I'm trying something a little different today. I'm posting this from my phone, so don't judge my typos. The reason I'm doing it this way is because I slept in an extra 30 minutes after a rather long and emotionally exhausting day and still had to get to work on time.
Yesterday my wife and I went to a church picnic for lunch then went over to watch the 14th Annual Lantern Floating Ceremony at Ala Moana Beach Park. For those unfamiliar with lantern floating it's a way for certain cultures to honor those who have passed on from this life. This year the ceremony was attended by approximately 40,000 people and over 1,000 lanterns were floated. We have been going to this ceremony from the beginning and I honestly have to say this is by far the most people we have seen gathered for this event, ever.
My wife and I were talking about it and it seems this year, especially, there were a lot more people needing to rid themselves of the pains they had experienced for whatever reason.
The lanterns are suppose to represent a way for the survivors of the passed loved ones to let go of some, if not all, their grief. It has also become a way to release a lot of other pain those same people are feeling. Some of that pain is from events which surround these individuals and some of that pain is within themselves.
It's that pain, the one that lives inside us, that when we find a way to let it go we can begin to live the life God intended for us. Isaiah 6:1-8 tells us the story of the prophet's call from God. In the passage Isaiah doesn't feel worthy enough to be a messenger of God, but when his lips are touched with burning coal and he is told his sins have been forgiven he immediately accepts the life God has planned for him.
A true testament to living in accordance to the will of God is what I beloved this passage is trying to give is. Maybe you're feeling good, living a happy life, but maybe somewhere deep within you can still feel that emptiness. Those who floated their lanterns yesterday, as well as those who were witnesses, found a way to begin the cleansing process.
How will you begin?
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