Babies are a wonder. With a year old grandson running around the house I get to see that every day. The hope for all there is to come is there, in their innocence and in their eyes. I remember another baby, thirty years ago, that only had to look at me once on the day she was born and won my heart.
On the last day of the year, a week ago, I gave that girl away to a young man, in marriage. Yep, those same eyes melted dad’s heart again. She was beautiful and I was a mess (see, now you know why this blog is called the messy mystic), but as she said, the best kind of mess and I was that way unashamedly. I have finally learned that I am free to be me. I cried my way through the bride’s dance as well.
That girl is still my baby, always will be, with due apologies to my new son-in-law. Why did I go to this place? Christ said we must come to him like a child, with innocence in our hearts and in our eyes. Do you realize that the Eternal wants you to look into the Eyes of Eternity, as my little girl did into mine? Do you also realize that you can melt the Eternal Heart, just like my little girl did to me? God is love and nothing else. He loves each of us eternally and unreservedly.
Dear ones, when we gaze into the eyes of the Eternal, we are free. Free from fear, from shame and guilt, free to be who we were meant to be, unashamedly. It is in that realization that we can love each other and especially those we dislike or who dislike us. Why do you think there are so many references to the innocence of children and to weddings? We are beloved, we are deeply loved, we just need to melt God’s heart by looking lovingly and innocently into those Eternal Eyes.
TMM