Rooted and Grounded in Love :-

Simple Rhythms for a Life Anchored in God’s Love

Life has a way of shifting beneath our feet. Plans unravel, seasons turn, and what once felt certain can quietly fade. Transitions ~ whether chosen or unexpected ~ stretch us. They pull us out of the familiar and into the unknown. And in those moments, the question rises: What can hold me steady when everything else moves?

For me, the answer has always come back to Love. Not the fleeting, sentimental kind, but the steady, fierce Love of God. A Love that calls me by name, meets me in silence, and reminds me who I am when I forget.

Ignatian Spirituality teaches us to find God in all things ~ not just in joy, but in loss, doubt, and disorientation. St. Ignatius invites us to notice the movements of our hearts: what draws us closer to Love, and what pulls us away. Even in times of upheaval, there’s an inner compass we can trust.

But here’s what I’ve learned through my own changes: we need a rhythm to anchor us. A steady beat we can return to when life’s noise gets too loud. Ignatius gave us practices for this ~ the Daily Examen, moments of quiet reflection, paying attention to what stirs within us, and naming where we see God’s hand at work.

I’ve started asking myself simple, grounding questions each day:

• Where did I feel most alive?

• What drained my spirit?

• Where was God, inviting me to lean in, to trust, to rest?

  
  

These questions tether me to what is real and eternal - and I move to its pulse

These questions tether me to what is real and eternal in a world that keeps changing its face. They remind me that, even in chaos, Love has a rhythm ~ and I can move to its pulse.

Transitions can feel like being uprooted. But maybe it’s in those very moments ~ when the soil of our lives is turned over ~ that new roots grow deeper. Not into titles, roles, or outcomes, but into the unshakeable truth that we are already held. Already loved.

So to anyone walking through change: find your rhythm. It doesn’t have to be complicated. A morning breath prayer. An evening examen. A whispered thank you in the middle of the day. These simple, sacred pauses keep us rooted and grounded in Love ~ not as an escape from uncertainty, but as a way of standing firm inside it.

Let Love be the constant. Let it be the place you return to when you lose your way. Because it never leaves. It never forgets your name. And that is enough.

A Prayer for the Journey

God of all seasons, In the changes I welcome and the ones I resist,

Be my steady ground.

Teach me the rhythm of your Love ~ in rising and resting, in speaking and listening, in letting go and holding on.

When I feel lost, root me again in You. Let every breath, every quiet moment, draw me back to the truth that I am known, I am seen, and I am held.

Amen.