36.6 F
Spokane
Sunday, March 23, 2025
spot_img
HomeCommentaryPOEM: Do you know who you are?

POEM: Do you know who you are?

Date:

Related stories

Another broken promise: Interior sued over cuts to Indigenous schools

The Trump administration’s firing of staff at Indigenous schools, without tribal consultation, leads to a lawsuit over more broken promises.

Ask a Buddhist: What is the ‘Day of Miracles’?

This Ask a Buddhist column from Ven. Thubten Chonyi from Sravasti Abbey. She talks about the "Day of Miracles," what they were for and what was their result.

When time destroys, art breathes new life

A sleepless mind at 2 a.m. grapples with time, change and the transformative power of art, finding solace in creativity’s resistance to decay.

Finding Thankful Hearts in Life’s Harder Moments

"Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity." This extract from the Baha’i writings encapsulates an ideal about how we should strive to live our lives.

Inclusion is a holy word 

The word "inclusive" faces resistance, but advocating for inclusion, especially for LGBTQ+ and disabled individuals, aligns with gospel teachings.

Our Sponsors

spot_img

By Christi Ortiz

When you wake up in the morning, God smiles
When the spark of your soul flamed into creation, God rejoiced

Just as Adam cried out in joy when he saw Eve,
“At last, this is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh”,
so too God cries out, “This is spirit of my spirit, heart of my heart”.

Just as rays emanate from the Sun
and shoots sprout forth from a seed
so too your soul emanates from the heart of God

Do not fret or worry about things that really don’t matter
Don’t be insecure about the identity that was never you anyways!
See with God’s eyes

Who you are is hidden in God,
beyond your understanding,
more beautiful than you can imagine

Do not cling to the small self
or its myriad of preoccupations
You were made for more

Come to recognize the Divine in your DNA
the God who lives in your bones
and you will be freed to love

You live in God
from God
with God
for God

Live from that place, love from that source
and let the rest fall away
like shadows scattered
by the burst of a ray of Sun

If everyone who reads and appreciates FāVS, helps fund it, we can provide more content like this. For as little as $5, you can support FāVS – and it only takes a minute. Thank you.

[give_form id=”53376″ show_title=”true” display_style=”button”]

Christi Ortiz
Christi Ortiz
Christi Ortiz is a licensed marriage and family therapist by profession and a poet by passion.  She enjoys trying to put to words to that which is wordless and give voice to the dynamic and wild spiritual journey called life. She lives in Spokane with her husband and two children, Emmanuel and Grace. She loves the outdoors and meditating in the early mornings which gives rise to her poetry.

Our Sponsors

spot_img
spot_img
0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
guest


0 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
spot_img
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x