Mercy Us

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, I experienced a vision(?), dream(?), image(?) – I don’t know what it was, but I do know it was not the result of “thinking about” the invasion and working up my imagination.  It just came to me – an image of the world’s peoples standing at the border of Russia and of southern Ukraine in the Donbas region quietly gazing into Russia.  I didn’t try to draw anything for awhile, but just let it be. 
 
I was also at that time (and continuing today) zooming daily with a group of others to practice collective Centering Prayer – see https://www.heatherruce.com/.   One of the participants is of Russian descent and her graciously allowing her heart and prayers to be known inspired me to to draw two mandalas titled Gospodi Pomiluj meaning Lord, Mercy Us in Russian – not as passive recipients of mercy, but as an active verb praying to be “mercied” into Presence in even the most horrible of circumstances. 
 
Please do take the time to read about these beautiful words:  https://wisdomwaypoints.org/2022/03/gospodi-pomiluj-lord-mercy-us/ .