Women at the Well - A Spiritual Spa Day

I had the privilege of participating in a Spiritual Spa Day recently. The theme was "Expanding your View of God." At the beginning of the day the facilitator read the poem about the blind men and the elephant. The poem shows how each man's understanding of what an elephant is was based on his own limited experience of the elephant parts right in front of them that were touched and felt.

After reading the poem, the facilitator encouraged each of us to look through some photos and pick one that we were drawn to. She then asked us to write about the photos or what the photos evoked in us in the voice of God, to write as if God were describing the events or feelings or thoughts depicted in the photo.

I chose a photo with lots of water. This is what I wrote:

I am the essence of life. Without me there would be no living thing. I permeate all life. I flow, I move and am rarely dormant or at rest/ I connect all things and am the common denominator in all living things. I am within and without. I surround and support. My form may change but my essence remains the same. I have the power to overwhelm and destroy but the power of my love is greater than my ability to destroy. I invite you to lie down and rest within me. Drink and receive refreshment from me. In the stillness know that I will never leave you nor forsake you. I am everywhere. There is no missing my presence. I am beautiful and I am vast yet a drop of me can be enough to sustain you. Look in to me and see your reflection. Jump in to me and I will support you envelop you and refresh you. I am bottomless.

After writing we were encouraged to draw or paint something that would personalize the words that we wrote. The watercolor at the top of the page is what I painted.