In Hind's Feet, when Much-Afraid reaches the heights, the shepherd asks her for her bag of remembrance stones, and he turns them into precious jewels.
Yesterday, Terry bought me a little bracelet entirely made with stones from Lake
Michigan - petosky stones, iron and copper.
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It will be another reminder of lessons learned on this trip.
I want to be a polished stone - made beautiful by affliction.
"I am my Love's and he is mine, and this is his desire,
That with his beauty I may shine in radiant attire.
And this will be - when all of me is pruned and purged with fire."
August 24, 2011
After Much-Afraid reaches the High Places and has her name changed, she realizes the need to return to the valley to share what she has found. In this way, she is like the water - going always lower:
"From the heights we leap and flow
To the valleys down below,
Sweetest urge and sweetest will
To go lower, lower still."
She realizes she was brought to the heights just for this purpose.
How can I "go lower" today?
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1 comment:
I was just thinking of re-reading this book today. Love the lessons you got from it.
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