December 5, 2021 was a Sunday and Andrew & Mikayla wanted to check out a nearby Life.Church for worship service, so we started our morning there. It was my first time at Life.Church, and I really enjoyed the service. It wasn’t until afterward, when I did a google search, that I realized how big Life.Church (a megachurch) was. When the service was over, our next stop was a labyrinth, of course!
We arrived at the labyrinth at Clarehouse around 10:45 a.m.
The labyrinth was tucked away at the end of their small campus, so we stopped into the main office to be sure that it was okay for members of the general public to walk it.
Clarehouse was warm and welcoming, with a peaceful and calm feeling in the lobby and across their campus. As a 501(c)3 (nonprofit), Clarehouse is a Social Model Hospice Home in Tulsa, OK that provides quality end-of-life care and access to hospice services in a loving home environment to people in need.
I am grateful that they set aside this space for those preparing to enter eternity and their grieving families and loved ones.
Open your heart to receiving love without fear
Do not be afraid of love, do not be afraid to love
Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain.
LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. We have to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking. – Henri Nouwen
Everything about this labyrinth walk was a testament to love- the importance of love, trusting love and being open to love, rather than fearing it. Most importantly, it seemed to speak of the importance of being willing to take risks for love.
Since this walk took place at a hospice home that is designed to provide loving care and comfort for those at the end of this life’s journey, it seemed fitting that the focus should be love.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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