Here are some nascent thoughts and reflections... It is my hope that my words and thoughts can stay grounded in humility and solely an ache for Truth.
I've thought about that interaction with Mary a lot since I've been given a car and am not as often on the bike, not as often in the midst of street-life, more distant from everyone around me. I chose not to have a car for so long not because it was bad but because of what the bike gave me.
It kept me more grounded. Slower. In touch with more people and the real life around me. Able to see changes and gradual shifts that I wouldn't have noticed otherwise. It made me live more slowly- running errands that were close to each other instead of all around town. It helped me honor the time and space that I feel called to give my children- a Slowness and lingering over life that is harder to give when I am not forced to.
It's like that with all the things that my culture tells me are blessings. (Two cars, a bigger home, more money, etc.) Some of them are, but some of them- sometimes even the same one- keep you from even more blessings, more real and important and soul-enriching blessings. Because I think the wisdom in Jesus living simply wasn't that he was trying to show that material wealth and possessions are evil, but that the lack of them can bring about such amazing interactions and blessings and meetings with God.
I have so many thoughts about this, and I cannot wait to write about them. To flesh them out, to see where the Spirit breathes life into them. I am excited. I live in Hope.
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