I remember the playfulness and joy at a carnival--a time of happy childhood memories. The Ferris wheel is a good symbol for the cycles of life. A reminder that change is constant--and every ending leads to a new beginning. To live in the moment and embrace joy in the now.
Remember the thrill of lifting off the ground--coming higher and higher into the sky--the view expanding the higher we rise. A reminder to rise above daily struggles and look at situations with clarity and wisdom. To step back and look at a situation from a higher perspective and trust that everything is unfolding according to a divine plan.
Trials are but lessons we've yet to master...opportunities keep coming round and round, to provide another chance to come up higher until we finally heal that karmic pattern. It's tempting to practice avoidance--not face the problem head on...but a new cast of characters will enter our life to spotlight the issue within us!
When we humbly ask for our hidden faults to be revealed and healed, the Holy Spirit will shine the light and help us to understand the issue through a lens of divine love. Spiritual growth and transformation come with the rising and falling--there are ups and down like the Ferris wheel. And, when we accept setbacks as part of the spiritual journey, and challenges as opportunities for growth, we can find ourselves grateful for the experience in the art of becoming who we truly are.
It is not you that shape God,
it is God that shapes you.
If then you are the work of God,
await the Hand of the Artist who
does all things in due season.
Offer Him your heart, soft and tractable,
and keep the form in which the Artist has
fashioned you. Let your clay be moist,
lest you grow hard and lose the imprint
of His fingers.
--Saint Irenaeus
Love and peace,
Rae Karen
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