By Victor Resendiz

Journal entry from Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 8:13pm

We just arrived at the Isle of Iona. Words cannot describe what my eyes are attempting to capture. This place is truly breathtaking. My first impression of Iona made me reflect on my inner self. Iona represents the inner stillness – water, land, hills, rocks, farmland, green pastures, sheep. The Isle is peaceful, serene, refreshing, warm, spiritual, a place of surrendering, inviting, a place to lean into, inspiring, breathtaking, the air has a sense of oneness, everything is flourishing, has an uplifting landscape, it’s a giving sacred tame land…words cannot describe what my eyes see. 

I have a deep sentiment of gratefulness and a desire to continue to explore this experience of being here. Questions arise inside me like…how much deeper does my soul go? What are the depths of those many things unknown within me? Is the ocean of my soul bottomless? 

Thank you, my loving God and Creator, for this wonderful opportunity to be here in Iona…unfold me.

The Isle of Stillness

by Victor M. Resendiz

Words cannot describe what my eyes are capturing

I look around this beautiful land and it calls me to stillness

It invites me to serenity

The breeze feels as ruah welcoming home

The waters crash into the rocks…is that Your voice Lord? 

Help me to be attentive to Your words

My heart feels the warmth of Your embrace

There is a luring towards the mystery that is You

Yet the familiar sense that I have been here many times

This Isle is a testimony that Your creation is astounding 

I take a stance of openness…ready to receive from You

You overwhelm me with Your Presence…show me Your Glory Lord!

Moments like these remind me that I am Your Beloved…