MEDITATION

A Sacred Friendship: Allowing Humility to be Your Driving Force

Giving of yourself can offer so much in return

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Spirit, show me how to be present in sacred friendship. Allow my humility to be the driving force, to show up in unimaginable ways. Let Your humility rise up within me that I may be loving, merciful, and gracious to everyone I meet, but especially to those whom I share a sacred friendship with.

If I say the phrase sacred friendship who pops into your head right away? Is it just one person or are there several? These are those special someone’s who might even be a part of your support system — your village.

Maybe this person is a lover, a partner in life, or a significant other. Maybe it is a person or people whom you have a special bond with.

Take a moment right now to name them. Whisper their names as you would a blessing.

For me, I am blessed with several kinds of sacred friendships.

My Hapa tribe are special people whom I share a bond with. They are the small group of biracial Koreans who I met accidentally when my writing was published in the book Mixed Korean: Our Stories, but more importantly, they are the people who I don’t often have to explain a lot of things to because they are faced with similar struggles in life. Or, they understand certain layers of my identity because we have a shared ethnic makeup.

I also have pockets of sacred friendships. A couple of friends from my seminary experience have remained sacred friends. We meet virtually once a month and have since we finished our seminary journey. Our struggles and conversations are more theological.

Then there is my partner, my husband, and my lover in life. He shares a lot more intimate aspects of me. He is my best friend because I have opened up to him (and vice versa), sharing my silly side as well as my fears.

I also have a couple of friends who I consider close, sacred friends. I speak to them on a regular basis. They keep me accountable. We each feel safe to…