Not Forsaken

A verse from the chapter 'On Our Mother's Love.' Another snippet that, like the Mantle, feels very needed right now. Often it feels like there is too much wrong with the world to fix, too many things that need attention. It can make you feel very alone in the world; it certainly makes *me* feel lonely and overwhelmed.

But we are not alone.

Like the Mantle, the chapter this verse comes from is only 7 verses long. Though it is short, this chapter is packed with meaning, referring to many large and complicated parts of our thealogy: the descent of our souls from the limitless beginning before Time itself so we could become human (maid); the Daughter's birth to release us from the fetters of time and space; the Mother's power shown in Her shattering the very gates of the Underworld to resurrect the Daughter and all of us with Her.

Yet -- "Her hands that have shattered the gates of Hell shall not harm you; that have broken Hell's foundation shall be lain on you in gentleness." (v5)

"For She that created you also loves you, even to the end of the age." (v2)

Though we are but small on our own, there are so many of us constantly working on helping fix things -- whether that be racial injustice, reclaiming plastic so it's not clogging up our world, reforesting, donating, volunteering, cleaning, voting, rescuing -- that we need not always be overwhelmed. One step at a time, at what we can do. Our Mother is with us, always. And She will not leave us.

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On Our Mother's Love

"1 Take heart, My children, take joy and courage in our Mother. 2 For She that created you also loves you, even to the end of the age.
3 Take heart, though you have turned from Her. 4 For She has not forsaken you, neither are Her eyes filled with anger.

5 And Her hands that have shattered the gates of Hell shall not harm you; that have broken Hell's foundation shall be lain on you in gentleness. 6 Therefore hide yourself not from Her, and put aside the tangled weeds of thought that strive each with the other.

7 For of all things, love is the simplest."