Who am I? Isn’t that the most exquisite and quintessential question we might contemplate? Well, for me it is. I don’t have a neat and complete answer…just a few ideas, meandering thoughts, really. Here goes.

I am a vessel for the expression of something far greater than me. A shell filled with Holy Spirit, Divine Essence, God Itself. My body is a way to be seen in the world, but I am more than my body. I am more than my changing thoughts and beliefs. Something about me is eternal and whole and perfect. Could this be my soul?

And if this is all true, wouldn’t it be best if my thinking self stepped aside? If I emptied myself of desire, self-importance and pretext…and allowed ‘that which is greater’ to carry me, guide me, fill me? What if I am here to simply learn how to be an empty vessel? To stop getting whipped into a frenzy by the seeming imbalance in the world and instead to stay curious and hopeful and…empty.

Jesus made it clear…everything from the Father through me. Everything through me…not by me or for me…but through me. God through me. Holy Spirit through me. Divine through me. Nothing less than this!

Paula, be the vessel. Be – the – vessel.