Maintaining Spiritual Balance
Continuing thoughts on the sacred rhythm of the pendulum – how the continuum of humanity and divinity brings us balance, we also should acknowledge a truth: The swing to and fro does not always feel so smooth.
There are reasons when the pendulum does not pass through the exact center. Instead, a wobble occurs. The rhythm falters, the momentum shift and suddenly we feel entirely off-balance.
This spiritual friction in our lives is that unsettling space where we feel like everything is going wrong or it seems the very world is falling apart around us.
In those moments of instability, we crave a pause, but the world keeps spinning and the pendulum keeps moving.
How do we realign our movement when we are caught in the wobble? Not by forcing a sudden, unnatural stop.
Meeting us where we are
Instead, God meets us exactly where we are – and some of the ways that happens are through sacramental signs.
This past Sunday celebrating the Body and Blood of Christ is a good time to think about the divine course-corrections available to us.
We receive Christ in intimacy, we participate in the communal action of sharing a bonding meal, we reconnect and share our lives with one another and through it all, we are not pulled out of the motion of life; rather, the alignment is restored from within the swing itself.
The sacraments act as a spiritual gyroscope, stabilizing our hearts even while the pendulum remains in motion.
Steady Anchoring
Participation in the rituals of faith does not promise a life free from trial or wobbling movement. Instead, those practices anchor us.
They gently recalibrate our swing, pulling us back toward the true center. When you feel the wobble this week, and when the world feels unsteady, do not despair.
Draw near to the various sacred spaces and actions of our Providence Community to steady your stride, trusting that even in the uneven shifts of life, God is actively restoring your peace and reclaiming your center.
