In utero revolt

 

Luke 1:49-53

for the Mighty One has done great things for me,

and holy is his name.

His mercy is for those who fear him

from generation to generation.

He has shown strength with his arm;

he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,

and lifted up the lowly;

he has filled the hungry with good things,

and sent the rich away empty.

When a mother dreams

for her unborn child

Those dreams are rarely

for greatness

More likely are dreams

for survival

for thriving 

for love and acceptance

Mary, mother of God

dreamt of the overthrow of empires

of freedom from oppression

of justice and sharing

As the child grew in her womb

she dreamed

of revolution

of the touch of God

uprooting 

all that we’ve settled on

ushering in a whole new way of being

Even knowing the grief that would be hers

as her child inhabited the marginal places

upsetting governors and rulers

and every kind of establishment

fulfilling the hopes of a nation 

birthing hope for the world

Mary offered her womb 

and so much more - 

her hopes and fears and dreams

the whole of her being.

May our dreams

incite revolution

as we too become God bearers

nurturing life for the world

born out of courage and vulnerability 

as we find ourselves

in all the wrong places

with all the wrong people

fulfilling the dreams of God today.