On Monday I was leading a retreat day, in a new venue, with a group where I only knew two of the people. I was exploring spiritual health, using that term to mean our relationship with God, self, others and creation. I drew on the work of Margaret Silf in Soul Journeys (along with two psalms and the work of Morgan Harper Nichols) and she writes this about the angel’s words to the women after the resurrection:
The angel’s promise assures us that wherever “Galilee” is for us, the risen Christ will go there ahead of us, and we will see that power of his transformative presence in ways that we had not recognised until now (p169).
That is such a reassuring thought for me. The post resurrection narratives bring me such comfort and even on Monday I had a sense that Jesus had gone before me, Chapel House, where the retreat was held is a prayed into space. I felt a sense of peace, I experienced the Holy Spirit leading me in different ways through the day as while I had a script for my three talks, there are always excursions from it!
We may not know what the future holds but we can trust that Jesus will be there with us and that we can experience his transformative power in ways we might not be able to imagine from where we are now.
Marker Posts and Shelters 
Thank you for the reminder that spiritual health, means our relationship with God, self, others and creation. I remember that insight being introduced when I started reading into hospital chaplaincy 20 years ago. I also remember it being evidenced by research into the spirituality of children too young to have been baptised into science; pure souls. Love your insight about galilee being wherever we are
Philip Tyers [cid:image001.png@01DA9BB6.CA38BC80]
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