Surrendering in Sacred Trust

I release that which is not worthy of my Soul. . . . I do not decide this for myself from a place of distrust or judgment. I surrender my attachments and I trust in the sacred workings of my life to present to me what is needed.

I surrender, I surrender, in sacred trust, I surrender.

May my life be governed by love for the greatest good and in holy service to love now. So be it.

– Alana Fairchild
Excerpted from the guidebook message for
Card #12 (“Divine Discontent”) in Rumi Oracle:
An Invitation into the Heart of the Divine
Llewellyn Publications, 2016

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:

SURRENDER
• I Surrender to You
• The Act of Surrender
• Jesus and the Art of Letting Go
• You Are My Goal, Beloved One
• Love’s the Only Dance
• Sweet Surrender
• Let Someone Love You
• A Season of Listening

TRUST

• Trust and Surrender
• Trusting God’s Generous Invitation
• Giving Thanks: A Spiritual Act of Trust
• Resting in the Presence of the Beloved
• Love as Exploring Vulnerability
• Love as “Quest and Daring and Growth”
• “Queer Love Is My Divine Companion”
• Seeking Higher Perceptions
• The Guidance of Higher Forces
• Love Is My Guide

SOUL
• Soul: The Connecting Force in Life
• Your True Source
• Thomas Moore on the “Ageless Soul”
• The Soul’s Beloved
• Awakening the Wild Soul
• Where Soul Would Have Us Go
• Soul Deep
• The Soul Within the Soul
• The Soul of a Dancer

DANCE
• Our Dance
• The Art of Dancing as the Supreme Symbol of the Spiritual Life
• “Then I Shall Leap Into Love”
• Love’s the Only Dance
• We All Dance
• And As We Dance . . .
• The Premise of All Forms of Dance
• Finding Balance in the Presence of the Beloved
• “I Came Alive With Hope”
• The Body: As Sacred and Knowing as a Temple Oracle
• Our Bodies Are Part of the Cosmos
• Flexibility and Flow
• Move Us, Loving God
• A Prayer for Dancers
• Aristotle Papanikolaou on How Being Religious Is Like Being a Dancer
• Not Whether We Dance, But How
• The Soul of a Dancer

RUMI
• Rumi and Shams: A Love of Another Kind
• Ramesh Bjonnes on Rumi and Shams as Gay Lovers
• The Soul of My Love
• Don’t Go Back to Sleep
• In the Dance of Light, Eyes of Fiery Passion
• The Guesthouse
• The Source Is Within You
• The Sculptor

Images: “Dancing Soul” (dancer and photographer unknown).