Acts 18:9-18; Psalm 47:2-7, John 16:20-23

I leave
my fear
and silence
and speak
of God’s desire
for love
and peace
knowing
I live
in God’s Presence
and power
filled with a joy
that cannot
be taken

as a mother’s pain
of her labor
is forgotten
in the joy of birth
so shall our pain
in our homecoming

How do we let go of our fear, suffering and sorrow?
How do we enter God’s desire for us?