Have you ever noticed how automatic it is that we remove our shoes as soon as we enter someone’s home and the door is shut behind us? There is no need for a decorative written message or a mat suggesting the removal of your shoes. It seems an unwritten rule to remove your footwear when entering someone’s private space where you have so graciously been invited. Home, where we dwell even more each day than we ever have before. Let’s go a bit further and talk about sacred space.
You may say your home is a sacred space. Oh but Loves, it doesn’t seem sacred when you barely have enough space to breathe inside your own home, with children doing online learning and many working from home. Between cooking meals, cleaning up, keeping order in your home and your family, do you ever need space? If you live alone, do you spend your time trying to figure out whether you should be using time to rest, using time to accomplish more? But really you just want time to reminisce because you miss your Loves, or you just need time to process this world we live in and the impact it has on your heart and your dreams.
In a previous post, I dared you to dream. In this post, I am challenging you to find a sacred space and begin dreaming again. This is a place to feel, to explore, to discover, to remember who we are, to dream, to write out ideas that have been planted but have been dormant for some time. To capture goals that best manifest our purpose in this season (who and what we were created and destined to be and do).
I dare say this is the space where we must remove our shoes. No one else physically goes with us. Our connectedness to others goes with us. Their influence on us, our relationship, their spirit, their needs are in this space with us. This place is sacred because it’s our very own. It is where we meet and can be ourselves—in the truest form. This to me is why it is sacred. Barefooted. A woman who loves shoes. Just me and my Creator. Just. Simply. Me.
Music sings when no notes are played.
Joyous laughter reverberates.
Light shines no matter the position of the sun.
The smallest flame warms the atmosphere.
Gifts are unwrapped, no holiday in sight.
Dreams come alive, dancing in your eyes.
Sustenance when no food has been eaten.
Sight and sound are sharp enough to see clearly, to hear the soft gentle whisper calling you.
Yes. You.
It is not about the physical space as it is a place within your soul, thus making it sacred. This is the place where we remove not only our shoes, but also the expectations of others, stereotypes, judgments, daily responsibilities. The place of grace, of dreams, of voice and truth and light and love, no matter your mood.
If you have a full house, in addition to having your own space, create a time and space to have some sacred moments with others in your home, whether it is a spouse, partner, family member, roommate. For any children in your life, spend time with them in a sacred space, empowering them to set up their own sacred space, encouraging them in who they are and in all they are becoming.
Sitting quietly-crying, smiling, remembering, dreaming. The space that prepares you to put on the right shoes for each occasion, to stand tall, take your position and go forth. This is the place where a steady stance is learned, improved, perfected in Jesus. The readiness of your feet to stand on the holy ground within the sacred space, the readiness of your soul and soles to go, do, be.
Just. Simply. You.
Sole Journey 