COVID strikes again and cancels our girls weekend in Phoenix :(. We were excited to celebrate Betsy's 50th and discuss President Nelson's talks to our heart's content. Thankfully, Betsy and Jeff came for the weekend and we had a great time eating out, hiking and releasing.
At our last counseling session Tifanny introduced us to theraputic burning, a physical act of releasing the past. Betsy brought a lot of hard papers from James' suicide including police reports and notes he had written her. I brought the journal pages and police report from Max's wilderness program (1 year ago today he came home). I was most fascinated watching Betsy's actual physical posture change as we watched all of that hard stuff cleansed by fire, and ascend to heaven in smoke. I thought about the symbolism during the sacrament today too. I take the burden of suffering, pain, resentment, and disappointment that I have willingly carried when God asked me to and, with his approval, I place it on the alter. I allow the spirit of fire to turn heavy burdens to nothing but a means of ascension to God.
Max didn't formally participate, but joined by starting the fire, and that was a meaningful part I appreciated.
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