We’re trying to sell our house
and it looks as if
it’s going to take a whole lot longer
than we had anticipated.

I call into St Anne’s Cathedral
for the Morning Service
on my way to work.

The minister, John Mann,
delights me by mentioning
that today is the feast day
of the Visitation.

For me,
the Visitation is a feast day
on which we remember
God’s pledge to Mary,
“Blessed is she who believed
that the promise made her by the Lord
would be fulfilled.”

On the feast day of the Visitation
I always feel
that My God makes the same pledge
to me.
Listening to the Gospel reading
I feel reassured.

By the time I leave the cathedral
at the end of the service
our house remains unsold
and it’s still going to take a lot longer to sell
than we had anticipated
but now
I feel a renewed sense of hope –
God is with us
in this long wait.

All will be well.

© Claire Murray, 31st May 2017