Drawn from Water, Drawn into Fire

He was drawn from the water, and then

Drawn into fire.

We remember Moses,

Who fled to Midian and

Found on Horeb

A bush that burned

Without being consumed.

Light without heat,

Presence without possession.

He led Israel through the sea

As though it were dry ground, and

Climbed Nebo

To die within sight of a

Promised Land he would not enter.

Yet he entered.

On Tabor he stood beside Elias

In the uncreated light,

His long waiting was fulfilled in

Christ, Glorified and Transfigured.

Moses teaches the hesychast this:

God is met on mountains,

In a darkness that is luminous,

In a silence that speaks a Name.

So ... start climbing.

Take off your shoes.

Let the ground beneath your stillness be holy.

An icon of the Holy Prophet and God-Seer Moses who is commemorated on September 4

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