to stand like the sunflower
turned full face to the sun drenched
with light in the still centre
held while the circling planets
hum with an utter joy
- Evangeline Paterson
LET IT BE SO
John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptised by you, and do you come to me?" Jesus replied, "Let it be so now". Matthew 3:14,15
The traditional postures suggested by baptism, hands upturned and head raised or bowed, show a life and identity willingly drenched in the will and light of God. Such significant gestures bookend Lent, beginning and ending a task with a keen sense of harmony, timing and deference.
Jesus' 'Let it be so' echoes his own mother's 'Let it be unto me' indicating perhaps a challenging degree of trust.