Thin Places

In the stream of Celtic spirituality, there were places which were known as thin places.  These places were holy places where the veil seemed especially thin between here and there, between heaven and earth.  between those who have gone ahead and those of us who still wait. Places of worship would often be built in those thin places as would cloisters for monks and the distinctive high Celtic cross.  Some might think of thin places as a bunch of hocus pocus, but there are also others who are convinced that their journey of faith has taken them into such holy places.   

There are a number of things which affirm this conviction.  One is the many Biblical references to angels coming as helpers in moving along the plan of God as well as those many references to angels being present though unseen in our  lives.  Another source of our conviction is the verse in Hebrew 12 which speaks of the great cloud of heavenly witnesses who intercede in our behalf.  There is finally the experience of many who bear witness to standing where it seems that heaven has broken into the earthly realm.   

What is slowly being learned is the error of dismissing something which seems just beyond our ability to understand.  The later years have brought with them more a sense of mystery in the world.  There is more about God that I do not know than I know.  There is always something surprising about the ways He breaks in among us to reveal Himself and to speak to us.  We can never discount what we know as possibilities from the realities of God's Kingdom.