Mostly Lost...Truly Found...
Lost & found...the themes of this week's gospel reading...of all the scripture readings, actually. Makes me think of recent personal losses- oh, nothing intense or profound like the loss of a loved one, and yet at a deep level, intensely profound for me. Recently, I have been experiencing a problem in my right hip which has been affecting both my mobility and my sense of comfort and well-being. The result of an old injury caused by an auto accident, the problem flared this summer as I tried to keep up with mostly-younger people in a strength-and-flexibility class at a local yoga studio. By the end of five weeks (I couldn't even go to the sixth!) I was in almost-continuous pain and found myself walking...getting in and out of the car...getting up from a chair...navigating the stairs...like a decrepit old woman. ME- who had prided myself on remaining as youthful as possible- at least in terms of my physical abilities and good health. Now, I have long ackno...