My morning walk usually takes me up the watershed road at the end out street. It leads me past an old reservoir, about thirty feet in diameter and then past a new one three times the size before ending at a flat area of the forest where I have a view of the West Lion, a mountain that oversees Vancouver. I normally pay little attention to the reservoirs, preferring the smell, sight and sounds of the forest, yet I do appreciate them for they provide fresh water to our village. Our water comes from snow melt rather than the big lake reservoirs that feed the city. The water is collected high up the mountain from the creek that runs below our home, transported to the reservoir, treated there by our works crew and delivered to my tap. All so simple, yet complex. I admit I take for granted the ease of turning on the tap, forgetting the process that allows it to flow freely and cleanly into our home.
This week was a bit different for I heard a talk about the reservoir of our soul. Oh, I know reservoirs! The teacher was describing the presence of God’s love within us as a reservoir. We are invited to open the door of our heart and let the reservoir of LOVE flow through us.
Have you ever seen a reservoir? Perhaps a huge tank or maybe a lake behind a dam…… Imagine with me a huge reservoir of love within you. God’s LOVE rests there, waiting for the work crew to open the valve and let it flow. This week I found myself wanting to open the door of my heart and let LOVE flow through me, flow freely and cleanly to those around me.
We are containers of this precious LOVE of God. Sometimes God’s LOVE can flow spontaneously through us, but often it helps if we intentionally seek to open the door of our heart, agreeing with, aligning ourselves with, the Spirit’s desire to flow into the world.
We are reservoirs of LOVE. Open the door of my heart to allow your LOVE to flow through me, through us today.
love and prayers
Anne
Mystic in Motion
Companion on the Way with Contemplative Fire
Companion on the Rivendell Way
Society Member of Shalem Institute of Contemplative Living