Rest as Communion

Rest as Communion Caryll Houselander Think of a child asleep in her mother's arms; the abandon with which she gives herself to sleep can only be because she has complete trust in the arms that hold her. She is not lying asleep on that heart because she is worn out with anxiety. She is asleep there because it is a delight to her to be asleep there. The mother rests too. She rests in her child's rest.... Rest is a communion between them. It is a culmination of content. On the child's part, utter trust in her mother; on the mother's part, sheer joy in the power of her love to sustain her life. Such as this was the rest of God in the beginning of time, when God had created the world. Our rest in a world that is full of unrest is Christ's trust in his Faither; our peace in a world without peace is our surrender, complete as the surrender of the sleeping child to her mother, of the Christ in us, to God who is both Father and Mother. Source: The Passion of the Infant Christ in A Child in Winter by Thomas Hoffman Read more and add your thoughts at inward/outward This message is a daily service of inward/outward. Was this message forwarded to you? Click here to sign up. No longer interested in receiving these readings? Click here to unsubscribe. Having trouble unsubscribing? Email Church of the Saviour Office: churchofthesaviour.office@gmail.com