Place of Transformation

“That is what the wilderness was. It was not Egypt, not Israel, but the no-man’s-land between them. Liminal space is important not for what it contains, nor how large it was, but rather, because of what happens there. It is the place of transformation.” ——-Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, 2017

Passover reminds us
of our redemption from slavery
and how God guided us in the desert,
as we made our way to nationhood.
It celebrates the space between
departure and destination,
tragedy and transformation,
ruin and reinvention.
It is where despair is tinged with determination,
discouragement mingles with hope,
grief with acceptance,
fear with courage,
and fragility with firmness.
The place where the familiar becomes strange,
the ordinary becomes new,
and chaos crystallizes into order.
It is where time stands still,
where the landscapes of our lives change,
and truth comes into sharper view.
Where we give thanks
to those who bid us farewell,
those who supported us along the way,
kept things going while we were gone,
and welcomed us when we returned.
It is where we wander the wilderness,
opening space within our hearts
to hear the yearning of our souls,
and draw closer to something beyond ourselves.
It is the place where we recognize we are not alone,
as cocoons are shed,
and butterflies emerge.

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