Monday, November 29, 2010

Isolated Utterances

Voices -Melody Gardot, Cassandra Wilson and the great Ella. Not alone in the feeling of lonesomeness, great voices, greater desperation lulls in the evening, silkening the crisp atmosphere. Coping with soothing blue notes, when all things frivilous
are surely prone to distract- her isolation was encased within her own complexities.
Picking up a book, the edges tattered and cover stained with coffee rings, her fragile fingers grazed over
the tired leather. Engravings of holy colors, the book was still ready for use, as its purpose would be null
if left tucked away.
Luke 22:39-46

Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation. He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.“Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”

"Fall into temptation," she thought for a moment. These men, who professed to go to the grave for Jesus, fell asleep from sorrow. Yet the man who led them from the beginning would continue, not withholding his promise to love.

"Get up and pray. So you will not fall into temptation."
And with this reminder, she walked over to the corner of the room and knelt to share in honest conversations.

The room was now warm, with only the breeze envying through window panes.

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