prostrate.

So today I co-presented my dear friend, Cynthia to the Bishop to be ordained into the Order of the Priesthood. As I knelt for the prayers, Cynthia laid flat out on her stomach, face down, arms stretched out above her head, in the aisle, on the cold floor, in the midst of the congregation, before the Bishop, before the altar but most importantly, before God. Prostrate they call it. A posture of prayer (just like kneeling; standing; walking; sitting). A posture that some Episcopal deacons take when they are ordained into the priesthood. A posture that the two deacons today chose to take.

Personally today I couldn't help but remember some of Jesus' words. Jesus talked about "laying down" our life in order to follow him. And today those words have a whole new meaning.

Prostrate before God.
Laying down our life.
Prostrate.
Perhaps it's a posture we all should choose to take.