I spent a couple of days with the Sisters of the Precious Blood this past weekend. My heart, mind, body and soul have been weary for awhile now. Being there, it turns out I’m more tired than I can admit to myself. Though I’ve been focused on accomplishing tasks I knew and felt are in service for the Lord, I still felt distracted and disoriented. I’m becoming a little too much like Martha.
I haven’t been in true silence with God in so long. I missed Him so much. The sisters were kind and warm. I felt at home. It’s good to slow down, be in silence, learn from the saints. My time this weekend reminds me of an old favourite, Vienna by Billy Joel. The song is saying you’ve got your whole life ahead of you, “slow down, you’re going to be fine. No matter what you do, be good at it, and whenever you get there, you get there.”
Slow down, you’re doing fine
You can’t be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight
Tonight,
Too bad but it’s the life you lead
You’re so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know
You can’t always see when you’re right. You’re rightSlow down, you crazy child
And take the phone off the hook and disappear for awhile
It’s all right, you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Spending time with my loving Father is my Vienna and Vienna waits for me 🙂
Alodia