The Root That Needs No Ground

Photo credit from Meta AI with human prompts by Joseph Olejak 

Christ, was prophesied in scripture as a "root out of a dry ground" (Isaiah 53:2)

A few weeks ago in meeting for worship someone mentioned this scripture and I've been thinking about what it means for my life? What was Isaiah pointing to? 

When I am faced with challenges in life I often give it over to a higher power.  I know as a human with plenty of challenges I have limited capacities to solve problems.  I also know that when I sit in quiet worship I can tap into sources of understanding that my "thinking mind" may not have access to. Sometimes called a "peace beyond understanding." My mind is the ground that I'm used to using, but that ground can be dried up with stress, worry, and anxiety. 

And yet, the spirit of Christ is with us.    

Some of the questions I am contemplating this morning are: 

• Can we give over our cares to a higher power? 
• Am I required to white knuckle solo through every challenge? 
• Am I too proud to ask for help? 
• Where did I get the notion that I'm in this existence all alone? 
• Where does the line between burden and asking for some assistance lie? 

We can feel both humbled and deeply supported by the notion that Christ is with us. That spirit infuses so much in our community. It arises at the moment we realize that we are not alone (a root out of dry ground) and when connect with the spirit of Christ (a root that arose out of dry ground)  

I'm okay with being both a supplicant and a supple root.  It's not either / or but and / both.  We can move between these spaces of supporting others and at times asking for what we need.  

Photo credit from Meta AI with human prompts by Joseph Olejak 

~ Joseph Olejak