And The Soul Felt Its Worth
This verse from the Christmas song “O Holy Night” just popped into my head while I was reading a book that was so unrelated to the song (Hey, don’t ask me! My capricious muse just comes out whenever and wherever. I’m just a channel).
“O Holy Night!
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth.
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!”
That’s the whole stanza of the song. I never pay much attention to Christmas carols anymore, but somehow, the verse “Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth” was in my head during my morning reflection and struck a chord in my heart.
TILL HE APPEARED
I am not much of a religious person, but there’s the “Christ” in Christmas. Umm…nope, Christ was not Jesus’ last name, I don’t think so. What does “Christ” mean to me? For me, it is the Divinity that lives in all of us—the goodness, the blessed, the joy, the glorious, the light…THE LIGHT.
That light…do you see it in yourself? It’s there. It’s always been there. Even if you don’t recognize it.
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Close your eyes and take a couple of deep breaths. Now, feel that light. It might just be a tiny spark, but it’s still a light. Feel that light glowing from inside you, emanating within your body, then out into the world. There! That’s the light, the glorious light that is the Christ within you waiting to be reborn…
Will you allow it? Will you let that Christ in you be born…to appear…to be seen? It is there, no matter how tiny the spark, somehow, someone will notice.
Look around you. Do you see the light in others? The Christ in them? Do you see the splendor?
…” Till he appeared…”
Thousands of years ago, a Christ was born, in a lowly, humble manger. Before he walked among us, performed miracles, voiced out his teachings, betrayed, sacrificed. Before he rose from the dead. Before all that, he simply appeared. A lowly spark of light turned into a glorious radiance. It is only through feeling the presence of that light within us, the Christ within us— are we able to feel the full magnitude of our value.
AND THE SOUL FELT ITS WORTH
There’s this need that we often don’t quite know how to express. We easily confuse our longing for love or happiness with the longing to know that we are worthy.
The need to feel worthy is so deeply embedded in our psyche, that we tend to base it on the external, our societal dictates. Our souls are given the opportunity to experience the fullness of our worth, but we were told something very different.
We let the world tell us that our worth is based entirely on what’s outside of us, on what can be seen. We’re not measured simply by our existence but rather by what we can offer. That light. That spark. That’s the Divine in you. The Christ in you. Let it radiate. That is what the world needs. That is what you can offer. That is what your Soul is worth. Do not let anyone outside of you tell you otherwise.
Allow yourself to know, really know, just who you are.
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You are Light.
You are Divine.
You are Beloved.
You are Enough
You are Worthy…
Worthy of all the good things that life has to offer.
Worthy of the love that you give in return.
Worthy of the abundance that you see around you.
Worthy of Living…
Worthy of living
Keep on living
Keep on going
Keep on shining
I see you.
I bow to the Light in you.
I bow to the Divine in you.
And so it is.
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