part of God’s love. The wing can be powerful, strong, and uplifting, but on the ground the wing can encircle us in a warm and comforting way. Thus, I envision someone being held in brightness, warmth, and softness.

If illness, or some other bad turn in my life, struck me next week, I would like Friends to hold "me" in the light, and not just my bad fortune. It is easy for the concern to focus on the illness, forgetting that there is a person there who has, or has had, a whole life that needs holding in the light as well. Hold the person up to the light so that we may see illuminated all that there is to the person. The thought above came to me recently when a Friend told of seeing a person in need, and not realizing for the longest time that there was more to helping this person than tending to the need

As we huddle here on Long Island. Those of you so inclined, please Hold us in The Light.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Light is on its way.

[LiberalEsto]

2. Namaste'

We will all hold each other in the Light

[Silent3]

3. I bought a natural gas powered generator for that.

If there are any gods out there, however, they're probably the irony-favoring gods who'll get a laugh out of dropping a tree on my generator.

[rug]

4. Are you on the South Shore?

[annabanana]

6. Yes my dear.

Barrier beach island

[rug]

7. Best of luck. Let us know how you're doing.

[cbayer]

5. Beautiful concept and happy to do so.

I once had a voodoo mistress use a similar concept of surrounding oneself with light during difficult times. It helped a great deal.

[rrneck]

8. We're thinking of you. Take care. nt

[onager]

9. "God Moves On the Water," Blind Willie Johnson

Posted by a Militant Atheist. Go figure.

(The song is about another disaster - the sinking of the Titanic.)

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