What happens when there is no communion, no words, no spirit? Pent up feelings keep piling up inside. Feelings that have nowhere to go and no one to understand them wither and fester. Little by little, they rot and turn a living soul to a mouldy, ghostly, ghastly ghoul, dead and decayed from constipation of the mind and shattering of the heart. Hope dies. Laughter is a lie.
But, oh, joy. They feel each other’s thoughts. All they need is to hear the other breathe and they know. They have a love founded in words on the Word and her fire is balanced by his water.
She is his life, his muse. She makes him alive. He keeps her alive. He tends the fires of her passion, so they hurt no one but instead burn bright and shed light all around, giving warmth, smoking fragrance. He gives her strength and shelter, calm and comfort. She makes him radiant. He makes her beautiful.
With one heart and soul, they share communion in the outpouring and inbreathing of words and spirit. They are glorious together, reflecting the Trinity in word and spirit.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us: have mercy upon us.O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us: as our trust is in thee.
O Lord, in thee have I trusted: let me never be confounded.
Emeth,
Never tell me again that you can’t write. I won’t believe you. :cP
I find it interesting that in the pagan Roman worldview, the male was fire, and the female was water. The vestal virgins of Rome tended the sacred hearth (fire) with their water, drawn from a spring.
In your thoughts here, it is opposite. I wonder if fire and water really are gender specific in a Christian worldview, and if so, then how and why? Of course, both fire and water are identified with God, and specifically the Holy Spirit. God is a consuming fire, the Holy Spirit descends in tongues of flame, but the baptism of the Spirit is signified by water.
Interesting stuff. I’ll have to give it some more thought.
Oh, and of course I love the part about feeling and just knowing another’s thoughts. It’s rare, as you know.
So are you back in WA now?
Ya. Just got home yesterday.
In biblical imagery, I don’t think fire and water are gender specific … if they are, my guess is they would both be male. But so much in the Bible is male. Even I am, as a son of God.
In personal terms, I think who is fire and who is water depends on the couple. Your parents, for example, your father is fire and your mother is water. My parents, it’s opposite. Wouldn’t you say? And depending on the couple, sometimes both are fire and both are water.