One with the Divine Flow of Love

This week’s poem came from a quiet moment of stillness and listening. If you’d prefer to hear it read aloud, you can listen to the audio version here: Link to Audio Version

One with the Divine Flow of Love

I sit in stillness, waiting—
not striving to find you,
but listening
for your quiet appearing.

The tide comes softly,
not as a shout,
but as a Presence,
the One that has always been here,
waiting to be noticed.

I rest my hands on my chest.
I feel your warmth,
not far away,
but here,
rising and falling,
the pulse of blood beating within me.

Holy Spirit,
breath of life,
moving through bone and blood,
filling hands and fingertips,
reaching the sacred places
I was taught to hide.

Here, holiness is not effort,
not ascent,
not becoming something more,
but living participation.

Participation in God’s own life,
already flowing,
moving in and through my human life,
moment by moment.

This is the prayer.
This is the way.
This is the Divine Flow of Love—
God’s life given,
a human life receiving,
heaven and earth meeting
as One in the here and now.

—brian j plachta

From where this poem arose:

This poem arose during my morning quiet time. As I rested in stillness, I wasn’t thinking about God so much as becoming aware of God—an intimate, living Presence gently making itself known within my body.

What I noticed was not an idea, but a felt sense: God’s loving energy moving through me—alive, steady, and sustaining.

What emerged wasn’t intensity or effort, but rest: a subtle, wave-like flow of aliveness carrying a quiet sense of wonder and awe. In that moment, I experienced God’s own life moving within my body, and I understood that holiness is not something we achieve, but something we receive—not striving for perfection but participating in the very life of God as it moves in and through us, then, now, and each day.

Your turn:

Experiencing God’s Divine Flow within you

Sit comfortably.

Place one hand on your chest or belly.
Come home to your body, just as it is.

Breathe naturally.

Become aware of the rise and fall of your breath—remembering that from the moment of your birth, and in every moment since, each breath you take is the breath of God’s Spirit flowing within you (Genesis 2:7).

Offer a gentle prayer with your breath:

• Inhale: God, you are here
• Exhale: I receive your love.
  

Widen your awareness to your entire body.

Notice any subtle sensations—warmth, your heartbeat, a gentle flow, or a tingle of energy.

Receive them as God’s loving Presence, the Holy Spirit alive and moving within you—not something to create, but something you awaken to, something you receive.

Rest in the subtle flow within your body, as if experiencing a gentle inner current or soft wave, receiving God’s own life moving in and through you.

Close with a simple intention such as:

God, let me awaken in this moment to your life and love flowing in and through me.

If you’d prefer to hear this week’s poem read aloud, you can listen to the audio version here: Link to Audio Version

—brian j plachta

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